raccoons

[fullmetaljesus]

Write, rite, right, now coons will walk into your, you’re, yore, bedroom for sweet corn.

Just in case Mr. @fullmetaljesus is checking up on my grammar,

………

Reported!!!

 

[MindfulMan]

Write, rite, right, now coons will walk into your, you’re, yore, bedroom for sweet corn.

Sweet corn in the bedroom !?! ....... KINKY stuff, Mij.

 

[dudley0]

DPs worked. Slowly thinning the herd. Now time to go eat some marshmallows oops I mean bait the traps again. It's crazy the damage a cute little raccoon can do.

They definitely go feral when trapped.

 

[JTKelly]

He has been relocated and put to alternative use.

 

[Mgderf]

Sweet corn in the bedroom !?! ....... KINKY stuff, Mij.

Would you have field corn instead?
Or maybe you prefer rutabaga?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

He has been relocated and put to alternative use.
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That raccoon looks just like a groundhog!

 

[dak109]

That raccoon looks just like a groundhog!

That’s the alternative use.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

That’s the alternative use.

Very cool! He should post that in this thread! He repurposed a raccoon into a groundhog! Or wait, is it the other way around?

Let’s see the cool stuff you REPURPOSE thread. “Official” show off thread”

A thread to complement the cool stuff you MAKE thread. Show the cool stuff you REPURPOSE, maybe an as got photo and as finished photo and what you did. I’ll kick it off with some old Cub 30# wheel weights that I transformed to 50# Kubota wheel weights by JB welding addition weight into them and...

www.indianagunowners.com

 

[littletommy]

I need to get my traps out, raccoons are getting out of hand again. As far as groundhogs, my dogs hate, no, LOATHE groundhogs, not sure why they seem to target them more than other creatures, but they do an excellent job of repurposing groundhogs into 300 piece groundhog puzzles.

 

[dudley0]

Second day in a row for live trapping coons. Thought that the end was here then they started coming back. Now they probably have a scent trail.

Each one ended up with lead poisoning. I love the M&P22 with a can, although I have bent a couple parts of the cage this way.

Much rather that then have them inside the building with the dog proof trap as they tear up everything in the area.

 

[MindfulMan]

Would you have field corn instead?
Or maybe you prefer rutabaga?

Oh my ....you Marines are incorrigible !

 

[BigRed]

Question: I am farm sitting for friends. They have a raccoon problem, namely that coons have invaded the hay loft and are leaving their droppings among the hay. If horse consumes this, it can give them a very serious illness (one of the owners happens to be my veterinarian).

The DNR site addresses trapping them and either transporting or euthanizing them.

As I am acting as an agent of the landowner here, am I allowed to just shoot them?

Dispatch.

 

[ancjr]

Been finding poop all over, but haven't had very good luck with the traps this year.

 

[Mij]

Been finding poop all over, but haven't had very good luck with the traps this year.

What’s in the poop? That’s your bait.

What I mean if it’s fish or corn, use that as bait. Not the poo.

 

[ancjr]

One pile look like berries the other look like crickets

 

[Mij]

One pile look like berries the other look like crickets

The berries are n the woods or fence lines, crickets at the fish bait shop.

Live trap or foot hold. LT. make a cubby using a bale of hay to cover the trap, place against a wall along travel path. Make the whole thing look like a cave. Put some hay on the floor so he doesn’t walk on the wire. FH, a dirt hole set against a tall backing like a rock or log or tall clump of grass, put urin or lure on the backing. Off set the trap left or right for the appropriate critter.

I’m guessing I don’t have to tell you how to make a trap set, but at this time of year the food sources are endless. All you have to do is find the preferred food. That is the unknown, baiting in hard times (winter) is much easier. This time of year, you have to find the preferred food source. Best of luck.

 

[Shooter5]

Second recommendation for the Duke's DP traps.
The marshmallow bait is clean, doesn't stink and is irresistible. Overnight success is guaranteed if they're present.
Screw 'em down in an open area, bait & set. $10-15 each and they're indestructible.

DP Coon Trap - THIS works 100%! If I bait it in the evening - before dark - I always have a raccoon in the trap in the morning. Then a .22LR round takes care of business ​

Our Best Selling Duke DP Coon Trap features a pull style trigger system designed to capture raccoons while avoiding non-target & domesticated animals. Baited with a marshmallow on the trigger, raccoons can’t resist triggering it. This trap is a Raccoon Catching Machine!

 

[nucular]

I'm about to set up a sniper station on my roof. These things are getting out of control.

 

[Michigan Slim]

I'm about to set up a sniper station on my roof. These things are getting out of control.

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Make you feel like the Secret Service at a Trump rally? LOL

 

[ancjr]

The berries are n the woods or fence lines, crickets at the fish bait shop.

Live trap or foot hold. LT. make a cubby using a bale of hay to cover the trap, place against a wall along travel path. Make the whole thing look like a cave. Put some hay on the floor so he doesn’t walk on the wire. FH, a dirt hole set against a tall backing like a rock or log or tall clump of grass, put urin or lure on the backing. Off set the trap left or right for the appropriate critter.

I’m guessing I don’t have to tell you how to make a trap set, but at this time of year the food sources are endless. All you have to do is find the preferred food. That is the unknown, baiting in hard times (winter) is much easier. This time of year, you have to find the preferred food source. Best of luck.

Been using marshmallows which works great at home. Not a thing here.