Raccoon trapping

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Why not poison the mound?

I was a 23 year old grad student working two jobs with little awareness or time to invest in learning how to kill the mounds. I do recall trying baking soda, which did not work, so I gave up. As a renter, I did complain to the owner several times, which resulted in the baking soda idea!

 

[Mtyhunter]

back in the day, my grandpa used gasoline and set them afire
back in the day

 

[Turkey Creek]

My obsession with possum knowledge led me down the road to this. Doesn't say whether this is all adult possums or includes young. Holy crap Batman, at 259 possums per square mile you would be watching your ground move beneath your feet! At my current density I am about 160 possums per square mile. That the highest densities are found in prime duck nesting habitat leads me to believe they eat a lot of duck eggs.

 

[SwampCat]

Here in Missouri we have "predator control" laws that allow trapping or shooting nuisance animals or those causing depredation. A couple of years ago our trapping season was extended for private lands to April 14 to reduce poult predation.

I only lived in Texas a couple of years, but during that time I came to despise fire ants. We had some mounds behind our house that rendered the backyard of our house (a rental) unusable much of the year.

Supposedly, most nesting - sitting on the nest starts mid may in MO.

My obsession with possum knowledge led me down the road to this. Doesn't say whether this is all adult possums or includes young. Holy crap Batman, at 259 possums per square mile you would be watching your ground move beneath your feet! At my current density I am about 160 possums per square mile. That the highest densities are found in prime duck nesting habitat leads me to believe they eat a lot of duck eggs.

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You need to get a good possum dog!

 

[Turkey Creek]

Supposedly, most nesting - sitting on the nest starts mid may in MO.

You need to get a good possum dog!

Have possum dog will travel! Hmmmm maybe a new side business ......... possum eradication.

On a serious note as I have never had hounds before, do possums tree like coons or do they tend to burrow into brush piles more?

 

[T-Max]

Have possum dog will travel! Hmmmm maybe a new side business ......... possum eradication.

On a serious note as I have never had hounds before, do possums tree like coons or do they tend to burrow into brush piles more?

I’m pretty sure they just lay down…

 

[KY wild]

I have treed them with squirrel dogs many times, but usually close to the ground in a tree like under 10 feet.

 

[Feelslikefar.]

I caught a young one once while deer hunting. And by caught I mean I walked over and picked him up.
I carrieed him by his tail for a bit, it was so calm and docile I even entertained the terrible idea of sticking him in my coat. (getting pee'd or pooped on was more a worry than getting bit). I was going to bring him over to the tree stand where my brother in law was hunting to surprise him with my hunting prowess!
Then after carrying it a little while I thought... "Why is this possum walking around in the middle of the day?" That's when I decided to put him down. lol

 

[SwampCat]

My Mt Cur treed a lot of them - like said above, low in a tree. He caught and killed just as many on the ground.