Tentative Raccoon Success

[summer_jackel]

Last night I locked the shelties and Jez out of the house, and set the trap in the chicken yard (chickens cooped). I heard the shelties go into full bay once, at around 2 am; otherwise, everyone was silent.

This morning, I have an empty trap, live chickens, content dogs and no sign of a raccoon. I will continue setting the trap for a few nights, but I think my best course of action is to keep doing this for a few weeks, until he learns that my yard is full of wolves and it isn't worth it, and moves on.

So, result is a tentative positive.

Comments

[jnlldxn.livejournal.com]

Got any dead ones you can use to bait the trap with? Thats how the lady that butchers my rabbits for me catches hers. They take the dead chickens and ducks, freeze them, and use them for raccoon bait. Even some body parts might work.

[troubleagain.livejournal.com]

Poor Jasmine is eternally frustrated by raccoons. They're too smart to come down into the yard where she can get them, preferring to stay on the fence and raid the bird and squirrel feeders.