Kevin54
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Momma deer was someplace close. They bed the fawns down and the fawns won't move until the mother comes back for them. And no....I couldn't shoot something like that either.
Raccoons
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Momma deer was someplace close. They bed the fawns down and the fawns won't move until the mother comes back for them. And no....I couldn't shoot something like that either.
diggerrick
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I guess the little bastards don't tear up your yard looking for grubs and such like they do mine. They actually chewed away at the bottom of the side door to my shop to get in. Now they find a bowl of above mentioned Golden Malrin, and I find a carcass to dispose of every couple weeks.
Early in this thread someone mentioned running a hose from the tailpipe into the dumpster to gas the racoons. Years ago when I was a school principal, a first grader brought a box of baby rats to school to show the teacher what he found under the bed at his house. The teacher brought the box to my office to show me. I took the box outside to my truck, started it up, and held it so the exhaust would blow into the box. It took about three minutes to kill all of them. They never moved or made a sound. I bet it would work on those racoons.
PCO6
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Grubs definately attract raccoons. We have pretty good soil and rainfall conditions here and generally healthy lawns so grubs aren't a big deal. My garage and house have steal doors so that hasn't been a problem either. Where do you dispose of the carcasses btw?
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BevoZ06
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I took care of an Armadillo that had spent a couple of weeks tearing up my lawn in search of grub worms with a .22 caliber CB cap bullet. Quiet and efficient.
Not if Dan in Pasadena has Palm Trees!
A group of those bastids moved in to the neighbors Palms and not only do they sleep in the fronds, they **** in them too. Let me tell you how I know. One rainy windy day it wasn't just water coming off of those 70' trees. There was flying turds. My yard and cars were a mess.
Tarheelgarage
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Mixed with cherry cola, those ***** will not make it 5 feet from the bowl.
I've found them face down in the bowl.
A raw egg in the bowl or a tad of honey in the mix and they will go crazy.
RobSmith
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Found an old couple in my dumpster the other day. I asked them what they were doing there and they said they have no home and are starving....so I shot them.
islandkent
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We have a dumpster at work and every now and then a raccoon or two will get in there. We put a long branch in there for them to climb out. Other than dragging some trash out of the dumpster they haven't really been a problem. That said, I wouldn't want them tearing up my property.
rsieracki
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terryo1965
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We used to get raccoons coming into my Dad's shop, they would crawl through the small door he put in to let his cat out. They would come in and eat all the cat food. He used live traps to catch them and then he would paint their tails bright orange with spray paint. He would let them loose in the woods nearby the shop. They only got one chance, if he caught one with an orange tail he shot it.
Big-Foot
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The bullets were the right answer... Walt Disney was a great man, but a lot of people including kids have been severly hurt by these little b@stards that he made to look harmless and "cute"...
I live not far from the river and these critters are everywhere.. The only good **** is a dead one in my book....
I live not far from the river and these critters are everywhere.. The only good **** is a dead one in my book....
diggerrick
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Depends on size, condition, and time of the year. Sometimes I dump them out in the middle of the field, sometimes I bury them closer to the edge of the field behind my shop, sometimes they go in the burn pile, sometimes they get pitched over along the drainage ditch, once in awhile they accidentally get put in a load going to the transfer station...
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58Yeoman
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We were being overrun with '***** the last couple years. I found a guy that will take the live ones to his woods to train his dogs. I was giving him a couple dozen every year, if not more. About a month ago, he told me a "neighbor" of mine a mile or two up the road (we're in the country) took a picture of his feed lot with at least 50 dead ***** that the neighbor had shot. Since then, I've only had one or two come by.
They were eating the cow 'dung', I guess for the corn? They were breeding left and right up there, and I'm glad the guy took care of them, as now I have less. When I catch a possum, I let it go, as they eat ticks, mice, etc., and they only sometimes dig for grubs.
I had a mother **** and maybe 4 young ones that were really sly, not setting off the live traps, but eating the dog food in them. I used the malrin, and got the mother and one kit, and three possums and one coyote. The small animals were easier to get rid of than the large one. I piled firewood on top of it and cremated it. It was already getting stinky after just a day or two. No more of using that stuff.
They were eating the cow 'dung', I guess for the corn? They were breeding left and right up there, and I'm glad the guy took care of them, as now I have less. When I catch a possum, I let it go, as they eat ticks, mice, etc., and they only sometimes dig for grubs.
I had a mother **** and maybe 4 young ones that were really sly, not setting off the live traps, but eating the dog food in them. I used the malrin, and got the mother and one kit, and three possums and one coyote. The small animals were easier to get rid of than the large one. I piled firewood on top of it and cremated it. It was already getting stinky after just a day or two. No more of using that stuff.
Parrothead
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As a former Husky owner, you can’t assume other dogs have the same skills and technique. Husky's are some of the best assassins out there.
A back from the dead thread courteous of a now banned spammer.
orangeblood
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if you let them out they will come back, agree 100% with all who have referenced the damage they will do
trapping?....sometimes a trapped raccoon gets super aggressive and handling the trap requires a lot of care/attention
just my $0.02...shoot them
trapping?....sometimes a trapped raccoon gets super aggressive and handling the trap requires a lot of care/attention
just my $0.02...shoot them
Arkansas COB
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***** are a pain in the ***. Wife started loosing chickens left and right end of july and beginning of august. Trail cams showed ***** were the guilty killers. Have 4 live traps so out they went. Bait with marshmallows in 2 and sardines in the other 2. First week I only caught 4 but the trail cams showed many more and now they had managed to break into the chicken house. 25 chickens gone in 3 weeks and they was stealing the bait out of the live traps without setting them off.
New battle plan. Got 4 paw traps and baited with sardines. They would smell and walk away. Only caught 2 in a week. Switched from sardines in oil to sardines in mustard sauce and hot sauce. Was catching 4 ***** a week with the paw traps. In all I caught 23 *****. Been 2 weeks now and not one **** has shown up on the trail cams. Hopefully thats the end of them for awhile and the wife can rebuild her flock.
Love them fresh eggs and the neighbors loved buying them.
COB
New battle plan. Got 4 paw traps and baited with sardines. They would smell and walk away. Only caught 2 in a week. Switched from sardines in oil to sardines in mustard sauce and hot sauce. Was catching 4 ***** a week with the paw traps. In all I caught 23 *****. Been 2 weeks now and not one **** has shown up on the trail cams. Hopefully thats the end of them for awhile and the wife can rebuild her flock.
Love them fresh eggs and the neighbors loved buying them.
COB
SGKent
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use a board and then leave a trail of scent and food scraps back to the neighbor's house who has been feeding them. If you want to piss them off, put a bowl with water in it next to a piece of cake. They go nuts when they wash the cake and it dissolves. They think the other raccoon, or a monster under the bowl stole their food, and they go nuts looking for it.
LS6 Tommy
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Not going to preach morals. Should have called animal control, if you have that where you are.
Tommy
Tommy
Arkansas COB
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In the country animal control is a 22 LR.
Game and Fish says if a animal be it wild or domesticated is killing livestock then you have every right to dispose of said animal but please do it humanely. One shot in the head is about humanely as it gets.
COB
Game and Fish says if a animal be it wild or domesticated is killing livestock then you have every right to dispose of said animal but please do it humanely. One shot in the head is about humanely as it gets.
COB
LS6 Tommy
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I can't disagree with that, but raiding a dumpster is not quite the same as killing livestock. IDK what the OP's land use or size is, but around here, if you're not deeded farm land and don't meet the property size limits for hunting, it's often going to get you a visit from the police for discharging a firearm within city limits.
Tommy
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AngryBeaver
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Oopee's post was from 8 years ago.... Since he never responded I guess the ***** got him.......
I've been seeing dead ***** out by me. specifically two hit on the road. one by each of my neighbors house...
Guess what got into my trash last night........
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paredown
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The house I was working on this summer got the racoon invasion treatment. Mom climbed into the attic, made a nest and then had her babies.
This went on for a while--the Homeowners tried outside traps, but finally caught the mom with a drop trap attached to the soffit. The guy they hired (second one) managed to climb in to a closed off section of attic where the mom had migrated to when she knew she was being hunted) with a cage, and retrieved the three babies.
Helluva mess--one corner was the latrine, insulation was all torn up, and the mom had even chewed through the condensate pipe for the A/C, probably because there was a little water in it (of course they found that our when they turned on the A/C for the first time).
They got specialists to come in--hazmat suit for the guy in the attic--and they cleaned out most of the insulation and debris, did a pest bomb, sterile spray etc. Bill was $6000(!), but insurance covered it.
(And I was the idiot up in the attic in the hot summer replacing the insulation!)
Anyone in the lower Hudson/Rockland/Westchester/Putnam county area, PM and I can pass on the deets of the guy that caught them. He was extremely good at what he does--although not cheap.
This went on for a while--the Homeowners tried outside traps, but finally caught the mom with a drop trap attached to the soffit. The guy they hired (second one) managed to climb in to a closed off section of attic where the mom had migrated to when she knew she was being hunted) with a cage, and retrieved the three babies.
Helluva mess--one corner was the latrine, insulation was all torn up, and the mom had even chewed through the condensate pipe for the A/C, probably because there was a little water in it (of course they found that our when they turned on the A/C for the first time).
They got specialists to come in--hazmat suit for the guy in the attic--and they cleaned out most of the insulation and debris, did a pest bomb, sterile spray etc. Bill was $6000(!), but insurance covered it.
(And I was the idiot up in the attic in the hot summer replacing the insulation!)
Anyone in the lower Hudson/Rockland/Westchester/Putnam county area, PM and I can pass on the deets of the guy that caught them. He was extremely good at what he does--although not cheap.
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matt_i
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Those stupid things got into my parents attic. My Dad saw the hole on a blind piece of roof where they chewed/broke the flimsy 3/8 rough sawn plywood under the soffit where they could stand and work on it.
Things got stupider when I went out there and screwed a patch over the chewed hole. Just before placing the patch panel, I went inside the attic and inspected with a bright light, found trails where they had walked thru the loose fill insulation but I found no evidence of animals or movement. I was up there quite awhile to remove an inop soffit vent fan at the same time. However 2 of them were still hiding in there and caused a major commotion breaking out a new hole in a different part of the soffit.
So my parents called pest catchers and they screwed 2 traps to the roof, thru the shingles, massive spread of caulk on various trim coil and hardware cloth cobbled so they couldn't bypass the traps, convinced them they also had bats, and screwed hardware cloth over the 2 endwall vents on the outside....
Stupidity continues unmitigated now...they are recommending a 5 figure mitigation of removing 100% of the insulation from the attic and replace all with new. State Farm doesn't cover it.
I saw the pics from the pest catchers and were equivalent to what I took with my cell phone, some shredded tar paper and a bunch of trails thru the attic. No nest, no droppings in any pics.
I finally convinced them to let me bring out my gopro and take a video of the attic before they make any financial moves.
People who wind up the fears of old people to then prey on them financially deserve the same treatment when they get old is all I have to say about it.
Thanks for listening to me vent
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Things got stupider when I went out there and screwed a patch over the chewed hole. Just before placing the patch panel, I went inside the attic and inspected with a bright light, found trails where they had walked thru the loose fill insulation but I found no evidence of animals or movement. I was up there quite awhile to remove an inop soffit vent fan at the same time. However 2 of them were still hiding in there and caused a major commotion breaking out a new hole in a different part of the soffit.
So my parents called pest catchers and they screwed 2 traps to the roof, thru the shingles, massive spread of caulk on various trim coil and hardware cloth cobbled so they couldn't bypass the traps, convinced them they also had bats, and screwed hardware cloth over the 2 endwall vents on the outside....
Stupidity continues unmitigated now...they are recommending a 5 figure mitigation of removing 100% of the insulation from the attic and replace all with new. State Farm doesn't cover it.
I saw the pics from the pest catchers and were equivalent to what I took with my cell phone, some shredded tar paper and a bunch of trails thru the attic. No nest, no droppings in any pics.
I finally convinced them to let me bring out my gopro and take a video of the attic before they make any financial moves.
People who wind up the fears of old people to then prey on them financially deserve the same treatment when they get old is all I have to say about it.
Thanks for listening to me vent
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SGKent
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yes - this is a thread from 2012. Where in NY is it snowing right now? Like it was 100 F here all last week. Animal Control or the State Game Warden would have been the best solution. They would have trapped them and put them in a location away from where they bothered people. Rats, squirrels they don't relocate. Most other species they do. Raccoons can be territorial and some carry the rabies virus. If you handle a dead one take precautions to avoid any blood etc.
gayler
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I had a pet **** as a child. They are fun pets but mischievous! They are nocturnal and like to pounce on you at night! Ours lived in a pen and we dug a hole and he used it as a toilet. He had a large pan for a water bowl he would get in to cool off. Sorry to derail.
rburke65
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For “garage guys” a lot of you have very sensitive feelings.......
jb3
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One place down on the list from squirells IMO of animals that are better off eliminated when compassion might also be an option.
There were ***** living in my neighbors palm trees, one evening heard one of my cats growling & got up to find out why, there were 4 of them dining on the dry cat food, 2 of them took off right away, what bothered me it took a bit more effort to scare off the other 2, cat wisely stayed put, but now there is a possum dining there, only fix is to bring the food in at night, which is being done.
***** are cute, but I would not want to tangle with one.
***** are cute, but I would not want to tangle with one.