We went to dinner, and meanwhile a raccoon ate our chicken

[svh]

SO came home with this:

https://www.big5sportinggoods.com/s...usion-mach-1-.177-cal-air-rifle/0350102111600. 1450 fps.

Oh, he bought hollow points for it. And some other expandable kind.

And wire to make snares from.

Nice choice ! Gamo makes a good product. Those Leshy air guns are super nice, but the prices are outrageous !

For obvious reasons, I will continue this reply in a Private Message .....

 

[neo71665]

Make sure you have the proper license and/or permits for snares. I know in a lot of areas it is illegal to snare animals because it's not a safe and humane way to trap animals.

 

[Animalfisherwoman]

Make sure you have the proper license and/or permits for snares. I know in a lot of areas it is illegal to snare animals because it's not a safe and humane way to trap animals.

The state regs say no legholds but body holds are OK. This could be a potential bodyhold, but I know, gray area.

Well I'd love to do it exactly the way the AVMA says with no gray area. I would love it if we could just take it to the Humane Society and have it dealt with in the same way they would if you took your dying dog or cat over there. But they don't.

 

[Animalfisherwoman]

Another skunk in the trap! Grrr.

I have this outdoor coffee table out there. Is it true skunks don't climb?

 

[neo71665]

Another skunk in the trap! Grrr.

I have this outdoor coffee table out there. Is it true skunks don't climb?

To a point. They also have pretty bad eyesight.
My pet skunk would manage to get up on my bed and couch but he used his claws to grab the cloth. He couldn't grab on to solid objects like table legs. Think ya be safe putting it up on a table from skunks but I would question if a wild coon would jump up there also.

Before everybody asks again, yes I also had a pet skunk for about 15 years. He died of old age and now they are illegal to own in my state. He was grandfathered in because I already had him before they passed the stupid law.

 

[Animalfisherwoman]

For SO skunks aren't the elimination target. I would not mind if they were, but it is SO who has to go out and deal with trapping, and he really doesn't want skunks in the picture.

We caught nothing the first day with the live trap. So today I buttered it up. Like with cat food on the legs only to attract the raccoons to see the nice, tasty marshmallows in there.

 

[Animalfisherwoman]

The coon came back yesterday night This time we saw it right outside the bedroom window on the fence. This is at eye level from about two, three feet away. He is the size of I'd say a West Highland White Terrier. SO has seen the same coon walking down the street and thought it WAS a dog.

He is using the top of the coop, which abuts the fence, as a raccoon latrine.