Raccoon problem

[JRC3]

That's a brave dude. Period.

That's actually the guy who started digg.com. In this vid you can see the raccoon tearing into his dog right before he steps in and hurls the *******.

As I recall that was in San Fran.

 

[kszach]

I had a brief raccoon problem last night. dang thing tore into my garbage and was kind enough to wait for me to load the .22. Seemed fitting to toss him into the same garbage

 

[86turbodsl]

That's actually the guy who started digg.com. In this vid you can see the raccoon tearing into his dog right before he steps in and hurls the *******.

As I recall that was in San Fran.

If that's the guy that started digg, then that's kevin rose. I know him well from his days on screensavers. I miss that show.

Edit: i clicked the link after and see i was right. pretty cool he did that. he's still brave. those things are nasty.

 

[JRC3]

If that's the guy that started digg, then that's kevin rose. I know him well from his days on screensavers. I miss that show.
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We used to frequent the same forum when this happened. As I recall the dog's name was Toaster. I wonder if that's a screensaver joke.

*edit*
Says right in the YT title the dog is Toaster. LOL I didn't read the title, all I saw was the visual still frame in the search results.

 

[86turbodsl]

Hah! Good story. I bet you're right on that.

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[ttpete]

how has nobody brought up fly-bait and cola. put it in a disposable tray, float a few marshmallows on top he won't make 20 feet away.

It's called Golden Malrin. Works.

https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&k...targid=kwd-19660326567&ref=pd_sl_98gn8khxx7_e

 

[jmarkwolf]

I have a raccoon story.

I once lived on a lake. One day, broad daylight, I heard a dog "carrying on" like it didn't like being ******* or something. After many minutes I realized the dog was too frantic so I went outside to see what was up.

The yelping was coming from the lake side of the house so I went out on the dock to get a better look. The yelping was coming from a marshy area near the house, but I couldn't see anything.

I got into a row boat and rowed toward the sound. As I rounded an out cropping of marsh grass I saw a large dog floundering in the water and yelping. As I got closer I could see something on the dog's back and head. As I got even closer I could see that it was a racoon on the head of a german shepard, biting and clawing the dog

I got close enough I stood up in the row boat and poked the raccoon with an oar and he grabbed the oar hard with both paws, looked me in the eye and snarled at me. I pulled the oar out of raccoon's paws and wacked him once with the broad side of the oar. This did little to distract him from attacking the dog. Then I turned the oar on edge and hit the raccoon hard. He immediately got off the dog and dove into the water. The dog slinked out of the water and I never saw the raccoon again. I felt kinda bad for the raccoon because I was sure I had hit it hard enough to sever his spine with the edge of the oar. But at least I saved the poor dog.

The dog disappeared with a solid 12-15 minutes worth of scarring from that raccoon attack, and I rowed back home, and called the police to report a possible rabid raccoon. The policeman was a hunter, and explained to me that was normal raccoon behavior. They will lead an adversary to deep water where they have the advantage.

I'll never forget that day.

 

[Engineer61]

Living in an urban/suburban area and having trouble with raccoons is a problem as I can't shoot them. Finally found that spreading mothballs will keep them out of my attic and out of my chimney. Can't use the fireplace anyway as it was designed wrong and smokes out the house no matter what you do with the damper, so putting some mothballs in the attic and above the fireplace damper at least keeps the ***** from nesting there for the winter. Only problem is you have to keep replacing the mothballs once a year, but the raccoons (and pretty much all suburban wildlife) now leave my house alone.

 

[four.cycle]

Hav-a-hart + flat shovel = solution to raccoon problem.

 

[JRC3]

Looks like I may've been wrong about the squirrels taring up my roof last fall. Look what I found on the drainage tile attached to the downspout. Notice the print is going down and obviously coated with chalky paint from climbing all over the spouting. The roof pic is from last fall.