Author Topic: damn raccoons (Read 8521 times)

James Bosley · « **on:** February 25, 2009, 02:45:20 PM »

the damn raccoons keep getting in our garbage and everytime i go out and sit and wait they never come in it is like they know when i am out their i have even sat in a car so they could not see or smell me what should i do

WAPITIHUNTER · « **Reply #1 on:** February 25, 2009, 02:48:57 PM »

Put out some cat food. At least they will stay out of your garbage.

James Bosley · « **Reply #2 on:** February 25, 2009, 02:49:48 PM »

i just want to shoot one of them rally bad tho too

bowhunterforever · « **Reply #3 on:** February 25, 2009, 02:50:47 PM »

Try sitting up on the roof of your house!

@RCHER · « **Reply #4 on:** February 25, 2009, 03:58:58 PM »

So, I "had" this problem with a big coon stealing my Koi fish out of the pond.

Live traps work great.

Or, try this...Radio Shack sells a cheap IR activated motion 'dinger', and they work good too. Just place the remote/wireless sensor on the incoming path and when the dinger goes off next to your warm, dry, comfortable bed, you sssllllliiiiiiddddddeeeee out from under the covers, and pull a little sneaky trick of your own on him.

fatslinger · « **Reply #5 on:** February 25, 2009, 04:06:42 PM »

Is there any way you can rig your garbage can up to some electricity? If the can 'bites back' it would discourage him........Plus, it would be fun to watch.

@RCHER · « **Reply #6 on:** February 25, 2009, 04:32:55 PM »

It would be fun to watch the sleepy kids take the garbage out too.

mulehunter · « **Reply #7 on:** February 26, 2009, 06:55:06 PM »

Hire houndmen

Mulehunter

bowman · « **Reply #8 on:** February 26, 2009, 10:33:43 PM »

I had the same problem too..... The raccoon would come up to our glass door where the cat food is and eat it.

I saw the coon one night so I snuck out the front door, walked around the house, and then drilled him with an arrow

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shoot-em-dead · « **Reply #9 on:** February 26, 2009, 10:42:55 PM »

After my last trip to michigan, my mom asked what happened to her cute little coon. Dad and I just smile and that's all I can say.

jeepasaurusrex · « **Reply #10 on:** February 26, 2009, 10:56:58 PM »

Get a big block of wood. Bore a hole about 1.25" in diameter to a depth of about 2".
Drop a bright shiny washer into the hole. Drive nails from the outside into the hole, making a mini pungi pit. Dump a little tuna fish oil, cat food, etc down the hole. Place the block of wood where they have been visiting. In the morning, chances are there will be a coon stuck in the hole. They see the bright shiny object in the hole, smell the fish/cat food, reach in and grab the washer. They will not let go.

Then just walk out and finish em off with a baseball bat.

7mag. · « **Reply #11 on:** March 03, 2009, 01:18:42 AM »

Quote from: jeepasaurusrex on February 26, 2009, 10:56:58 PM

Get a big block of wood. Bore a hole about 1.25" in diameter to a depth of about 2".
Drop a bright shiny washer into the hole. Drive nails from the outside into the hole, making a mini pungi pit. Dump a little tuna fish oil, cat food, etc down the hole. Place the block of wood where they have been visiting. In the morning, chances are there will be a coon stuck in the hole. They see the bright shiny object in the hole, smell the fish/cat food, reach in and grab the washer. They will not let go.

Then just walk out and finish em off with a baseball bat.

Basball bat? Wow, now that's pissed off at a coon.

magnanimous_j · « **Reply #12 on:** March 03, 2009, 02:06:49 AM »

sub sonic .22lr in my 10/22 took care of my raccoon problem. A little louder than a pellet gun but not so loud that neighbors would say "Holy crap! was that a gunshot?"

MIKEXRAY · « **Reply #13 on:** March 03, 2009, 05:50:15 AM »

I had the same problems with opossums. My neighbor lady asked if I had a problem with opossums getting in my garbage, I replied " no I trained them not to ". She looked encouraged and asked "how ?" I replied " With a shovel "

mike

@RCHER · « **Reply #14 on:** March 03, 2009, 01:19:14 PM »

Ha! Good one, Mike. I get a ton of opossum visitors too. Goofiest critter. Just watching them "escape" back into the woods is like watching a snail B-line for the beer - cept in reverse.

Michelle_Nelson · « **Reply #15 on:** March 04, 2009, 08:15:18 PM »

Put about 1/2 dozen mouse traps in that sucker. With a trail cam set up.

fishing is for fools · « **Reply #16 on:** March 04, 2009, 08:57:00 PM »

I just let the dog loose

ivarhusa · « **Reply #17 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:23:25 AM »

Fatslinger suggested wiring a can with electricity. I would not suggest it, but if I did something like that, I would use an electric fence device as the source of power.

It calls to mind a story that a fellow told me about his experience as a summer employee at Yellowstone National Park many years ago. They housed at a barrack quite remote from the regular park visitors, and had bears regularly visit their garbage cans (this was many years ago). They used "available power" to electrify a screen on which the can was placed. They had a number of bear visits were adequately discouraged by the jolt delivered.

Then one night they heard an awful ruckus. They came out to find a corpse of a large, soaking wet bear next to the garbage can. This poor animal had just come across a nearby river, and was made especially electrically conductive.

They had to drag this large animal away to hide the evidence of their misdeed.

The best laid plans of mice and men...

fishing is for fools · « **Reply #18 on:** March 05, 2009, 06:38:30 PM »

When I was a kid we ran the electric fence to the burn barrel to keep the neighbors dogs out of it. Trust me it works.

wablkandtan · « **Reply #19 on:** March 18, 2009, 06:31:00 AM »

you guys know that the fish cops probably look at this page. the baseball bat and electricity? this is why we keep loosing hunting in our state. keep these kind of thing to yourselfs. i have hounds give me a shout and i will put im in a tree for ya to shoot. not trying to piss anyone off but i belong to many hunting forums and im new to this one and dont want anyone to get a visit from the fish cops.

heavy hauler · « **Reply #20 on:** March 19, 2009, 05:56:28 PM »

fatslinger · « **Reply #21 on:** March 21, 2009, 02:55:11 PM »

Perhaps I should have been more clear when suggesting electricity for the can......I was thinking a bug zapper type device (modified Red Green style) or a fence charger. I wouldn't advocate anything illegal---so please check with local laws before doing anything.
I remember back in the 60's my dad rigged our garbage can to an electric fence charger in order to keep the neighborhood dogs away. As I recall it was an elaborate project . He burried 3 glass jars upside down, halfway in the dirt. Then he set the can on the jars and attached the fence wire to the can; it was plugged in at night and unplugged in the morning. BTW this was back in the old days when metal garbge cans were in style.

fishing is for fools · « **Reply #22 on:** April 02, 2009, 07:01:08 PM »

I don't think they (Fish and Game Wardens) like being called "fish cops".

That's the same as calling them (Fish and Game Wardens) stinky cops.

I can say this because my uncle is a "Fish and Game Warden" and not a stinky cop

Intruder · « **Reply #23 on:** April 03, 2009, 09:52:35 AM »

Try some wasabi powder.... a buddy of mine said that he used it on coons and bears

deaddog · « **Reply #24 on:** April 03, 2009, 01:04:05 PM »

Quote from: wablkandtan on March 18, 2009, 06:31:00 AM

you guys know that the fish cops probably look at this page. the baseball bat and electricity? this is why we keep loosing hunting in our state. keep these kind of thing to yourselfs. i have hounds give me a shout and i will put im in a tree for ya to shoot. not trying to piss anyone off but i belong to many hunting forums and im new to this one and dont want anyone to get a visit from the fish cops.

That would be a coon cop or maybe a possum cop.

Bofire · « **Reply #25 on:** April 03, 2009, 01:13:58 PM »

:)My heeler, Rocket, thinks God put opossums on earth for him. I wont tell him you guys are playing with his toys.
Carl

Spooner · « **Reply #26 on:** April 03, 2009, 01:39:20 PM »

Can you legally shoot bobcats out of season if there eating your chickens?

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