Anyone here trap raccoons?

[DWSmith 0]

I've been told the population is now at nuisance level so the raccoon season is open all the time here.  They are a pest on my property (we have chickens) and the farmer's corn field across the road.

I'm not sure what to do other than dispatch and dispose of them.

Have any of you eaten raccoon?  Opinions?

[flytire 0]

https://youtu.be/Ofp26_oc4CA?feature=shared

[DWSmith 0]

Thanks!  Neat video.

They look really cute until they get into our chicken coop ripping up chickens.

[niveker 0]

Hate to have that idiot as a neighbor.  

@DWSmith - If they're a nuisance, why not just shoot them?  

[DWSmith 0]

I shoot them too when I can.  The dogs treed one that came out of the coop early one morning when my wife was walking them.  I shot that raccoons in my pajamas.  How he got in my pajamas I'll never know.  :D

To shoot them consistently I'd be up at night a lot.  The traps I use are the Duke Dog Proof traps that just humanely hang on to their wrist until I come along to dispatch.

[chugbug27 0]

[niveker 0]

 

1 hour ago, DWSmith said:

I shot that raccoons in my pajamas.  How he got in my pajamas I'll never know.

Touche - 🤣