re: Raccoons. Getting rid of them

Never once have they eaten soybeans in my place in 10 years in south Louisiana. 5 cameras running for months at a time. Feed upwards of 4 tons a season. Ran out of soybeans a few times and tried to sneak in corn and had multiple coons in pics on the first night.

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How to get rid of them without shooting them? They are around the deer camp and our feeders. Any tips?

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Dog-proof traps work great. I use a brand called z-trap because the tiggers can be tripped by pulling and pushing. Some wet cat food and mini marshmallows are all you need. If you end up using legit coon bait from a trapping supply store, be real careful and wear gloves to not get that shite on you.

Also helpful is a suppressed 22 with a thermal scope. If you’re in Louisiana, the idiots in congress made the law such that you can hunt coons at night, but if you use artificial light, you must have a dog with you. A thermal scope doesn’t use artificial light.

Before you know it, you will be able to supply an army of moonshiners with Alabama toothpicks.

Must be a different breed of coon. In Madison Parish they like soybeans as much as corn and that’s a fact!

Guess I have thankfully have hybrid coons. Hell yea!!

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Flybait and coke

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and if it kills a federal protected bird of prey - you become a federal felon

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this was because when they first allowed it way back when guess what people were shooting...

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That’s fine, but they can update the laws. There’s a process for that.

You can now hunt hogs at night year round with q-beams, night vision w infrared lights, and with thermals. With deer caliber rifles.

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Raccoons. Getting rid of them

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Momma'd just chase 'em off with a broom.

Do you guys set the dog proof traps close to the feeders, and if so, how much does it screw with the deer coming to that feeder?

Ordering some carpet tacks for the legs, and plan to run the traps next time I’ll be out there for more than a couple of days. Don’t want to leave them hung up for weeks, I’m not that bad.