How To KILL A Raccoon That's Raiding Your Garden

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tbone0106

Quote from: JustKari on August 16, 2012, 08:31:52 PM
I didn't know so many of you know Harry Reid.  :popcorn:  /sarcasm

I know raccoons, and I know people who have killed raccoons, and I know Harry Reid. I have some measure of respect for the first two.

Ricko

Until I had a 'coon enter my attic, I could live with them. Anyway, because they entered my residance I declared WAR :cursing:. I bait a live cage trap with sardines at dusk and when I have a 'coon in the morning I shoot 'em in the noggin with a .22 subsonic round, bag 'em and toss 'em in the dumpster at the park. I trapped and disposed of 12 of these little monsters since May. Yes, I'm breaking 3 laws...discharging in town limits, trapping WO a license and dumping a dead animal...but it's only illegal when you get caught!

walkstall

Quote from: Ricko on August 27, 2012, 07:39:33 PM
Until I had a 'coon enter my attic, I could live with them. Anyway, because they entered my residance I declared WAR :cursing:. I bait a live cage trap with sardines at dusk and when I have a 'coon in the morning I shoot 'em in the noggin with a .22 subsonic round, bag 'em and toss 'em in the dumpster at the park. I trapped and disposed of 12 of these little monsters since May. Yes, I'm breaking 3 laws...discharging in town limits, trapping WO a license and dumping a dead animal...but it's only illegal when you get caught!

Best advice I can give you young man, don't get caught!    :lol:
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.- James Freeman Clarke

Always remember "Feelings Aren't Facts."

Ricko

Quote from: walkstall on August 27, 2012, 08:29:28 PM
Best advice I can give you young man, don't get caught!    :lol:

I hear ya but there's a pretty slim chance that I'd get caught and I'm willing to take the gamble. My neighbors know what I'm up to and they're all for it, nobody likes raccoons around, they're nothing but trouble. The trap is hidden from view, I use a quiet round to put 'em down and my "execution area" is hidden by bushes. I descreatly toss the carcass in a dumpster a mile away. It's a victimless crime that nobody cares about :thumbup:.

tbone0106

Quote from: Ricko on August 28, 2012, 08:46:15 AM
I hear ya but there's a pretty slim chance that I'd get caught and I'm willing to take the gamble. My neighbors know what I'm up to and they're all for it, nobody likes raccoons around, they're nothing but trouble. The trap is hidden from view, I use a quiet round to put 'em down and my "execution area" is hidden by bushes. I descreatly toss the carcass in a dumpster a mile away. It's a victimless crime that nobody cares about :thumbup:.
The raccoons would beg to differ. But in any case, you should be in the clear if you're operating on your own property. Most states exempt landowners and homeowners from hunting and trapping laws when dispatching pests like raccoons. I don't know about your town, but actually very few towns have laws prohibiting the discharge of a firearm. (If your "town" is New York City, that's a little different.) Where you may get crossways with somebody is when you transport the dead critter to the park dumpster. If you think whoever empties that dumpster hasn't noticed those carcasses, you'd better think again -- a ripe coon carcass stinks for weeks, and that means someone could be keeping an eye on it to see who's depositing those "special packages."

Ricko

Quote from: tbone0106 on August 28, 2012, 10:58:42 AM
The raccoons would beg to differ. But in any case, you should be in the clear if you're operating on your own property. Most states exempt landowners and homeowners from hunting and trapping laws when dispatching pests like raccoons. I don't know about your town, but actually very few towns have laws prohibiting the discharge of a firearm. (If your "town" is New York City, that's a little different.) Where you may get crossways with somebody is when you transport the dead critter to the park dumpster. If you think whoever empties that dumpster hasn't noticed those carcasses, you'd better think again -- a ripe coon carcass stinks for weeks, and that means someone could be keeping an eye on it to see who's depositing those "special packages."

LOL as I said to a neighbor who is glad I'm eradicating the little varmints...I no longer have a raccoon problem, the raccoons have a RICKO problem :thumbsup:.

Good point about dumping the carcasses in the same place all the time and I have dumped a few of them in other dumpsters in town to spread the "wealth". The time of day/week that I use that dumpster is so varied that they'd have to have a 24/7 stake out if they really wanted to catch the fiend who was dumping the carcasses, and I don't think anyone would really care enough to go through the trouble.

walkstall

Quote from: Ricko on August 28, 2012, 11:35:54 AM
LOL as I said to a neighbor who is glad I'm eradicating the little varmints...I no longer have a raccoon problem, the raccoons have a RICKO problem :thumbsup:.

Good point about dumping the carcasses in the same place all the time and I have dumped a few of them in other dumpsters in town to spread the "wealth". The time of day/week that I use that dumpster is so varied that they'd have to have a 24/7 stake out if they really wanted to catch the fiend who was dumping the carcasses, and I don't think anyone would really care enough to go through the trouble.


In this day and age a motion detector camera would do the trick.
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.- James Freeman Clarke

Always remember "Feelings Aren't Facts."

JustKari

I would avoid the dumpster altogether, drive out in the country a bit, toss it out the window, let nature/scavengers take care of the carcasses.  Doesn't take more than a few days, and you have much less chance of getting caught. 

Ricko

Quote from: walkstall on August 28, 2012, 11:59:23 AM

In this day and age a motion detector camera would do the trick.

Again I'll say, I don't think anyone would care enough to go through the trouble of setting up a camera, it's not like I'm dumping human remains or anything. Do you really think someone who smells something BAD in a dumpster is going to rummage through to find out what the stink is coming from...and then go through the trouble and expense to find out who is dumping dead 'coons? To be honest, I doubt if I'm the only one dumping 'coons in that dumpster...there's a lot of those varmints in the area and I'm sure I'm not the only one whose trapping and capping them.

Just to be on the safe side though I think I'll starting using different dumpsters around town, no more then 1 a month in any one dumpster.

Ricko

Quote from: JustKari on August 28, 2012, 12:11:23 PM
I would avoid the dumpster altogether, drive out in the country a bit, toss it out the window, let nature/scavengers take care of the carcasses.  Doesn't take more than a few days, and you have much less chance of getting caught.

In order to dump them in the country I think I'd have to un-bag them for the coyotes to enjoy the feast...and they're bloody and disgusting! I'll start rotating using different dumpsters...actually there's a goofy neighbor lady 3 doors down who thinks raccoons are "the cutest little things" and she FEEDS THEM! Maybe I should toss 'em in her pool after I shoot them? :woot:. I'm just kidding of course.

tbone0106

A rotting coon smells exactly like a rotting human. We're made of the same stuff, and decompose in exactly the same way.

Quote from: Ricko on August 28, 2012, 12:34:09 PM
Do you really think someone who smells something BAD in a dumpster is going to rummage through to find out what the stink is coming from...and then go through the trouble and expense to find out who is dumping dead 'coons?

No, but they'll sure do it to find out where the smell is coming from. Missing persons are quite often located by that "dead smell," the same smell a dead raccoon has.

I'd have to agree with Kari and Walks -- avoid the dumpsters altogether if you can.

walkstall

Quote from: Ricko on August 28, 2012, 12:34:09 PM
Again I'll say, I don't think anyone would care enough to go through the trouble of setting up a camera, it's not like I'm dumping human remains or anything. Do you really think someone who smells something BAD in a dumpster is going to rummage through to find out what the stink is coming from...and then go through the trouble and expense to find out who is dumping dead 'coons? To be honest, I doubt if I'm the only one dumping 'coons in that dumpster...there's a lot of those varmints in the area and I'm sure I'm not the only one whose trapping and capping them.

Just to be on the safe side though I think I'll starting using different dumpsters around town, no more then 1 a month in any one dumpster.


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Solar

Quote from: Ricko on August 28, 2012, 11:35:54 AM
LOL as I said to a neighbor who is glad I'm eradicating the little varmints...I no longer have a raccoon problem, the raccoons have a RICKO problem :thumbsup:.


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Gee -- I need some help and suggestions here.  I live on Long Island, 50 x 100 property but near a wooded area.  This is about raccoons.  I don't grow corn or have poultry...but I do have a large pond with a liner--and I have raccoons who raid the garbage, overturn the fountains and have ripped the liner, eating the koi.  All right.  I bought the recommended mixture and prepared the formulation.  But..."Big Daddy" came around about 8:15 PM, I was in the house. Warm night so I decided to go out into the glider a while...sitting there I hear an odd noise, getting louder and more anguishing.  It was "Big Daddy", he had the liquid but did not die within 10 feet, he was suffering for about 20 minutes.  Maybe when I went outside, I had disturbed his drinking and he only had a suboptimal dose.  Any ideas/suggestions?  There are a lot of raccoons, but I'm a nervous wreck after this little episode.     Thankfully a neighbor was playing loud music, otherwise I'm certain another would have called the police, picture this. 

tbone0106

Quote from: Eve on August 30, 2012, 08:11:11 PM
Gee -- I need some help and suggestions here.  I live on Long Island, 50 x 100 property but near a wooded area.  This is about raccoons.  I don't grow corn or have poultry...but I do have a large pond with a liner--and I have raccoons who raid the garbage, overturn the fountains and have ripped the liner, eating the koi.  All right.  I bought the recommended mixture and prepared the formulation.  But..."Big Daddy" came around about 8:15 PM, I was in the house. Warm night so I decided to go out into the glider a while...sitting there I hear an odd noise, getting louder and more anguishing.  It was "Big Daddy", he had the liquid but did not die within 10 feet, he was suffering for about 20 minutes.  Maybe when I went outside, I had disturbed his drinking and he only had a suboptimal dose.  Any ideas/suggestions?  There are a lot of raccoons, but I'm a nervous wreck after this little episode.     Thankfully a neighbor was playing loud music, otherwise I'm certain another would have called the police, picture this.

Welcome to the forum, Eve!  :smile:

My friend down the road says stiffen your mixture a bit. More granules, less pop. My friend says his "Big Daddy" weighed nearly 25 pounds, but even he traveled less than 30 feet after lapping up an entire bowl full of the magical stuff. My friend tells me that the lesser punks usually die within reach of the bowl.

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