RACOONS IN THE BARN

[kentucky gardener]

Quick & free entertainment.

Mike

Cricket just wants to make friends with them.

 

[robert mckell]

roger has the solution i have two and have caught 8 recenty use dog food with small marshmallow and drizzle fish emulsion they cant not use it,get the fish oil at walmart in the garden shop,its garden fertilizer

 

[quefan]

Use a foot trap found via Google or TSC or Boomgaars. Looks like a short piece of pipe. Catches raccoons only as the have to reach down into to get bait and trips trap.
Won't catch anything else.
Use cat or dog food from a can for bait.

They will catch skunks !!!
And they almost make chipmunks into 2 pieces

 

[quefan]

Tie it off really really well
They are crafty especially when trapped

Yes, while anchored with one paw the free one will tear up anythiny within reach.

 

[Blue Jay]

I use peanut butter on a cracker for bait in a live trap then I pour them out, the buzzards get meal.

 

[Dingo3]

Quick & free entertainment.

Mike

Although rare, a rabies vac. dog can transfer rabies to humans through its saliva.

 

[thelonepatriot]

I want to get rid of raccons in my barn. I have barn cats which have done a good job of riddance of rats and mice. I have set live traps, but the cats get in the traps.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. I am sure someone will suggest to burn down the barns. Not going to happen.

I use a live catch trap with marshmallows for bait. I also scatter a few near the trap entrance. A word of caution; skunks also like marshmallows.

 

[Ray,IN]

Use a good pellet rifle, no noise to scare other coons away, and short range to limit a wild shot.

 

[Dingo3]

I use peanut butter on a cracker for bait in a live trap then I pour them out, the buzzards get meal.

I hope ya put them out of misery with a 22 or something.
In my neck of the woods it’s illegal to move captured raccoons because of the threat of rabies. If caught they have to be killed. Best to eliminate the food source so you don’t have to resort to that. I have killed a few in my day but would rather keep them away.

 

[thelonepatriot]

Use marshmallows, not cat or dog food.

 

[joeysmith]

Yea definitely put them down
You cannot relocate a racoon far enough away
They will be back

 

[Square Eye]

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This. Use miniature marshmallows as bait. Drop two or three in it and scatter a few around it.

 

[jt candycane]

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Dm me a link for that trap I need a few

 

[quefan]

Dm me a link for that trap I need a few

Search " dog proof coon trap"

 

[tom upton]

fly bait and coke

 

[moresmoke]

Yea definitely put them down
You cannot relocate a racoon far enough away
They will be back

My uncle was reducing the population at his place. My aunt was a softy and didn’t want to hear about it. My uncle’s line was that he was relocating the coons. The unspoken part was he relocated them about 12” down.

 

[joeysmith]

My uncle was reducing the population at his place. My aunt was a softy and didn’t want to hear about it. My uncle’s line was that he was relocating the coons. The unspoken part was he relocated them about 12” down.

I had a buddy trapping an relocating them
Told him he was catching the same ones
"There's no way im hauling the far away "

Told him to paint one

"Son of a b****" he texted me one day
Lol

 

[Roger in Iowa]

Iowa has placed raccoon on year long open season! No bag limit or restriction on methods. Friend has caught over 300 in a small neighborhood.

 

[Briar Hill Brittanys]

I use bits of dog food and catch them regularly with one of these dog proof traps.

 

[olddavid]

My experience with live traps is that if they can they will get the bait without going into the trap. You have to block the areas around the bait so they can't get their hands in and get it.