how much can a raccon eat?

[sebek556]

We got new property in the middle of no where, which is just where i like it. But the old owners left behind two cats. So we decided to feed them but soon discovered a big fat coon stealing their food. Now a few pounds i can see but a fifteen pound bag in one night has me wondering if the bear isnt helping him, i have no tracks to prove the bear has been eating it. I have seen the coon eating the cat food though. Cant wait for his pelt to be prime.

[RadSav]

Raccoons I'm not sure.  I do know they can make a whole pen of ducks disappear in a few nights.

I grew up on a dairy farm.  The cats took care of most of the mice, but I think the rats were big enough they wouldn't mess with 'em. I do know that a few pack rats can clean a full bag of grain in one night. We had a lot of fun nights with or Benjamin pellet rifles and a jar of peanut butter.  That's good fun for the whole family.

Might be a fun use of a game camera.

[MikeWalking]

I've seen multiple raccoon's and possums find the same bag of cat food left out...

[wannabhntr]

Game Cam 

[sebek556]

  I was trying to hold off on moving it till I got all my usual vistors cataloged, but might just move it over for the weekend and see who/what all is eating from my porch.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Just curious: where did you end up? 

[sebek556]

a few miles south of springdale, backed up to a few hundred acres of stateland, which connects to a few thousand acres of designated forest land  just a horrible spot to hunt and trap that's all    bad part is it's going to take me two years to figure out the area really well.

[Special T]

If one fat coon is there there are more. When i as a kid we moved into a house where the people fed the coons. 50lb bag a month. I have i pic with 13 coons and or pairs of eyses off the back portch.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Sounds like a good spot.  Neighbors had a racoon family at their patio every night while they fed their cat outside.  When the cat died, the racoons stopped coming around.  Never saw a track or sign of them around my place, two houses away.