Raccoons are driving me nuts!

[TomStrong]

For the last week cute little raccoons have figured out where I live and are now coming out of the woods behind my house (we have about 3 acres most of it hardwoods) and have been laying my trash out horizontally every night. Tonight I go out back to put a bag of trash in the garbage can and its just gone! I mean no longer present. It has simply ceased to be! I go get a flashlight to rummage around and find the darn thing and low and behold its in the woods about thirty yards from the house! The whole can. The bungee cords I had put on the lid to prevent them from getting in must have been viewed by the raccoon as a hilarious attempt to keep him out. My wife thought it was a bear because she couldn't imagine a little raccoon dragging a 40 gallon trash can into the woods. Sheesh. I gotta come up with another anti raccoon plan.

[z3zep]

Saw a documentary on them, they are really adept at figuring out how to open garbage cans and once they beat your system you have to go to something new. smart and have great hand dexterity.

[Mikey]

Splash ammonia all over the garbage (inside and out)

It will keep away most anything

[Random Axe]

We just had a family of four removed from inside our walls between the two bathrooms. Somewhere there was a hole on the roof and they just came in through the attic and made themselves at home. We could hear them talking to each other and scratching on the bottoms of the tubs. My wife was freaked out, but I thought it was pretty funny.

[Zemo]

For the last week cute little raccoons have figured out where I live and are now coming out of the woods behind my house (we have about 3 acres most of it hardwoods) and have been laying my trash out horizontally every night. Tonight I go out back to put a bag of trash in the garbage can and its just gone! I mean no longer present. It has simply ceased to be! I go get a flashlight to rummage around and find the darn thing and low and behold its in the woods about thirty yards from the house! The whole can. The bungee cords I had put on the lid to prevent them from getting in must have been viewed by the raccoon as a hilarious attempt to keep him out. My wife thought it was a bear because she couldn't imagine a little raccoon dragging a 40 gallon trash can into the woods. Sheesh. I gotta come up with another anti raccoon plan.

Get a Pit Bull.

[Hector]

Get a Pit Bull.

[Hector]

On Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods' New Orleans episode...they just bagged, skinned, and ate a raccoon...according to him...it was delicious, lol.

[Zemo]

On Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods' New Orleans episode...they just bagged, skinned, and ate a raccoon...according to him...it was delicious, lol.

Right in the smoker. lol

[Mr Mego]

Get a Pit Bull.

That's right!! I saw Raccoon sneaked too close to me while I'm cleaning the Catfish at night, I chased the Raccon off but he's still coming back so... I threw Catfish's GUT at him, he snagged it and walked away.

[Hector]

Right in the smoker. lol

Never had raccoon...but I'll give it a go if you grill it...I always try something new at least once, lol.

[Zemo]

haleybear.jpg She will take care of any coons.

[Hector]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]6967[/ATTACH] She will take care of any coons.

She's AWESOME!!!!!!

[Mikey]

I tried raccoon meat.

Kinda tasted like gamey roast beef

I'd eat it if I had too

[Mikey]

BTW, seriously ........ keep dogs away from all raccoons

It's not worth the chance if the raccoon is rabid (which is very possible)

[Mego MkIV]

Splash ammonia all over the garbage (inside and out)

It will keep away most anything

Including the Garbage Man when he comes to pick it up.