Quote from: Solar on July 24, 2012, 04:44:10 PM
You just know some idiot sued over their own stupidity.
I wonder which orifice they stuck it in.

Warning label on curling iron.
"For external use only!" — On a curling iron.

Yes, there are stupid people in this world.

And my wife still stands out in the yard with that curling iron...   

The LCD strikes again!

I'm on my 7th coon displacement in 10 nights - in a woodsy far East Cleveland suburb.  Am I really the only one who is kind enough to try and teach these critters how to swim?

Baiting my trap with a peanut butter slathered piece of cardboard sprinkled with a few pieces of dog food seems to make a fine last meal.

Quote from: Padre Pio on July 25, 2012, 08:30:14 AM
I'm on my 7th coon displacement in 10 nights - in a woodsy far East Cleveland suburb.  Am I really the only one who is kind enough to try and teach these critters how to swim?

Baiting my trap with a peanut butter slathered piece of cardboard sprinkled with a few pieces of dog food seems to make a fine last meal.

Nice to hear that someone is taking the humane approach, but coons are excellent swimmers, just ask any hunter who has lost a good dog to drowning by coon.
Distance seems to work, like the distance to someones house you can't stand and let them deal with the problem.
Or you could call fish and game and they'll take them off your hands. Sometimes the euthanize and use them for food, or release them, but not usually.

I'm curious, are you certain they aren't repeat offenders?

Oh, it's safe to say these aren't repeat offenders!

Quote from: Padre Pio on July 25, 2012, 09:00:05 AM
Oh, it's safe to say these aren't repeat offenders!

Ahh I get it now.
If you don't want to take a drive to the lake, you could always rig a tent system to your car and gas them with carbon monoxide.
I've used that method twice myself.

Quote from: Solar on July 25, 2012, 09:31:12 AM

Ahh I get it now.
If you don't want to take a drive to the lake, you could always rig a tent system to your car and gas them with carbon monoxide.
I've used that method twice myself.

That's an interesting idea Solar.  Fortunately it's just a short walk for me down to the pond, so it's easy enough.  Thanks for the tip though!

And by the way, the coons are such a problem in our county that relocation is illegal.  If you trap one, you have to dispatch it.

Quote from: Padre Pio on July 25, 2012, 10:35:40 AM
That's an interesting idea Solar.  Fortunately it's just a short walk for me down to the pond, so it's easy enough.  Thanks for the tip though!

I've done it for pets since I live too far away from a vet, you do what you have to.

Quote from: Padre Pio on July 25, 2012, 08:30:14 AM
I'm on my 7th coon displacement in 10 nights - in a woodsy far East Cleveland suburb.  Am I really the only one who is kind enough to try and teach these critters how to swim?

Baiting my trap with a peanut butter slathered piece of cardboard sprinkled with a few pieces of dog food seems to make a fine last meal.

My bet is that yours are dying of lead poisoning.

Don't you think it's NUTS that the state won't allow anyone to hunt them until the middle of November??!!

I don't know if you've read through this lengthy thread, but I described a family of coons working a dumpster maybe two pages or three back... That took place in Huron, directly west of you and right on the lakeshore. I used to have a place there right on the water -- could see the roller coasters at Cedar Point, and the fireworks! It's where I met my wife du jour.

UPDATE: Raccoon #14 passed away a few days ago after sampling my magical brew. Little fella, maybe 10-12 pounds. Died within 15 feet of his last meal.

It has been weeks before #14 that no 'coons have been around, or at least none have taken the occasion to die on the property. I honestly do think that I cleared out several local families of the damn things. My sweet corn hasn't been noticeably damaged by 'coons, though I did suffer the loss of a few stalks when a white-tailed deer wandered in.

What hurt my corn the most this year was DROUGHT, big-time, and fungus. Watering every evening was the only thing that brought us the few messes of sweet corn we enjoyed. I have to pump every gallon from a well that's 135' deep; it was probably the most expensive corn I've ever eaten.

It seems that when we got rain -- once or twice a month -- we got two inches at a time in slamming thunderstorm style, and it either undermined or overwhelmed the corn plants, and it promoted the growth of the ear fungus that causes the ears to look like mutated heads made of dirty styrofoam. I have a second crop coming on now, and I haven't seen fungus there yet, but it's getting toward the time of year to expect earworm infestation.

I'm starting to wonder if planting sweet corn is a good idea...

What is your receipe  ?    How much is used  ???

Quote from: top dog rick on August 11, 2012, 02:43:51 PM
What is your receipe  ?    How much is used  ???

I'm not making a specific recommendation, or advising you to follow any instructions...

But I once knew of a fellow who combined about a quarter cup of ingredient "X" with a 12-oz. can of sugar-sweetened cola, and he claimed excellent results. He said the mixture would be dark, shiny blue after it was stirred with a disposable stick.

That fellow also religiously used gloves and washed all utensils/containers/gloves/hands/etc. after handling the stuff, which is, of course, DEADLY poison.

The feller I knew puts some dry cat food or dry dog food in it too, and stirs it around. I heard he found dead coons less than three feet from that mixture. :)

Sam

I know a guy who knows a guy who put some fly bait out and got two raccoons that he knows about, but word is there's a large family of raccoons (seen on video) that has disappeared as well.  A young coyote turned up dormie as well.  Since this guy put the fly bait out, he's had no raccoons, no coyotes, no nuisance.....

FWIW........

I didn't know so many of you know Harry Reid.    /sarcasm