Racoon Removal

TheMan419 · Jun 6, 2016

What is the best way to get rid of Racoons? At the barn where Mrs. TheMan currently boards her horses they leave the grain out in the open. So a racoon has taken up residence. The barn owner does not seem too keen on doing anything soon to remove it.

Looks like rat poison would work, but be very inhumane.

Traps and then drowning in the pond?

Other ideas?

Mrs. TheMan will not use firearms on them so that is out....

joefromga · Jun 6, 2016

I trap them live and take them off over a river somewhere. (so they can't return) They love traps but the big ones can be quite aggressive.

Wear gloves when releasing.

Or, sit at night with a night scope on a Gamo air pellet rifle and take them out.

TripleR · Jun 6, 2016

My uncle had good luck with HAVAHART live traps then released them in a wooded area, I use a more permanent method, but it's not for everyone. No one seems too coon hunt anymore, we use to let hunters keep them under control.

the8080 · Jun 6, 2016

TheMan419 said:
What is the best way to get rid of Racoons? At the barn where Mrs. TheMan currently boards her horses they leave the grain out in the open. So a racoon has taken up residence. The barn owner does not seem too keen on doing anything soon to remove it.

Looks like rat poison would work, but be very inhumane.

Traps and then drowning in the pond?

Other ideas?

Mrs. TheMan will not use firearms on them so that is out....

Use the Havahart live trap. Bait it with something smelly, apples, tuna? Take it down the road to live in the woods.

check · Jun 6, 2016

the8080 said:
Use the Havahart live trap. Bait it with something smelly, apples, tuna? Take it down the road to live in the woods.

WAY down the road, or it will return.

zzvyb6 · Jun 6, 2016

I live trap coons and squirrels. Paint them with a rattle can before releasing. If they show up again, well, food for thought....

TheMan419 · Jun 6, 2016

TripleR said:
My uncle had good luck with HAVAHART live traps then released them in a wooded area, I use a more permanent method, but it's not for everyone. No one seems too coon hunt anymore, we use to let hunters keep them under control.

Interesting it seems in Indiana you can humane trap them on your own property and then kill them. You have to inform a conservation officer when you do. However if you hunt them w/o trapping first (or do it on someone's property) you need a permit.

PILOON · Jun 6, 2016

Use the Havahart live trap. Bait it with something smelly, apples, tuna?

check said:
WAY down the road, or it will return.

Very true.

Paint them with a rattle can before releasing. If they show up again, well, food for thought....
Like that idea.

I also like to see how long they can stay under water .

Now try to catch the young that are hiding in the attic!----
I used a pole and noose at the end like the snake catchers use as mine were right down in the eaves where I could not go.
Cleaning out their toilet was another matter as was replacing the insulation they bunched up and trampled.

Next I had to re attach the soffit and flashing mother had ripped out to gain access.
(that is the problem when a tree is very close to your roof, easy ladder for them)

Sawyer Rob · Jun 6, 2016

There is only ONE way to deal with raccoons!

They are a problem everywhere, and I refuse to have to deal with them more than once! One raccoon can and will destroy an entire garden, in one night...I've had it happen, more than once...

A dead coon = a NO problem coon!!

SR