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Raccoons?
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06/12/16 02:44 AM
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b weezy
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Anybody have any tips on how to keep coons from climbing my feeder legs? I already have a cage around the motor and all it's doing is giving them something to hold on to while they spin my feeder.
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Re: Raccoons?
[Re: b weezy]
#6331793
06/12/16 02:48 AM
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4"PVC, cut in 3+ foot lengths, screw a chain on one end and put the other chain end up high on the feeder leg. Not 100% foolproof, but keeps a lot of 'em off. They can't grip the PVC too well and they spin around with the chain.
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Re: Raccoons?
[Re: b weezy]
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06/12/16 03:41 AM
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krmitchell
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Yep, pic pipe around the legs, they just spin it and can't get a grip.
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Re: Raccoons?
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06/12/16 04:07 AM
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MathMan
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Yep, pic pipe around the legs, they just spin it and can't get a grip. I agree. This is the best of what we've tried. Have had no pics of coons on feeders since.
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Re: Raccoons?
[Re: b weezy]
#6331957
06/12/16 12:45 PM
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Western
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What CR said..larger cage may help with the smart ones as well. CR, some big E TEx coons under that feeder
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Re: Raccoons?
[Re: b weezy]
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06/12/16 02:12 PM
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b weezy
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Thanks guys...I'll be buying some chain and pipe and fixing it up next weekend
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Re: Raccoons?
[Re: b weezy]
#6332081
06/12/16 02:16 PM
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Wilhunt
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Put a little grease on the PVC, not the whole pipe just a small part.
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Re: Raccoons?
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06/13/16 05:36 AM
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Re: Raccoons?
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#6333712
06/13/16 06:56 PM
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PVC Pipe wont stop them.. Simple.. Eliminator Feeder Plates Dukes Dog Proof Traps and repeat process...
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Re: Raccoons?
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06/14/16 02:52 AM
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flintknapper
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Two things that work for me: Duke Dog Proof Traps and a .17HMR @ 100 yds. Trap until they get wise, then set up 75-100 yds out and snipe the rest. Wait a month, rinse and repeat.
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Re: Raccoons?
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#6334353
06/14/16 04:18 AM
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The Dukes traps work good. I have a dozen and run a trap line every time I go to the ranch. I bait mine with sardines.
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Re: Raccoons?
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06/14/16 12:39 PM
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Two things that work for me: Duke Dog Proof Traps and a .17HMR @ 100 yds. Trap until they get wise, then set up 75-100 yds out and snipe the rest. Wait a month, rinse and repeat. Sweet Setup Flint....
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Re: Raccoons?
[Re: b weezy]
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06/14/16 04:07 PM
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cabosandinh
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my experience, they have learned to chew on the pipe to get grips, over time they learn to get just enough grips then jump to destination
I have traps, and easily kill 5 at a time but they keep coming
lately, i've been playing tricks on them to get them frustrated. I put grease on all the legs. They get frustrated after 15-45 min and leave
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Re: Raccoons?
[Re: b weezy]
#6338793
06/17/16 07:20 PM
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Our cages are the same diameter as the barrel, makes it almost impossible for them to reach the spinner plates.
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Re: Raccoons?
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#6339535
06/18/16 01:12 PM
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ELKMTB
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Can coons jump? I would think you would have to have 4-5 feet of pipe to do anygood
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Re: Raccoons?
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06/18/16 01:14 PM
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ELKMTB
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I have tested the monkey biscuits and I don't think they work. Unless more coons keep moving in
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Re: Raccoons?
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06/18/16 09:01 PM
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I use strong cages on my spin feeders and it has eliminated the problem. Of course, they still are going to be under the feeders. On the Gallagher website they have a electric fence pattern that supposedly keeps them away, at least the videos I've seen with the configuration work. My problem has been with protein feeders. From camera surveys, I feel that I am losing 50% to 90% of my feed to raccoons and decided to start trying methods to eliminate it. I had started using the Redneck T-Post feeders several years ago and the loss is better in that the feeders don't hold the quantity large feeders do. Just 50 lbs. Still when coons set to work on it they shovel it out. I decided to use electric fencing to keep the coons off the feeder. I started the project of wiring up a feeder several weeks ago but had too many irons in the fire with family and other ranch projects. I also ran some tests here at the ranch house but finally set up a modified feeder today in the pasture with camera surveillance to see how it works out. I used poly wire webbed around the feeder with extended wood post insulators. The insulators have a dab of NP1 on them and then are screwed into the side of the feeder with #8 x 1½ sheet metal screws. The poly wire and insulators completely surround the feeder. You can touch the feeder and the insulators but you durn sure don't want to touch that wire! Hoochie mama! I have a number of fence chargers that I use to keep deer out of food plots until they are ready to be browsed and just took a spare for this test. Plenty hot! I will leave it alone for a week, other than to fill it and then pull the camera to see how it is working. Hopefully it does well and I will modify all of them. In that I live on my place and spend a lot of time with this type of stuff, I'm not big at shooting critters off of feeders. I think if you want big bucks to hit them it is the wrong thing to do. Plus, all you do is create a "black hole" of opportunity that sucks another coon in. I've tried the shooting thing here at the house. I have one of these feeders at the house under a "moon" light and after killing 12 coons in a row, gave up. I buggered it as far as the deer were concerned as well. I will report back on the hot feeder next week.
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Re: Raccoons?
[Re: b weezy]
#6340235
06/19/16 03:42 AM
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kry226
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I see a lot of guys recommending the dog proof traps and I join them. However Duke is not the only brand out there. I like the Z-Traps better due to their two-way trigger, vice the Duke's one-way trigger. With the Z-Trap, if the coon pushes OR pulls, they trip the trap, and I'm certain I've caught more coons because of it. No affiliation with the Z, just sharing my experience. http://www.ztraps.com/
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Re: Raccoons?
[Re: b weezy]
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06/19/16 02:01 PM
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Reference my protein feeder above...
We had a light rain between 4 and 8 this morning so I went out to look at the feeder just now. In the damp soil I could see that the deer stood at the feeder and ate (from the dribble of protein on the ground). Hopefully, this week I will video a raccoon assault against the feeder and record whether the mod is up to the task or not.
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Re: Raccoons?
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#6341269
06/20/16 10:04 AM
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We have crank-up feeders and have never had a coon get to one. And DP trap them suckers at every chance (Dukes or whoever). And use corn for bait, that is what the coons are there for. We have a feeder where the deer have stopped coming around for a while (a lot of ranch activity) and the corn is piling up. The silly coons still go for the corn in the DP trap. It is funny to drive up to a feeder where the ground is solid yellow with corn and there in a coon with hand in the cookie jar, happens a few times a week.
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Re: Raccoons?
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#6341275
06/20/16 10:32 AM
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Palehorse
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They are pretty crafty.
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Re: Raccoons?
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06/20/16 06:32 PM
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ELKMTB
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I've got pictures of them swinging from my wench up feeder, no problem climbing them at all.
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Re: Raccoons?
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06/20/16 06:59 PM
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Remedial PSA... w inch: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> w ench:
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Raccoons?
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#6342261
06/21/16 01:12 AM
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Ranch Dog
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Yeah, they don't stay off my "winch" hung feeders either. Still need a strong cage.
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Re: Raccoons?
[Re: b weezy]
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06/21/16 01:23 AM
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ELKMTB
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Lol
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