Raccoon trapping?

Coons can be a real problem. I caught one in a live trap once and was going to relocate it but every time I tried picking up the trap handle with a leather glove on it tried attacking me. I wound up shooting it in the head and was done with it. I don't know how others can handle traps with live animals in them but they must be able to.
When I first moved onto my property I took a 3 inch 629 with me to lay in wait for deer to show on back of my property so I'd know where they came from prior to bow season. I stayed until dark and went back to the house in the dark but stopped at a small tree that had three coons in it. I could hear them running around in the tree and got my 629 out and a Surefire flashlight and lit them up. Well they started running all about and down on the ground near my feet. I wanted to shoot them but was afraid I'd shoot myself in the foot instead. Those critters can move fast when they want to.
 
The raccoons are wearing our garden out. They have somehow figured out the electric fence, or just figure the pain is worth the reward

This is the first albino I have caught

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Coons

Take a aluminum pie plate put six in flat rock or half brick in plate . Put crystal fly bait on rock fill plate with mountain dew . Coon be gone
 
I don't think I would use poison...too many other animals are subject to die or suffer from it. Same for leg hold or kill traps. I am a coon hunter and we use live coons to help train our dogs, so I have caught hundreds of them. There is some good and some incorrect info on this thread. Raccoon are not hard to catch at all, in fact the only scent they are worried about is what's for dinner or, at the right time of year, a potential future momma coon. If you use sweet type baits you greatly increase your chances of not catching unwanted animals like skunks. If you do get a skunk, throw a blanket over the trap and put it too sleep with starting fluid. A sleeping skunk wont spray you. If you shoot him I guarantee you he will release everything he has and getting him out even dead will not be fun.
The absolute best, most effective bait for a raccoon is watermelon. Sounds funny, but they will risk anything to get to the flavor of a nice ripe one. A very close second is cantaloupe. Lacking those two, try thick grape jelly on a donut or piece of bread.
Do not release him within 3 or 4 miles of the place where he was caught...he will return within a week or two.
If you really don't want to mess with it Missouri has more coonhunters than just about any other state...why not invite a few over to trap them out??? I am sure you can find a few guys that would be happy to continue getting them out of there for you. Good luck.
 
leas327 said:
When I was growing up Coon and Possum would get into the horse feed. As my dad would say..."buzzards need to eat too."
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I mentioned coons killing young chickens above, I also had to tie the lid on the trash can that we use to feed the horses. It was very hard to pull off but the coons figured it out.

I only relocated one, the 1st one. My daughter and 2 year old granddaughter showed up just as I got there. 10 miles away was a lake. The girls fed him salty pretzels. The next morning I dropped him off at the lake he ran to it and drank his fill.

The darned rascal took the pretzels through the wire from them just like a trained circus monkey.

All that followed were not given a chance to be cute.
 
Aloha,

gtk, that is the Spookiest animal I have ever seen.

What is done with all the dead animals?

Or don't I want to know?
 
YogiBear said:
Aloha,

gtk, that is the Spookiest animal I have ever seen.

What is done with all the dead animals?

Or don't I want to know?
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I cant speak for the rest of these guys, but as a coon hunter we try not to let anything happen to them...the sport of chasing and treeing raccoon with hounds doesn't work too good if they are dead. Some hunters sell the fur and some are called to get rid of nuisance animals, so those get killed.
Most of us though will live trap the nuisance ones and are glad to release them on our hunting grounds. I even have den boxes and feeders in the woods behind my house. There are people out there that will kill every one they tree...but they soon find themselves out of raccoon to chase.
Also, you should never relocate a female that is nursing young...it's easy to tell, just look at their belly.
 
YogiBear said:
Aloha,
gtk, that is the Spookiest animal I have ever seen.
What is done with all the dead animals?
Or don't I want to know?
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Aloha Yogi..

These coons have absolutely destroyed our garden, and they are destroying the sweet corn patch next to our garden (owned by another). And when I say destroy, I mean literally destroy. They eat a little out of one melon & go to the next.. Or they will cut a hole in an unripe melon, leave it, and go to the next. We have an electric fence up too..

Originally, I intended to dispatch these pests.. Each one has really been docile towards me,even taking food from my hands (I was careful) .. But, I guess I'm getting soft, because these have been relocated to our farm several miles away from our garden.. its sort of funny.. I have no problem killing a coon when coon hunting w/dogs..

On the other hand, the first coon that I catch that acts like a toughguy & tries to bite me when I walk up to the cage... well.. I won't be so tender hearted :)
 
All this raccoon info is great stuff but we have had the same discussion here what seems like at least once each year. No one really likes raccoons if they know anything about them. But I think we are all missing the real subject that should be at hand - anti-raccoon weaponry! Over the years I have given it great consideration and my preference is a CZ 527 "American" carbine in .221 Fireball. Well, it's my choice for the moment any way. :)
 
I want to thank everyone who gave me input on this. I actually found a local Coon Club that is willing to take them once I trap them. So that is the plan.

As to how the game cameras are going. I stopped in tonight to unload the cards and toss some more corn out. And found we have a 6 point buck feeding in our area now! My son was excited. We also have at least 2 Doe coming.


Matt
 

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My mother-in-law loses a lot of eggs to raccoons and skunks every year. If you tell her you saw one anywhere on the farm, her first reaction is to grab the rifle and head for wherever you saw the critter.
 
Raccoons are the worst pain on my mountain. I get along with the bears, skunks, deer, etc., but the raccoons, I just trap and shoot. Recently, I had a pair that I discovered were working my bird feeder. They could not get to the feeder, but one would bounce the limb while the other would enjoy the feed that dropped. Two .222 rounds ended that. The next year, I planned to pick a good peach crop the next day. The four peaches that were left were used as bait for the raccoon family. Three mornings and four .218 Bee rounds ended that problem.
 
I live within city limits but very wooded area. I hate raccoons and Choot them. If you bring the bird feeders in before dark, that makes the coons mad and they **** on your deck to teach you a lesson. Initially I tried catch and release but I swear they come back.

Since fur trappers have given up the trade, coons are out of control. Fox too. I have a vixen that nests under my deck. Learned the hard way not to let house cats go outdoors.

Oh and coyotes...you can't shoot too many 'yotes!
 
If you don't have a haveahart trap you can do what my cousin did. He placed a empty 55 gal drum out. He stood it up and took the lid off. He put a little bit of corn in the bottom of it. He then placed a 2x4 up against it. The coons would walk up the 2x4 and drop into the drum. They could not get out. Evidently it worked pretty good because he caught several coons using that method.
 
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