Racoon help

once you start baiting, you attract more and they tend to follow the track/scent of previous ones.
I ended up trapping 4 and the dog is not far behind at 3, then I paused. Still an occasional visitor, but if there’s no food they seem to move on until they get bold enough to come on the back porch, then the trap comes out again.
Take a few days off from baiting and see what happens.

 

Sage advice

 

... or maybe find a neighbor you don't care for and bait their yard

 

Another thing I heard from a professional trapper is that raccoons are very territorial, if you release a raccoon in another raccoons territory, the strongest will survive

 

Peanut butter and a Duke dog-proof raccoon trap. Most of the older ones know better than to walk into a havahart trap. The Duke is also fairly selective as I think about the only other animal that can trigger it might be a skunk (thankfully haven't had that problem..).

 

Because humans have over populated the planet and most of them aren't real bright.
Tech has evolved waaaayyyy faster than the average human's intellect. But we'll still sell anything to anyone. Now, the average person that wouldn't have lasted very long, a few thousand years ago,.... can own a home, a vehicle, pets, basically survive by clicking a mouse button. Almost zero repercussion for being completely useless and incompetent. Shit, most people do little more than consume, create waste and annoy everyone. In the negative. Less than useless.
But shit, there's so much money to be made on everyone in the short term, might as well keep 'em all around. I guess.
#needabettervirus.

 

We are simpatico.

well said.

we can teach a numbskull to use an iphone, but we don't bother to teach them to read/write/arith.



and I have not seen a racoon in weeks.

 

I think aliens have been abducting and relocating all the intelligent species to another planet.

 

I read this from my air conditioned/heated bunker office while I clack away on a keyboard for 12 hours getting paid to be on the forum..... I love you too, Ron.


I do agree; we were promised a plague and covid was a disappointment.

 

oh contraire'

it accomplished everything it needed to.

the economic landscape has changed forever.

and I now know who is who...if you know what I mean.

 

I would have preferred the purging that Europe got with their plague, or like the Spanish Flu.

I don't like people.

 

you want a purge?

turn off the EBT cards for 1 month.

 

Had a visitor last night

Damn did this little guy stink but it was very calm. Took him on about a 4 mile ride across the river will reset the trap see if he comes back or has any relatives around

 

Look at his face
He knows what he did was wrong.

 

Well.

it's been a few months....

thought I had the problem whooped.

Momma & 2 babies.

Will asses this weekend. if they are not mucking up my shit, then I will not trap them.

they are only passing over our property.

 

Next installment

my SIL has albino raccoons

 

Proof positive that I'm not racist for hating coons. Quick someone post a picture of an albino crow or starling.

 

Haha. That’s cool, never saw an albino raccoon.

 

I used to have an Albino Coon mount that an acquaintance had shot.

 

An Albino Quail in daughter’s backyard

 

Sitting out back watching the sun rise….4 raccoons come by and play on the dock

I am not a good raccoon hunter

4!

Happy 4th yall

 

I got two last evening. The buzzards will eat well this morning.

 

Had some buddies eat road kill coon back in high school. Bunch of idiots.