Fairly curtain I caught a relocated coon

TRAILRIDER · #21 07/22/14, 03:39 PM

I agree with Brighton, a bullet would be much more humane. And BTW that is not "my" coon. He was about twice that size and his only interest was chickens and eggs. But then we don't have trash so he wouldn't have had a chance to try garbage : )

TRAILRIDER · #22 07/22/14, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by haypoint

By the way, it is illegal to kill raccoons with Blue Marlin fly granules and Coke in a shallow pan. They die in seconds. You don't want to risk killing the neighbor's dog or feral cats.

You also don't want to risk killing your own dogs, chickens or turkeys. That stuff is deadly! I lost two peacocks to rat poison I didn't even remember we had. Both were dead in 12 hours.

Maura · #23 07/22/14, 06:38 PM

You guys keep posting such cute pictures. Gorgeous cuddly critters.

If you don’t own a gun, I’m sure one of your neighbors do.

slingshot · #24 07/22/14, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Maura

You guys keep posting such cute pictures. Gorgeous cuddly critters.

If you don’t own a gun, I’m sure one of your neighbors do.

I don't own "a" gun, I own several....

None of the cute critters make it out of the trap alive

edcopp · #25 07/22/14, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by slingshot

Saw a thread like this a few weeks ago and thought I would share....

A few days ago a raccoon showed up around my house, doing the normal night time rummaging and such. My chicken and turkeys are about 60 feet from the house. However this guy had no interest in the birds, it was far more interested in the house.

We do not live in suburbia, the raccoons here are wild and invisible. They avoid humans like the plague, with good reason. My daughters birthday was Saturday, so when we cleaned up I put the garbage in the back of my truck to go to the dump first thing Sunday morning. When I got out to the truck I realized I had a serious problem, all the bags were ripped apart in the bed of the truck.

I always have a live trap set by the coops but never catch raccoons in it, again they avoid the house and coops. If this was a resident I would have caught it long before today. I moved the trap up by my house just outside the garage baited it last night with leftovers from dinner. Caught it first try. Attachment 33061

This raccoon learned to eat from garbage cans, and it had no fear of getting in my truck. Even a brave coon not used to people wouldn't do that randomly. It showed up one day in the garage the next in the truck, seemed to be perfectly healthy, no mange and nocturnal. The garbage is always in the same place outside and even the bears don't get in to it.

So if your reading this and have thought about relocating a trapped problem animal, don't. Someone else's problem became mine.

BUT they are so cute.

edcopp · #26 07/22/14, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Danaus29

Sounds like a coon that someone made a pet out of and was relocated when it got too big or someone called DNR on them.

Perhaps they soulld be reolcated to the nearest DNR parking lot. They are "Cute" y'a know.

edcopp · #27 07/22/14, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Maura

You guys keep posting such cute pictures. Gorgeous cuddly critters.

If you don’t own a gun, I’m sure one of your neighbors do.

Perhaps if you would post your own Home "Street address" Someone would deliver some to you.

They are cute.

SouthGAMan · #28 07/23/14, 04:57 PM

I never have to question what to do with a raccoon in a trap. Several people (although not me) around here think they are good eating. My oldest son used to have a waiting list each fall and winter during coon season.

Danaus29 · #29 07/23/14, 09:26 PM

The one I had in the trap today was a snarling, growling ball of teeth and claws. Baby too, might have weighed 5 pounds. Hope I catch mama next time.

**GREENCOUNTYPETE** · #30 07/24/14, 04:36 AM

anyone thinking about relocating should check local regulations in most places it is flat out illegal to move wild life, once trapped you must dispatch or release in the original location

some states allow you to relocate if you have the permission of the land owner whos land you are moving it to

this is a rule for a number of reasons

first, no one else wants your problem coon

second , you can move a disease like parvenu and not even know it

third , reloacted coons often do not do well they are outsiders and the coon already in that area will fight them and not let them den up with them they have their own groups

no one wants your problem dropped off in their back yard

badlander · #31 07/24/14, 08:02 AM

You may think that teaching the trapped animal to 'swim' as being cruel. But I actually had animal control tell me to do just that once when I lived in a city and trapped a huge ground hog that had been burrowing under my house. When I asked them what I should do with it they told me to tie a rope to the trap handle, take it down to the nearby river, toss it in and recover after 30 minutes. They didn't want to deal with it. This animal was so big it's sides were poofing out through the wring on the cage. No way I could haul a dead animal that big out of the water. I wound up taking the animal down a river road far from any civilization and releasing it. I didn't own a weapon at that time and it was all I could do.

Now a bullet solves the problem.

We are still trying to catch a huge raccoon that is periodically terrorizing our dog. Raccoons I've been told are notorious for drowning dogs. They lure them into the water, climb on their heads, hang on and submerge them. This came from a vet we know.

The only good raccoon is a dead raccoon.

TRAILRIDER · #32 07/31/14, 11:21 AM

"We are still trying to catch a huge raccoon that is periodically terrorizing our dog. Raccoons I've been told are notorious for drowning dogs. They lure them into the water, climb on their heads, hang on and submerge them. This came from a vet we know."

Wow! I never heard that before. They may be "cute " to look at but that are nasty creatures for sure!

Big Dave · #33 08/02/14, 07:59 AM

Well here I go. Trapping them in my opinion is the ez part. I put them in the bed of the pu and haul them to town. Car wash is in between a Chinese and Mexican restaurants. They are connected by a running creek. I use a thick welding glove when transporting and point the trap away from the truck. I have a long lead attached to the door. I sit in my truck open the door and so far they have all run to the creek.

Danaus29 · #34 08/02/14, 09:58 PM

I've never had a problem with a trapped raccoon coming after me when I release it. Pretty hard to attack a person when they're not even breathing.

slingshot · #35 08/04/14, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Danaus29

I've never had a problem with a trapped raccoon coming after me when I release it. Pretty hard to attack a person when they're not even breathing.

Lol....

backlash · #36 08/06/14, 08:53 PM

Around here it is illegal to relocate coons.
You must either release them where they are or kill them.
At one time we had about 6 coming around every night to eat cat food.
We don't have chickens so they never had anything to kill and we kind of just left each other alone.
Haven't seen them in quite awhile so I suspect the neighbors weren't as understanding as I am.
See a skunk occasionally but we also leave each other alone.
Maybe the big coyote I saw in the back yard has something to do with it