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The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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03/15/23 01:25 PM
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Figured why not.
Add 5 to the list
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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03/19/23 04:27 PM
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Wish I'd seen this thread last night, saw three trophy raccoons out by the feeder while I was waiting for hogs.
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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03/19/23 09:03 PM
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When I counted eight of 'em under a feeder in ONE pic from a game cam, I knew it was time to go to war...
I've dispatched nine since I started setting traps a couple of weeks ago.
Make it 14...
"I always take care to fire into the nearest hillside and, lacking that, into darkness". - the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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03/19/23 10:15 PM
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I am going to enter a 24 hour contest next month and 1 of the side pots is most coons
And I've got a lot of them...sometimes 15, 16,17 at the feeder
I think I am going to set up a tower blind 30-35 yards out, hang pig lights...
12 gauge w turkey load and pull the trigger 3 times fast
If there is a better idea to get more hola
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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03/19/23 10:20 PM
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bronco71
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Debating on 9mm UZI or Tannerite
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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03/19/23 10:31 PM
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TXHOGSLAYER
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Debating on 9mm UZI or Tannerite Tannerite for sure
LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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03/19/23 10:51 PM
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Believe I'd pass on the tannerite.
I hate fixing feeders...
"I always take care to fire into the nearest hillside and, lacking that, into darkness". - the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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03/20/23 01:45 AM
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That one looks old and in need of replacement
LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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03/20/23 02:09 AM
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All those other coons are smart -- wait for the guy that expends all the effort to drop the food down
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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03/20/23 06:34 PM
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A doctor's appointment caused me to run the trap line late this morning. Only one taker.
I make the count 15...
"I always take care to fire into the nearest hillside and, lacking that, into darkness". - the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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04/25/23 08:20 AM
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+1 =16 1 less corn thief
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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04/25/23 09:33 AM
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I've trapped 26 of the trash pandas so far this year. Bait costs $2.00 I use Walmart mini marshmallows, there $1.00 per bag.
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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04/25/23 03:41 PM
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I am going to enter a 24 hour contest next month and 1 of the side pots is most coons
And I've got a lot of them...sometimes 15, 16,17 at the feeder
I think I am going to set up a tower blind 30-35 yards out, hang pig lights...
12 gauge w turkey load and pull the trigger 3 times fast
If there is a better idea to get more hola Use an AR Also I have a buddy in South Dakota that was making $50 per raccoon, used buckshot. If you’re gonna use a 12 gauge take the plug out, and keep a second one loaded and ready to go on standby lol
Last edited by Bryan C. Heimann; 04/25/23 03:43 PM.
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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05/26/23 09:52 PM
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I've dispatched 6 this year, all in Arlington. A huge female broke through my power attic vent and moved in 5 good sized babies. The live trap wasn't working so I decided to call her her get her out. I found this 32 second video of baby racoon calling on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hgj0e1xoqYI removed one soffit vent where I heard them moving around, loaded up the .22 with some shorts, and sat in a lawn chair near the vent. I played the video twice and before the second play ended she stuck her head down to see what was going on. That was her last mistake. The babies eventually met the same fate over the next 30 days.
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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07/31/23 05:09 PM
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Killed two yesterday. Dogs chased em into a shallow hole and it was wonderful.
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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08/05/23 01:07 PM
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Hopefully everybody that's had problems and been feeding your expensive corn to the coons took the initiative this year and bought some traps and ran them, or allowed somebody that was willing to work on the problem for you
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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08/05/23 01:36 PM
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Creekrunner
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12 so far this year. I'm pretty lazy about it. Next year, after deer season, I'm going to commit to trapping a bunch BEFORE I try to bait for pigs. Hopefully it will reduce my false triggers on the pig traps. I have finally got all my corn feeders to pretty much coon-proof, with either varmint plates or the Eliminator plate.
...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: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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08/08/23 10:47 PM
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It's a crazy year for me. I use dukes coon traps and usually trap 15-25 a year at my protein feeders. This year I have 2 coons at one feeder. I guess in this drought the varmints are hammering them, or there was little to no reproduction, maybe disease, I don't know...but I like it.
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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08/09/23 03:16 PM
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is 22lr enough for coons?
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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08/10/23 05:25 PM
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is 22lr enough for coons? I used a 30" piece of closet pole and tree pruners to remove and dispose of 4 that decided to move into the feed barn last night. They had moved into the pile of feed bags and made themselves at home, even dragging in a couple of 2 gallon plastic jugs of catfish food. It's really dry here and they are swarming the homestead and ate most of our pears and figs this year along with quite a few veggies from garden and pull down bird feeders to get the sunflower seeds.
Cheers, Vern1 Texans since The Old 300 in 1824 NRA Lifetime Member
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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08/14/23 11:09 AM
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Hopefully everybody that's had problems and been feeding your expensive corn to the coons took the initiative this year and bought some traps and ran them, or allowed somebody that was willing to work on the problem for you We did well with dog proof traps, at first. Now our coon population has gotten trap smart — they are still on cameras but won’t take the marshmellows/dog food/etc
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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08/14/23 01:48 PM
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Maybe time to go back to double spring traps for a while, catching them off guard. I used bacon grease laden paper towels below my double spring. Ain't no bandit in the world can resist that!!
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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08/14/23 01:55 PM
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I've caught I don't know how many coons and possums and unauthorized others with the bucket and a 160/220 I usually use the can from some sardines I've ate with the few gibbles and the oil sat in the back of the bucket. Or make some sets with footholds ^ ^ ^ as posted earlier. There's ways around it. No varmint should outsmart a hunter. Keep trying
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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08/14/23 01:59 PM
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Maybe time to go back to double spring traps for a while, catching them off guard. I used bacon grease laden paper towels below my double spring. Ain't no bandit in the world can resist that!! ^ ^ ^ this ^ ^ ^ I don't have enough of the properly sized long springs to use for small varmints myself Most of what I have are coils and some old Blake and Lamb jump #1's Hopefully the folks trying to cull have tried the obvious corn for bait also Good Luck everybody
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Re: The Official 2023 Raccoon Count
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08/14/23 02:02 PM
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Have yall had any issues with the coil spring foothold traps? Last thing I'd want is a deer getting in one
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