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I figured I'd start a thread about the nuisance animals we have to trap. When we moved in there was a family of coons in the dormer attic that I couldn't get to from inside the attic. I even tried trapping them on the roof but they would not go in the live trap. Eventually I drilled a hole in the ceiling of the dormer and used a piece of vacuum line on the nozzle of some mace and sprayed it in the enclosed area. They departed that night.
Since then I have been trapping raccoons by my garbage cans because they open the lid to get in and then tear the bags all apart and make the inside of the cans disgusting. At first, I was catching them on almost a nightly basis. Now I only set them when the bags get messed with which is about every two weeks. I set the two dogproofs tonight and had one within an hour after sunset. This makes coon number 22 if my count is accurate. The strange thing is only 3 have been females.
I'm pretty sure this is one of the kits that was born in the attic as one of them had a bobbed tail.
Since then I have been trapping raccoons by my garbage cans because they open the lid to get in and then tear the bags all apart and make the inside of the cans disgusting. At first, I was catching them on almost a nightly basis. Now I only set them when the bags get messed with which is about every two weeks. I set the two dogproofs tonight and had one within an hour after sunset. This makes coon number 22 if my count is accurate. The strange thing is only 3 have been females.
I'm pretty sure this is one of the kits that was born in the attic as one of them had a bobbed tail.