Operation Coon Removal is a GO!

[ollitos]

Greg put a trap behind the pen that had the raccoon tracks on top of it. We locked up the barn cats for the night and have high hopes of catching a raccoon tonight. Fingers crossed!

 

[trinityoaks]

Hope you get that sucker!

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

Good luck!!!

 

[Miss M]

Fingers crossed here! :clover:

 

[ollitos]

Empty trap this morning. We'll try again tonight.

 

[Cindi Davis]

Get em !!!!!!!!!!

 

[ollitos]

Huh. The can of cat food is gone but the trap didn't spring. Ugh

 

[Random Rabbit]

Huh. The can of cat food is gone but the trap didn't spring. Ugh

But.... that Could be a good thing.... makes the critter think it is a "safe" food source . Quite ofter we will have the live trap door so it won't close for a couple nights just for that reason.

( also... try watermelon rind smeared with peanut butter... cats are Not attracted to it...coons luv it !!)

Good luck on the next try... :bunnyhop:

 

[ollitos]

 

[OneAcreFarm]

WooHoo!

 

[ollitos]

I think my son will be the recipient of a coon skin cap for Christmas!

 

[OneAcreFarm]

I think my son will be the recipient of a coon skin cap for Christmas!

I would not bother, honestly. Those things carry all kinds of nasties and I would not want even try skinning it....

 

[ollitos]

It was a nice idea. But Greg said that fur is too thin because it's a summer coat and that skinning and tanning would be a huge pain.

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Why do coons have to be so dang cute looking?

Check out that hole he dug... better put some wire skirting on those pens.

 

[ollitos]

Yah, he was trying to get to the cat food in the trap. We've started putting chicken wire down for the entire floor of the pasture pens now.

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Coons can tear through chicken wire, especially as it ages. Being in constant contact with the ground will cause it to degrade even faster.

 

[Random Rabbit]

i agree that they "look" cute... until one approaches the cage and they bare their teeth and start growling and snapping.

Cute goes right out the window at that point !

 

[Secuono]

Coons ain't cute at all. Coon I caught was ugly and fat. He sat there in silence as I walked around and messed with the cage. He only growled and lunged at me after I kicked the trap to see if it was alive or messed up in the head.

Set that trap again! Keep it set, either there or further away. More will come.
I've only caught one coon, pissing me off cus I know there's more.

 

[ollitos]

It was not cute. It was growly and hissing and lunging and mean. I shot the sucker and was glad she was dead.

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Vicious, nasty critters, to be sure. But I still think they are cute.