I need help with a super-smart raccoon. I have lost 11 little chicks to this rocket-scientist and I can't catch him.
I am using a live trap and this is what he's done...
1st night - set trap and placed it behind the scene of the crime. This little bugger got the bait but did not spring the trap.
Last night - set trap again but this time I put chicken skin, cherry jam, garlic, and covered the works with bacon fat which I allowed to congeal and, therefore, cement all this stuff in place. (thought I might catch my husband in there lol). This coon tips the cage on its side and waltzes in there and takes the bait. Because the trap's on its side he doesn't have to step on the pan to get the stuff.
I need help. Obviously, I have to secure the trap so he can't tip it but he got the bait the first night without tipping -- I'd appreciate any other advice folks may have as this guy/gal is so bright.
It's hard not to respect a creature so crafty but he's going DOWN!!
Thanks so much (in advance)
I am using a live trap and this is what he's done...
1st night - set trap and placed it behind the scene of the crime. This little bugger got the bait but did not spring the trap.
Last night - set trap again but this time I put chicken skin, cherry jam, garlic, and covered the works with bacon fat which I allowed to congeal and, therefore, cement all this stuff in place. (thought I might catch my husband in there lol). This coon tips the cage on its side and waltzes in there and takes the bait. Because the trap's on its side he doesn't have to step on the pan to get the stuff.
I need help. Obviously, I have to secure the trap so he can't tip it but he got the bait the first night without tipping -- I'd appreciate any other advice folks may have as this guy/gal is so bright.
It's hard not to respect a creature so crafty but he's going DOWN!!
Thanks so much (in advance)
