Raccoon trapping

[Mortenson]

Are you guys setting them next to the trees or burying them?

 

[Telemark]

Are you guys setting them next to the trees or burying them?

I bury them. I keep them in a bucket in the sun so flies lay eggs on them, and then bury them about 6 to 10 inches deep, just to keep the birds off them. Never had a coyote dig one up.

Tried setting them next to trees, and they often get stolen or eaten. I recently set a raccoon next to a pear tree with the idea that I would return to bury it. Vultures and hawks ate it down to a skeleton in less than 2 days.

You can also hang them in a tree, but rope costs money.

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

Are you guys setting them next to the trees or burying them?

I prefer to cover them with leaves to hide the smell a bit, but throwing them on top of the soil also works fine. The trees and grass next to those carcasses will have nice dark green leaves the following year.

 

[Telemark]

I have a Montmorency cherry in Ontario that has received 6 or 8 small groundhogs and raccoons since it was planted, and it's a big solid tree that produces a lot of cherries. Definitely my nicest fruit tree.

 

[KY wild]

Some critter stealing all our sunflower seeds out of bird feeder on our deck at night, so I put a camera on it and two fat coons staying until empty. Set a dog proof below it and caught 12 coons in about 20 days. I was little nervous about catching a skunk 5 feet from the house but thankfully it never happened. Have not caught anything for 2 weeks so I pulled it yesterday.
My yard dog which was a squirrel hunting fiest died of old age last summer, now i have moles everywhere and squirrels, rabbits and coons robbing my garden and everything else. I miss that dog

 

[Mortenson]

I prefer to cover them with leaves to hide the smell a bit, but throwing them on top of the soil also works fine. The trees and grass next to those carcasses will have nice dark green leaves the following year.

That fat ass, antler challenged buck we called jiggly puff died in some grass 2yrs ago from ehd and last year I couldn't believe how green the grass was in a 12' circle.

 

[Mortenson]

And Illinois still doesn't allow raccoon trapping this time of the year. Absolutely insane.

I was just watching the nightly news over at my parents' and they showed the great length the FD went to to rescue a fawn in flood water. And now in a few months that same deer will be sniped by another agency. The land of fruits and nuts.

 

[cbw]

We are up to 15 coons in less than 2 weeks. That puts us at 27 total for the year.


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