coons?

Heard from a friend that mixing Fly bait with coca-cola takes them out fast.  Fly bait sold at fleet farm.  Mix to moisten and put on a paper plate.
They do not get far after eating it.

I have no experience with this, just a tip from someone I know.  

I have problems with them on a small residential site so poison not safe for my area.  Trapping with a have-no-heart got me one but the rest are too big and roll my trap over and over until it is upside down and the locking bars do not lock the ends.  I find the traps upside down in my neighbor's yard sometimes.

We never saw it but some GIANT critter dug a hole in the roof of the house last August.  Had to get the whole roof replaced last October.
All the neighbors laughed.  But joke was on them as across the street retired neighbor found a giant hole ripped thru his roof too.  He got a new roof this spring.

I don't hate coons but we seem to have plenty of them even though I am in a subdivision.  Can't grow sweet corn in the garden as it seems to
draw them in from miles away.

An possums!  got 2 last summer.  This morning at 6:00 am I see a LARGE mama possum walking across my yard with a pile of little ones
on top of her.  Sure hope she goes miles away as last year the squirrels and possums raided my apple trees numerous times.  Got 14 squirrels last year and did not dent the population.  

Now rabbits are easy.  Fence the garden off and I am good.  The rest seem to think my yard is the local animal supermarket.

Been giving a few a dose of lead with a 22-250. Theres so many

I wish they made a poison besides lead for them. So many around here. Wreak havoc on my corn fields

I'm really intrigued by the blumgi slime discussions! How do you think this kind of creative play impacts our problem-solving skills? It seems like there's more to it than just fun!

I had a pet Raccoon that raised on a bottle at first and grew to over 35 because he ate so much. 

PALMERTON, Pa. – The world’s weightiest raccoon, famed for his junk-food jones, has died after tipping the scales at nearly 75 pounds.

A trail cam is not "out in the woods".  The biggest beaver I ever caught was 48# on the scale, it stretched out as a "blanket" size.  The biggest I have ever seen was 60#, a "super blanket".  Biggest raccoon I ever caught was a 35# male- a silver monster.  Scales don't lie, but pictures do.

That 55# coon that I referred to has stuck in my mind for many years but the mind can change throughout the years.     As Z has said,       WITHOUT A PICTURE ITS JUST ANOTHER STORY.    LOL

Caught 7 so far in the past week, only 2 went over 30lbs. 

You guys are really over exaggerating  a racoons weight. You show me a 80 to 100 pound raccoon in the wild, and I'll show you a honest politician.  
Are any of you fishermen ?  
Raccoons typically weigh between 12 and 36 pounds, but can vary significantly based on factors like genetics, age, diet, and habitat. While large wild specimens can reach over 40 pounds, individuals in captivity, especially those with unhealthy diets, can weigh 50 pounds or more. Males are generally heavier than females. 
Average weight: Most adult raccoons weigh between 12 and 36 pounds. Larger raccoons: Some wild raccoons can reach 40 pounds or more, though this is rare. 

You guys need to get in the woods more.  On my bear bait cam had several racoons one was comparatively larger. 80#.  Beaver 80# Otter 60# . If you know what dogs and deer weigh and seen enough wild critters its obvious some animals grow big in the wild and not hard to estimate their weight is well beyond ordinary. 

Old Dog.    MD 50/50.   🥹

Edge.   Same with coyotes, a neighbor had his sweet corn patch destroyed by a pack of them this summer.    In the past wild animals feared humans, now we feed them.

river_chaserUser since 10/3/12
Edge the biggest racoon I ever saw was in your area between Ripon and Green Lk. A man shot it while pheasant hunting. Very large animal close to 100 pounds easy what a beast.  That was 50 years ago. 


A 100lb. coon ?        Bud light or Coors ?  

Carpio, that was the good old days.October, November you could go outside at night and see lights and hear dogs. Had no coon issues back then. Then the bleeding hearts stepped in. Now look at we got.
Talked to a farmer the other day. He bought a night vision scope and over the summer he shot over 300 coon. Might give that a whirl. Coon do so much damage to corn crop.