Last week, my neighbor told me that any melon rinds put into his burn pile would be removed in the morning to the edge of the cornfield behind our properties. So, likely raccoons. So, we’ve been looking for any signs of them on our property.
We have a 100% predator proof (as long as the human door is closed) stand alone shed/coop/run, and we’ve seen some digging at spots around the perimeter. We also have a non-predator proof run with a decently safe elevated coop within this run. No digging around this one. We have also found some eaten vegetables/fruit in our garden-mostly tomatoes and strawberries.
Given this is the season of training up the young to eat and hunt, we decided it was time to catch what was coming around. Using a Z-trap and mini marshmallows, we have caught one coon a day for the last 4 days. One mom, and what appears to be three younger coons. We will keep trapping until we don’t get any more. We have the trap set up close to the eaten fruit/veg, at the edge of our property. We have a second one setup close to the neighbors burn pile, at the edge of our property and the neighbor’s. I wonder how many we will catch?
Two years ago, neighbors chickens were massacred by coons over two nights. Between that neighbor and the neighbors on either side (including us), we caught 11 coons among the three properties. But, that was a year the everyone was having coon problems, so the population was particularly high.
Anyone seeing an uptick in coon presence?
We have a 100% predator proof (as long as the human door is closed) stand alone shed/coop/run, and we’ve seen some digging at spots around the perimeter. We also have a non-predator proof run with a decently safe elevated coop within this run. No digging around this one. We have also found some eaten vegetables/fruit in our garden-mostly tomatoes and strawberries.
Given this is the season of training up the young to eat and hunt, we decided it was time to catch what was coming around. Using a Z-trap and mini marshmallows, we have caught one coon a day for the last 4 days. One mom, and what appears to be three younger coons. We will keep trapping until we don’t get any more. We have the trap set up close to the eaten fruit/veg, at the edge of our property. We have a second one setup close to the neighbors burn pile, at the edge of our property and the neighbor’s. I wonder how many we will catch?
Two years ago, neighbors chickens were massacred by coons over two nights. Between that neighbor and the neighbors on either side (including us), we caught 11 coons among the three properties. But, that was a year the everyone was having coon problems, so the population was particularly high.
Anyone seeing an uptick in coon presence?
