I guess i will keep setting the trap every night the same way i did last night. I have cement poured around the coop so they wont dig anymore and i put some better latches on the doors.
YESSS! I finally got my first coon. What i did was i left a few marsmallows in a trail into the trap, then i took a fish that i had coaught the other day and ziptied it to the back of the cage, then i poured a little bit of chinken broth in the cage. My guess is he was really working to get that...
The coon hasnt been tipping the cage because i have a 40lb rock on top of it. Im going to try building walls around it like Ridgerunner said so it isnt likely to reach in and grab the marshmallows. I am thinking about getting one of those dogproof traps as it seems they work best.
The problem i have is that some of my birds dont sleep in the coop at night and every once in a while i forget to get one and in the morning theres feathers and a ripped up carcass in the yard.I like the idea about making a box to put over it but how are the stealing the bait and tripping the trap?
For a few months we have been having a huge raccoon problem. So much that they would come everynight for chickens, turtles and turtle food. Once it started getting to out of hand i decided to try a method of baiting them and shooting them ( I made sure to check all the hunting/trapping...