Problem Coon

[gramps]

Thanks Hannibal.
I find it interesting that I have been tripping the traps in the day time for a couple weeks and still catching the occasional duck at night.  I have been there at night and the ducks are quite busy at night...swimming around, making small noises...so I thought something was in the enclosure...but not so, some of them  are just active at night.
This is getting old....
but to be continued.....

[Humptulips]

So is this public property? If it is you'll have to play up the endangered species angle or they can't legally give you a permit.

[True Sportsman]

Growing up there was a family of racoons living in the attic of an old bunk house.  One of the guys dad worked with used to feed them frozen twinkies.  You could wave just about anything at them and they'd stare at you from the hole in the roof.  Break out a frozen twinkie and they'd get almost arms length away.

That made me laugh.  Not bad.

[quadrafire]

but to be continued.....

I can't wait for the ending. Maybe movie rights??

[gramps]

I'm thinking this may never end...lol.
It was at the door of the trap again...would not enter tho'.

[Sumpnneedskillin]

So as big as a PIA this coon has been are you going to get him mounted or make a hat to memorialize him?

[demontang]

Got any archery skills? Any law against shooting a bow in city limits?

[gramps]

I hate to revive an otherwise dead thread...but in a manner of speaking, the 'coon may have won this one.
I was not able to intice him into a cage or otherwise trap him.  The only good part is that he has not killed any birds for a while and there have been no pictures of him either and no evidence that he has been inside the fence.
Thanks to everyone for the comments and thanks to Bob....a member here and to another local who is not a member, but also a very experienced trapper.

[lokidog]

Too bad, it is much more satisfying having a dead coon in hand than them just disappearing.....

[BallisticsNut]

I hate to revive an otherwise dead thread...but in a manner of speaking, the 'coon may have won this one.
I was not able to intice him into a cage or otherwise trap him.  The only good part is that he has not killed any birds for a while and there have been no pictures of him either and no evidence that he has been inside the fence.
Thanks to everyone for the comments and thanks to Bob....a member here and to another local who is not a member, but also a very experienced trapper.

Two years ago, we had a problem coon, loved to hang out in our tree just outside our fenceline and torment my dogs.  One well placed firecracker sent that big guy scampering and havent seen him since.