What to do with trapped raccoons?

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MCgunner said:
They eat my feeder corn which doesn't bother me all THAT much. But, when I started raising chickens and had 'em reaching into the chicken wire to rip the head off a chicken, I went on the warpath. I have better wire now, "hardware cloth", but haven't attempted to raise anymore for other reasons than the danged 'coons, but they really ARE a pain. They also got to climbing my feeder and tearing up the spinner plate for the corn. I went to a hanging feeder set on a tree limb pretty high and with a rope/block and tackle, seems to keep 'em away from the feeder.

We have no fur buyers and even if we did they wouldn't buy outside the fur season, essentially winter. We used to have a buyer in Hallettsville, but they're long gone. So, fleshing/tanning and shipping seems the only option. I've never preserved a fur beyond skinning and rolling up and tossing in the freezer and it just seems like a pain to do when you probably wouldn't even pay for the shipping. :rolleyes:
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LOL, I made a hanging bucket feeder one time years and years ago all the way back when game cameras were a "new thing". First one, then two, then with in a week it was looking like a flash mob robbing a liquor store in every frame. Half a dozen coons on the ground and batting the bar that knocked more out and a couple up on top of the bucket doing their best imitation of Keith Richards swinging in a chandelier trying to knock the whole thing down.
 
If they can reach it from the ground, it's too low. If they can reach it from the tree, it's too high or the tree is too low. :D I seem to have found the perfect height. :D They leave it alone, now.

If you hang the thing too low, the DEER can reach the spinner plate, not good, either. And, Lord help ya if you get it so low the PIGS can reach it! LOL!

Oh, as to feeder pests, hogs will actually knock a tripod feeder over. They can't knock that tree over. :D
 
MCgunner said:
If they can reach it from the ground, it's too low. If they can reach it from the tree, it's too high or the tree is too low. :D I seem to have found the perfect height. :D They leave it alone, now.

If you hang the thing too low, the DEER can reach the spinner plate, not good, either. And, Lord help ya if you get it so low the PIGS can reach it! LOL!

Oh, as to feeder pests, hogs will actually knock a tripod feeder over. They can't knock that tree over. :D
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On mine it was hanging abut 10 feet out on a limb from the trunk. I think they climbed the tree and slid down the rope on to the bucket lid.

This was too low. LOL

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Nature has an endless supply of raccoons and moles. Whatever way is the easiest and most efficient. There is no fluffy way to take care of this if one does not wish to burden others.
 
Jack Ryan said:
I happen to LIVE 50 yards from "the national forest".
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We live in the Chattahoochee NF on private owned land. Some people dump cats here which isn't appreciated.

I shoot raccoons and take them to the wood line and they are gone by morning. As we had bobcats and cougars on film back there before I started dumping them. I'm certainly not attracting them.

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Just to bump, my two pennies.

I raise ducks so raccoons are a sworn enemy. The dead ones go in the trash, or deep in the field for the yotes and birds.
 
If you like to turkey hunt, raccoons are your enemy. They love to raid turkey nests and eat the eggs and young polts, along with quail and other game birds.

Have a blessed day,

Leon
 
Jack Ryan said:
You trapped 'em. You shoot 'em. Dumping your responsibilities on someone else is pretty low.
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der Teufel said:
It's also illegal in Texas. Trapped raccoons must be killed or released on the trapper's own property. You can't make them "someone else's problem".
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It's also illegal in many states to just throw dead animals in the ditch(littering/wanton waste) and many states prohibit the use of meat for bait. Check your laws. Many states only allow land owners to trap/shoot fur bearing animals out of season and only when they are creating a nuisance. If the corn pile for deer is off your property, it may be poaching to trap/kill them.

As I've said before, with nuisance animals like raccoons, I bury them. Out of season their hides/fur ain't worth nuttin' and they are highly susceptible to contagious diseases that can be easily passed on to any other animal scavenging on them. Burying them feeds Mother Nature and is the easiest recourse IMHO.
 
WhitetailKiller said:
I’m not going to use a live trap because I know these things are way to smart.
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HUH? Over the years, we have caught literally hundreds of them with live traps... You just have to be smart about your set up... Also, buy a well built trap, or a big coon will destroy it...

As for what to do with them after? Kill them and get rid of them!!

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How fast do Coons breed? I've seen then going through large dumpsters that are transported by large trucks, and they always come close to me and then run off.

Anyone shoot them with pellet guns? What Caliber and power level is required for clean kills? Unfortunately I live in the IL so anything over .180 and 700 fps requires a FOID(don't currently have) for some odd reason...
 
I trapped a few. Took them out in the country maybe 5 miles away and released them.
 
ilbob said:
I trapped a few. Took them out in the country maybe 5 miles away and released them.
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I've started taking mine 8 miles away, in to a housing addition in town and turn them loose. So they can be FREE! Free as the wind blows...
 
Jack Ryan said:
I've started taking mine 8 miles away, in to a housing addition in town and turn them loose. So they can be FREE! Free as the wind blows...
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You don't like the people who live there or something? Why not just shoot them with a nice and quite pellet gun?
 
--slightly off topic, my neighbor had a squirrels getting into his attic and wanted to get rid of them.
He would catch them and drive 10 miles or so away and release them but the numbers never went down. He spray painted one red and took it away for release. It was back the next day. Determined little vermin...
 
Obturation said:
--slightly off topic, my neighbor had a squirrels getting into his attic and wanted to get rid of them.
He would catch them and drive 10 miles or so away and release them but the numbers never went down. He spray painted one red and took it away for release. It was back the next day. Determined little vermin...
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This Beeman P1 should do the trick nicely. As long as you can cock it and have steady hand. Head shots work best... I think.
 
whm1974 said:
This Beeman P1 should do the trick nicely. As long as you can cock it and have steady hand. Head shots work best... I think.
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I'm not exactly sure about the local laws on shooting trapped animals, I can tell you after that he did seem to find a place to put them where they wouldn't come back , ever.
 
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