damn raccoons

[James Bosley]

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]

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

[James Bosley]

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

[bowhunterforever]

Try sitting up on the roof of your house!

[@RCHER]

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]

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]

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

[mulehunter]

Hire houndmen 

Mulehunter 

[bowman]

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 .

[shoot-em-dead]

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]

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.]

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]

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]

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]

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.