yeah 87... between a neighbor 3 door down who feeds them ( 2 neighbors in-between have hired trappers at $150 a raccoon in attic and walls), living next to a forest preserve, having 2 creeks and a bunch of town folk releasing in my side drive.... who say they didn't see the house for the trees when I catch them.Neighbor had a mink get in his coop. Woke up to a blood bath. Ate the heads off all the birds. That's why he buys eggs from me now
Edit: also 87?! I've had to dispatch maybe 8 in my 5 years of keeping
they say the average for a sq. mile of prime river bottom is 9 raccoons
Owl left a mink head under a tree a few years ago. I have also seen weasels. Coops have 1/2 inch HWC because of that.
The bigger creek that is a mile away that my creek drains into , has had an otter spotted in it. I'm praying that does fine its way up my creek