I deal with raccoons using a range of methods that include traps, usually of the have a heart type. Dogs are my favorite method. Dogs occasionally catch and kill a coon in field or when I knock one down out of tree but nine times out of ten coons are simply chased off long before they get into area where they can cause trouble. They may get a few chomps on back side but my losses to raccoons are now zero and I do not have to invest time in running traps every mourning. Traps I do have are next to perimeter pens where I go by twice daily to care for birds so no added time to trap management.