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re: Exterminating raccoons

Posted on 10/5/20 at 12:46 pm to
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
9624 posts
Posted on 10/5/20 at 12:46 pm to
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They really are some cute frickers... that said, we used some type of mix in San Angelo that dad got from somewhere. It looked like kitty litter. We'd put some of that in a dog bowl and then pour sprite or 7up on it and mix it up. They would drink or eat it, walk about 5 yards and then shite themselves and throw up and die. It worked well..


Fly bait. It's illegal to use on anything other than flies, however someone I know has had no success with that method
This post was edited on 10/5/20 at 3:25 pm
Posted by ForLSU56
Rapides Parish
Member since Feb 2015
5582 posts
Posted on 10/5/20 at 3:50 pm to
The kool-aid juice is probably laced with this, and it's bad stuff.
I wonder if the chunk of couch cushion soaked in bacon grease method would work on coons as well as it works on coyotes?

Goldin Malrin
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33219 posts
Posted on 10/5/20 at 3:58 pm to



These are both 30 pound coons.

Put 1/2 of the smallest canned catfood in it.

Tractor Supply has two for one package. Medium 32 in. x 12 in. x 10 in. and Small 24 in. x 7 in. x 7 in.
It was marked down five bucks when I bought.

Catch & Release Live Animal Trap, 2 Pack $29.99

Just do Catch, kill, and release.
Posted by ForLSU56
Rapides Parish
Member since Feb 2015
5582 posts
Posted on 10/5/20 at 3:58 pm to
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take 9 furniture tack strips and zip tie 3 to each leg


Are you referring to carpet tack strips?
Posted by Potchafa
Avoyelles
Member since Jul 2016
4185 posts
Posted on 10/5/20 at 7:00 pm to
Just love them guys......come on!
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33219 posts
Posted on 10/5/20 at 9:59 pm to
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Just love them guys......come on!
When the raccoons eat, my chickadees siskins, finches and wrens go hungry. The coons empty out my bird feeders, and come back the next night as soon as the lights go out.They've stolen two of these little cages that hold peanut butter cakes, so I don't get to see my little downy woodpecker at all.

Twitter video of the downy woodpecker eating peanut butter.

I guess they cut them open at their shop. because they don't leave them in my yard. The chain that was holding it is still there.

I'm in town where I can't shoot them. Thinking about getting some of those Coon cuffs, but I might injure a neighbor's cat.
Posted by FelicianaTigerfan
Comanche County
Member since Aug 2009
26059 posts
Posted on 10/5/20 at 10:52 pm to
Good luck. You better find the GOLDEN ticket to get rid of them. I’d guarantee it or my name ain’t MALRIN
Posted by Geauxtiga
No man's land
Member since Jan 2008
34400 posts
Posted on 10/5/20 at 10:59 pm to
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How strong does the hold on the dog proof trap need to be.
I use a rod with a “T” welded. 1 1/2 - 2 feet in the ground. They pull hard. I set them far enough from trees that they cannot use the tree to pull upward.
Posted by LSUfanNkaty
LC, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2015
11935 posts
Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:18 am to
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Fly bait. It's illegal to use on anything other than flies, however someone I know has had no success with that method



Oh well then I’ve never used it. But I do know someone who said they’ve used it with tremendous success
Posted by smoked hog
Arkansas
Member since Nov 2006
1891 posts
Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:35 am to
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I'm in town where I can't shoot them. Thinking about getting some of those Coon cuffs, but I might injure a neighbor's cat.


Don't use cat food, you will catch cats. And releasing a pissed off cat from a DP will just get you torn up.

Get the bigger marshmallows, Stick one on the trigger, lay one over the opening using some small sticks to keep it from falling in and scatter a few around the trap.



As far a securing the traps in rocky soil, I've cabled quite a few to trees or fallen logs big enough they can't pull them to far.
Posted by Solo Cam
Member since Sep 2015
34713 posts
Posted on 10/6/20 at 12:22 pm to
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Are you referring to carpet tack strips?
Yes sir, sorry I’m a dumbass
Posted by ecb
Member since Jul 2010
10092 posts
Posted on 10/6/20 at 10:04 pm to
Real hunters don't need corn, it should be illegal.

Have they linked CWD to feeding deer yet?
This post was edited on 10/6/20 at 10:07 pm
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
83111 posts
Posted on 10/6/20 at 10:40 pm to
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frick the rest of those animals

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Frick all of those too

A real nature lover here
Posted by shell01
Marianna, FL
Member since Jul 2014
806 posts
Posted on 10/7/20 at 5:40 am to
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The coons empty out my bird feeders, and come back the next night as soon as the lights go out.


Easy solution: pick up your feeders at night. Or, put them on a pole with a raccoon baffle. Problem solved. No more fighting squirrels or raccoons or possums.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
23351 posts
Posted on 10/7/20 at 5:46 am to
Op the only solution to raccoons at feeders is to have the feeders only work during the day so the food is gone before the night. Coons are like coyotes the more you kill the more they seem to breed
This post was edited on 10/7/20 at 5:47 am
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