Trap and release Raccoons

[teejk]

So don't plant corn? Drawing vermin to food for a reason, yes, and not just shooting everything that shows up. "A rat is a rat." etc. I'll agree to disagree as long as I think that coon damage 'symptoms' ARE the problem.

Raccoons aren't house-pets to some of us. They raid nests and trash my barn. I kill flies and ants too.

They do raid nests as do skunks and opossums...a major problem for ducks and upland game birds.

 

[goeduck]

Nature was in balance before humans messed it up.

 

[bcp]

Nature was in balance before humans messed it up.

..or asteroids...



Bruce

 

[FM504]

IIRC baiting mouse traps is to gather and extinguish vermin. What so wrong about shooting vermin over food if the shooter, unlike a conibear, is selective about whom/what is dispatched or not?? They s__ in my barn they go swimming, and no blood to rinse off the "Duke Heavy Duty Large" trap. I've had a pair of 'coons eat and poop 4' of a 12ga extension cord, four colors of plastic and shredded wire in their scat.

Props to the use of Duke 'Dog Proof' pictured a page or so back, a very selective trap for raccoons. There's a right spot to crack the skull when you catch 'em in a DP or leg-hold trap. btw, global fur market collapsed years ago, and recent weather has made things messy, with mud more likely during trapping seasons when bitter cold doesn't keep them from running.

So, rats are bad and once caught should be released to live on? Not sure where to draw the line between rats and coons. Cute babies, is that it? BTW, if we catch a skunk in a coon set, should we or shouldn't we have it de-scented before we crate and ship it to Moss?

Definitely leave the scent glands...I’m sure he’ll be along shortly for a fun filled ethics and morals lesson...

 

[goeduck]

..or asteroids...



Bruce

Well, that was a temporary natural interruption. The question now is is human impact a temporary interruption to nature? Will we go the way of the dinosaurs due to our own doing?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I don't think I'll be going without my garden to save a coon!!!

SR

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Wife: was that a coon?
Me: Nah, just a target with 4 feet.

 

[bcp]

"Was that a raccoon?"

"I don't know. It was wearing a mask."

 

[MossRoad]

One big problem is the urban tree huggers that shudder at hurting god's little creatures.

As a consequence grey and black squirrels, coons and skunks etc ret transported to an outside zone to become somebody else's problem.

I have owned my land for over 50 years and never saw a grey or black squirrel but every day I see about 6 or 7.
Same problem goes with bears and coyotes, they trap and move them but they come back, must be GPS equipped. LOL

Black squirrels are a natural mutation. They used to be rare around here, being common about 40 miles away. Over time, they spread out and pass along the mutation and now they are common about 15 miles away. And I've seen a few around here in the last 10 years. I doubt its because people are moving them.

 

[MossRoad]

IIRC baiting mouse traps is to gather and extinguish vermin. What so wrong about shooting vermin over food if the shooter, unlike a conibear, is selective about whom/what is dispatched or not?? They s__ in my barn they go swimming, and no blood to rinse off the "Duke Heavy Duty Large" trap. I've had a pair of 'coons eat and poop 4' of a 12ga extension cord, four colors of plastic and shredded wire in their scat.

Props to the use of Duke 'Dog Proof' pictured a page or so back, a very selective trap for raccoons. There's a right spot to crack the skull when you catch 'em in a DP or leg-hold trap. btw, global fur market collapsed years ago, and recent weather has made things messy, with mud more likely during trapping seasons when bitter cold doesn't keep them from running.

So, rats are bad and once caught should be released to live on? Not sure where to draw the line between rats and coons. Cute babies, is that it? BTW, if we catch a skunk in a coon set, should we or shouldn't we have it de-scented before we crate and ship it to Moss?

It goes to bad farm management practices, plain and simple.