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  • I have eaten raccoon

    5 14.71%
  • I have eaten raccon and liked it

    5 14.71%
  • I have eaten racccoon and never will again

    0 0%
  • I wouldn't eat raccoon if you paid me.

    19 55.88%
  • They're too cute to eat.

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Thread: Raccoon for lunch

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    Raccoon for lunch

    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

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    And here I was expecting a recipe.

    Good idea using the peanut butter for bait.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John K Jordan View Post
    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.
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    Yeah, that was probably just the dumb one.

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

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    And so does bacon strips, especially for skunks.
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    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
    Regards,

    Kris

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    Quote Originally Posted by John K Jordan View Post
    We worked out an arrangement, perhaps not entirely to his liking.JKJ
    So, you made him an offer he couldn't refuse?

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    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.
    Last edited by Kris Cook; 03-06-2019 at 7:14 PM. Reason: too many "supposedly"s
    Regards,

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    Have your neighbor get a female cat.
    Thoughts entering one's mind need not exit one's mouth!
    As I age my memory fades .... and that's a load off my mind!

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    We have plenty of them around as it is.
    Regards,

    Kris

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    I would get the cat neutered.

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    I had a neighbor who was failing due to cancer. His favorite end of life activity was feeding racoons. Did it for months. Many would roam my yard at night and was becoming quite a nusance, but I liked the neighbor and left his pets alone. After he passed away I began live trapping them (used cat food). There is a nature reserve on my way to wok, so each morning I would drop them off there. Lost count. Maybe 20 or so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kris Cook View Post
    "lay in ambuscade"
    Just learned a new word. Thank you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Schierer View Post
    By the way there is no such thing as one raccoon.
    You are certainly correct about that. The three traps are going out again tonight.

    The traps in that location previously intercepted a couple of skunks which I also discourage, especially after one dug into the peacock house, climbed up on the roost, and killed and ate most of a young peahen. I realize skunks need to eat but I wish they would patronize a different restaurant. Some time back I set three traps in the garden bated with peanut butter - in the morning one had a raccoon, one had two small skunks, and the third was a little crowded with three small skunks. That was fun.

    The problem with using bacon and other meat in traps is the following morning I often have to release a neighbor's cat or one of my barn cats.

    I also use peanut butter to entice deer to lick the electric fence around the vegetable garden. It's the only way I've found to train deer not to approach and jump a 3' fence to get to the good stuff.

    I can get the raccoon recipe if needed. Once a vet student friend skinned and dissected a raccoon grown fat on poultry feed and guinea eggs. She saved the choice cuts for her sister who couples an advanced degree in culinary science with an open mind. Our friend also tanned the pelt and made a very stylish coon skin hat.

    JKJ

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