Raccoon for lunch

[John K Jordan]

After almost two years of being left alone, some hungry creature in the area has been enjoying guinea fowl for supper. I've lost six in the last week or so, two just the night before last. About 3am I found the guineas scattered off their normal roosts with some high in the trees so I knew something had spooked them.

Last night I provided an open invitation for any interested predator to dine on a peanut butter sandwich in a live trap. This morning found the biggest raccoon I've ever seen enjoying the accommodations. We worked out an arrangement, perhaps not entirely to his liking. A few hours later I counted over a dozen buzzards (turkey vultures) sharing a racoon lunch at the far end of the horse pasture.

We found peanut butter the best thing to catch raccoon, possum, and skunk without attracting the cats.

JKJ

[Lamar Keeney]

And here I was expecting a recipe.

Good idea using the peanut butter for bait.

[Steve Demuth]

And here I was expecting a recipe.

Good idea using the peanut butter for bait.

Roasted one once. It was edible, but not something I'd bother with twice.

[Lee Schierer]

We found peanut butter the best thing to catch raccoon, possum, and skunk without attracting the cats.

JKJ

It also works well for mice, rats, squirrels and chipmunks.

By the way there is no such thing as one raccoon.

[Tom M King]

Yeah, that was probably just the dumb one.

[daryl moses]

Good catch John. Believe it or not i've found that honey buns work great for enticing a racoon into a live trap.

[Al Launier]

And so does bacon strips, especially for skunks.

[Kris Cook]

I am glad you have rid yourself of the raccoon but I never understood guineas. I know they eat a lot of bugs but they are obnoxious

[Mel Fulks]

When Disney does a remake of DAVY CROCKETT the raccoon problem will subside for decades. Natures balance.

[John K Jordan]

When Disney does a remake of DAVY CROCKETT the raccoon problem will subside for decades. Natures balance.

How about some big movie that makes 'possum pelts a big thing. The big trap that caught the big raccoon the other day had a big 'possum this morning.

[Jason Roehl]

This thread is one of the best.

I may have to consider the peanut butter/electric fence deal for my garden. We're in a neighborhood on the edge of town, but lots of wooded area and fields nearby, so the deer run rampant. And even though there is only about 40' separating my house from the one behind me, that's where my garden is, and it's a thoroughfare for deer.

As for the other varmints, when at all possible, I prefer inoculating them with high-velocity copper and lead.

[Dave Zellers]

We worked out an arrangement, perhaps not entirely to his liking.JKJ

So, you made him an offer he couldn't refuse?

[Kris Cook]

On a related topic - there is a male cat using my under-construction shop building to mark its territory. Very annoying. My wife won't let me "lay in ambuscade" and shoot the cat (I was thinking bb gun). We ordered a gizmo that supposedly will keep critters away. We shall see.

[Al Launier]

Have your neighbor get a female cat.

[Kris Cook]

We have plenty of them around as it is.