City Raccoons
- Thread starter DurkaDurka
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I googled racoon problems and there were alot of sites...
I haven't read the whole thread, so I don't know what you've tried already, but you could check some of those sites out ... one of them dealt with raccoon problems in urban areas.
I haven't read the whole thread, so I don't know what you've tried already, but you could check some of those sites out ... one of them dealt with raccoon problems in urban areas.
There's nothing made by man that Rocky can't beat. Tupperware or steel bin, you'll slow 'em until garbage day. That's it!
Too bad you couldn't remote a cherry bomb, huh?
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Too bad you couldn't remote a cherry bomb, huh?
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I know someone will ask. It's a coconut crab, aka robber crab. Looks like they are as crafty as racoons.:smile:
Call me what you like. A few years ago when we moved from Gabriola Island to Nanaimo we were infested with racoons. They dumped the garbage cans, tore up my wife's flower beds, ...looking for grubs? I don't know. I developed a system of bungee cords to hold the garbage can lids on and the racoons soon figured that out and again the street was decorated with our garbage. One of the neighbors suggested traps, the kind that didn't harm the animals. The idea was to transport the captured animals somewhere else. Catching them was easy. Turning them loose was another matter all together. Handling the traps with the animals inside was downright dangerous. One of them bit the finger off a heavy pair of leather gloves.....fortunately I extracted my finger in time. We had three traps and three racoons After we ran out of ideas I remembered that I have a Crossman 22 caliber air pistol. To make this story shorter, I dispatched all three with a single shot to the back of their snarling little heads. This is not something I would do again but it did solve the racoon problem.
At first I thought the picture you posted was Photoshopped, but I read the Wiki entry and found out it really exists. Very interesting creature.:smile:
One solution that I wouldn't recommend in the city... that I've used when camping in the wild to keep out varmints and bear, out of the garbage and other stuff outside...is a battery operated cattle fencer and a proper length of chicken fencing material....it rolls up compact and for the battery operated fencer, while a six volt dry cell is good for small varmints, you would need a twelve volt battery for bears...It doesn't kill them....but they sure change their mind when the nose comes in contact with the fence....;-)
Discharging a firearm in a built-up area - paintball or not - is a weapons offence.
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We still have deer problems but the racoon problems were the worst. My neighbor's old cat was torn to hell and killed by these ring-tailed rodents. I don't know if there is a solution to the deer problem other than to plant stuff they don't eat.
Are paint ball fired by a blank cartridge or C02?
The deer where we lived weren't eating our plants... they were eating the natural borders around our yards, and believe it or not, tearing open our garbage. The biggest issue was safety, as they'd charge you when you left the house, or when you got home and were trying to get into the house. The guns were CO2 cartridge guns. My pump action bb gun worked pretty good too... they recognized any gun, and wouldn't charge so long as you had it with you. a shot anywhere near them would get them out of your yard.
Weapons offense perhaps, but, worth not being trampled by a deer, and IMO, firing off a paintball or two is worth it if it means you don't have to trap and kill an animal.
For what it's worth Karrie, my solution to deer charging would have been a pragmatic solution that would have resulted in a venison roast or two and damn any weapons offense.
I don't own a gun, and going to that much trouble to get registered and get a weapon would just be ridiculous. A bb gun or paint gun works well for scaring them away, without the risk of missing and killing one of your neighbors at their dining room table.
That is one very ugly looking creature... worse even than my ex... holy. That could stuff a lot of mushrooms...Hey. Maybe Racoons aren't that bad.
Has anyone tried one of these?
the following is a link to a comercial site "Lee Valley".
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=1&p=44958&cat=2,51555&ap=2
the following is a link to a comercial site "Lee Valley".
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=1&p=44958&cat=2,51555&ap=2
Paintball guns are not considered a firearm.....if they were, they could not be used for their intended purpose. All the paintball gus I've ever seen were powered by compressed air.......
Shoot someone who doesn't want to be shot, or be witnessed by someone to whom any form of launched projectile is a weapon - and see what happens. I didn't write the conflicting array of laws ... nor am I *ahem* entirely obedient to them....
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