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Best way to kill mass amounts of (ra)coons

Posted on 8/24/12 at 10:38 am
Posted by MillerMan
West U, Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2010
6513 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 10:38 am
Our place in South Texas has an infestation of coons. 90% of our gamecam pictures have at least a few in each pic. We used to just blow into the feed pens with the lights off and guns blazing late night...but the first time my dad saw our tactics and realized the propensity to shoot something in there other than a coon he quickly put an end to that. They only come out at night and are very smart. I shite you not some of the coons we have killed have weighed 40 lbs. Anyone have any suggestions on how to hunt/kill/poison these things other than late night spotlighting?




And I think they are keeping some of the deer out as well


Posted by laangler21
On the lake.
Member since May 2012
3034 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 10:48 am to
Only answer

Seriously though, no idea. Good luck.
Posted by Uncle JackD
Member since Nov 2007
59436 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 10:49 am to
Hide the $$ in their work boots

:rimshot:
Posted by ugasickem
Allatoona
Member since Nov 2010
12183 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 10:50 am to
With Fire! Honestly though, I don't know. But cool pics!

The late night spotlighting sounds like fun.
This post was edited on 8/24/12 at 10:54 am
Posted by Ari BROld
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2012
484 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 10:53 am to
momma used to chase racoons off the porch at night with a broom
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
39892 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 10:54 am to
Mama just chases them off the porch with a broom.
Posted by CootKilla
In a beer can/All dog's nightmares
Member since Jul 2007
6125 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 10:57 am to
Those frickers are smart too. Put out some traps. They make all kinds of different traps for those bastards. Use soybeans instead of corn.
Posted by Dorothy
Munchkinland
Member since Oct 2008
18154 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 11:05 am to
at pic #3. Sneaky little bandit bastards!

IDK if this would work, but is there some kind of food you could poison and put out that other wildlife wouldn't want to eat? But then you'd have a bunch of stinky, rotting raccoons all over the place.
This post was edited on 8/24/12 at 11:06 am
Posted by MillerMan
West U, Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2010
6513 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 11:11 am to
quote:

is there some kind of food you could poison and put out that other wildlife wouldn't want to eat? But then you'd have a bunch of stinky, rotting raccoons all over the place.


Thats what I am wondering. And we have a large enough ranch a bunch of stinky rotting raccoons would not be an issue, we let the pigs and varmints lie where we shoot em.
Posted by CootKilla
In a beer can/All dog's nightmares
Member since Jul 2007
6125 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 11:29 am to
I wouldn't poison them. If a bald eagle eats a poisoned coon and dies, you're fricked!
Posted by fisherbm1112
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2010
6572 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 11:31 am to
With fire
Posted by Nawlens Gator
louisiana
Member since Sep 2005
5946 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 11:40 am to

I solved the problem at one of my feeders by placing a live trap and catching one. I left him in for a couple weeks and he slowly rotted away. None of the other coons have been seen since. Watching one of their own rot slowly must have freked them out.

Posted by Hermit Crab
Under the Sea
Member since Nov 2008
7389 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 11:42 am to
extend the feeder legs a foot or so. deer can still get them and they can't reach up there.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 11:42 am to


He's giving that thing a good ole rodgering.
Posted by Ari BROld
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2012
484 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 11:46 am to
My pops told me he had a racoon problem before i was around. he said there was about 6 of them on his porch and he shot one in the head. that was the last of his racoon problem. so yeah i would go with them hating to see their own die.
Posted by MillerMan
West U, Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2010
6513 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 11:56 am to
They are mean bastards too, and definitely keep deer out



Posted by MillerMan
West U, Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2010
6513 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 11:57 am to
quote:

I solved the problem at one of my feeders by placing a live trap and catching one. I left him in for a couple weeks and he slowly rotted away. None of the other coons have been seen since. Watching one of their own rot slowly must have freked them out.


The only problem with that is this is in our protein pens, would a rotting raccoon corpse keep the deer away as well?
Posted by GREENHEAD22
Member since Nov 2009
20548 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 11:59 am to
night vision and a silenced 22 or a 17.
Posted by Geaux Smoke
Aspen, California
Member since Aug 2010
1977 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:00 pm to
quote:

MillerMan

where did you go to high school in houston? kincaid or epicopal? are your initials HB?
This post was edited on 8/24/12 at 12:05 pm
Posted by Ari BROld
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2012
484 posts
Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:05 pm to
Damn right they are mean. At least one had snuck into my pops pigeon coop and ate 2 babies and 2 adult white pigeons. We shot the babies out of a tree in plain daylight and trapped the parents by the pigeon cage.
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