Raccoons. Getting rid of them

I posted in another thread, our neighbor is up to 45 eradicated since August. Uses those dog proof (Duke) arm traps. My war starts this weekend, I’m 4 hours away watching them hang on the cage over the feeder and reach in to spin it. I now have no corn in my best feeder for opening day because of those MF’s.

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Raccoons. Getting rid of them

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They are around the deer camp and our feeders. Any tips?

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learn to deal with it, you aren't going to eliminate raccoons in the woods

I put lithium grease on the legs of my two feeders and have zero pictures of coons trying to climb the legs. Coons like to keep their paws clean, and the grease makes the legs too slippery for them. I used lithium grease so rain wouldn’t dissipate it as bad.
I used to have them hanging on the legs and spinners every time I’d check the SD cards.

I live trap them and take them to my buddies hunting camp so I can hear him complain about all the racoons getting into their feeders.

Wrong, they absolutely eat soybeans

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Dog proof traps

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I wouldn't try this unless you were going to kill them.

You can kill a bunch with DP traps as prev mentioned. But it takes some work to keep running, rebaiting, etc.

The real answer here is stop feeding corn. As long as you feed corn you will have a coon problem. You can knock em down, but they will come back.

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they taste pretty good. cleanest wild game you will find

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I eat them a few times per year. They're great. I'll smoke them for a few hours then wrap and braise. My wife doesn't like eating them so I normally give them to the custodian at work. He will take as many as I can get.

Dammit I clicked this thread just to make that comment