I get melons being munched on by possums. I routinely trap them when I'm trying to trap squirrels but, unlike the squirrels, which I relocate, I just let these guys go. They're very slow and don't cause a lot of damage.

Yes and I take them to shelter which relocated them

Either possums or raccoons or both got into my Cantaloupe last year a munched about half of them but they don't seem to bother much else.

I've never had an opossum bother my garden. It's usually the raccoons, birds and squirrels that get into things and cause damage. If it were me, I'd let the opossum go free. They eat a lot of things you don't want, like ticks, and I see them as generally beneficial.

Set it free!!!

No but woodchucks do. Until I started using conibear traps 3 years ago. Problem solved!

Set him free. He will eat his body weight in ticks. Woodchucks are another story, entirely.

Haven't you released yet??? You did not give that beautiful creature it's life.It's not your place to end it or alter it.You have already altered it,!

I always heard possum stew was not good, I now disagree:)

Well, at least when your veggies meet their demise because of snails, slugs, bugs, mice and even rats, you'll have something to eat.

Just caught one this morning a few feet away from one of my garden beds. Released a few minutes after I found it. It lumbered off looking for somewhere dark. To the extent it gobbled up some cherry tomatoes that were on the ground, good on it. If it tried to climb my trellises, it would destroy them. No evidence that it tried. I think it's waiting for my melons, as are the squirrels.

http://www.inquisitr.com/2106782/opossums-the-unsung-heroes-against-lyme-disease-and-other-tick-borne-diseases/