Getting rid of racoons

[ponytug]

Wonder if that thing had rabies to come back after him.

Raccoons are tough little guys, but last year one of them ran into something a little tougher. Found a Racoon head and a bunch of fir in the back yard, nothing else. Surprised I didn’t hear the ruckus.

Great horned owl?

 

[Eaglesfate]

did you try a broom?

 

[ruffdog]

Great horned owl?

They don't call them the "flying tiger" for nothing.

 

[ruffdog]

This guy feeds all his wild friends......you have to see this:

 

[oldballs]

IMHO....he's crazy.

 

[FullMetalBucket]

Great horned owl?

I’m thinking coyotes maybe. Despite this area in MA being highly populated, they are seen quite regularly. You never know though.

 

[Blue Mule]

I learned last year that racoons are tougher than they look. We've got a big problem with them coming up on our front porch every night and terrorizing our cats and stealing the cat food. One night I caught them on the front porch eating and opened the door to scare them away. When I did my Australian Shepherds nearly knocked me down to get outside. We've got two, and both of them are 50-55 lb. dogs that were raised in the country (no pampered house dogs here, they're tough) and it took both of them to dispatch one racoon. I couldn't believe it. There we are, all three of us, myself and both dogs, doing circles in the front yard fighting a racoon. I should have thought about it before opening the front door because I should have known the dogs would go nuts if they saw the coon. Lesson learned.

 

[pmsmechanic]

I learned last year that racoons are tougher than they look. We've got a big problem with them coming up on our front porch every night and terrorizing our cats and stealing the cat food. One night I caught them on the front porch eating and opened the door to scare them away. When I did my Australian Shepherds nearly knocked me down to get outside. We've got two, and both of them are 50-55 lb. dogs that were raised in the country (no pampered house dogs here, they're tough) and it took both of them to dispatch one racoon. I couldn't believe it. There we are, all three of us, myself and both dogs, doing circles in the front yard fighting a racoon. I should have thought about it before opening the front door because I should have known the dogs would go nuts if they saw the coon. Lesson learned.

Around here the best deterrent for raccoons is a good dog. I'd be very tempted to install a dog door in the house. It sounds like the two dogs can take care of themselves.

 

[gstrom99]

This guy feeds all his wild friends......you have to see this:

OMFG! No way, Jose'...

 

[FullMetalBucket]

That guy in the video needs to start passing out some salad to those raccoons. Their legs aren’t going to reach the ground soon.