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I just bought this house and property last fall andI put some corn out with a game cam to check out the local wildlife....

In this photo I count 10 coons..... With them being out of season is there anything I can legally do to get rid of them? I wouldn't mind waxing them with the ole' BowTech but that's just not in the cards this time of year......

I had two pairs of geese nesting here and I believe the coons got all the eggs as both sets have abandoned their nesting sites.

What can I do to legally get rid of these other than live trapping them?

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Well, you don't want to kill them or live trap them. I guess you could ask them to leave nicely :D

Why not live trap and relocate? That works for me. I relocate them to the local dump. They really aren't that bad in the cage for the most part. Some of them get really ticked, but most just sit there and are really quite agreeable.

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Live trap them and relocate them a couple offeet from the shore line in three feet of water in your pond. Let them get used to their new underwater environment over night then set them free in the morning.[:o]

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You sure do have a coon problem! What up with the neck on that deer in the picture?? Sure does have something going on there, shedding or what??

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GMMAT has a buddy who will come up and blast 'em for ya. J/K

Get a havahart trap, and just start catching them one-by-one. They'll growl and hiss and raise a fuss, but you can throw them in the bed of the truck and take them somewhere far away and release them. Just don't stick your fingers inside the cage.

EDIT: Sorry Scot - missed the part about not wanting to live trap.

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This gal is covered in scars.... She had a run in with something and sure seems to have gotten the short end of it.

What you do see there in the photo (the orange) is the summer coat growing in though.

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Call

1-800-555-GERM:D

Now I see why you wanted to count them in the deer contest. At 10 points a coon you have 100 poinst locked up from your house;)

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If you think that is a lot of coons.... You should see all the squirrles I have here


I would have the contest locked up for sure ;)

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It's not that I don't want to live trap them..... From the looks of things it would take weeks :DI doubt I had EVERY coon in that picture either....

I am more looking fora legal "quick fix"....

If live trapping is the only thing I can do than that's what I will end up doing. [8D]

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Just spend $600 on traps and you will have one for each of them[8D]

They do get wise to traps over time so I would put out multiple traps if at all possible. Either that or just trap every so often so they don't get wise.

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Not trying to sound like a psycho or anything but I have done that a few times because everytime I tried to let them out of the trap they would try and attack me and I had strict orders not to shoot them. Nobody said anything about them drowning though.

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Call HCH, doesn't he have a pest removal business?

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In PA its illegal to relocate them , if they are a problem they must be killed.
They are the # 1 carrier of rabies.................

This safe and humane........

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the deer in the pic is shedding... getting her brighter summer coat.

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http://www.rk19-bielefeld-mitte.de/survival/FM/08.htm#par3

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I saw survivor man try that bottom one on a rabbit or squirrel once! ;)

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He got one too! I saw that episode Troy.

Go ahead Buckeye - set that stone deadfall trap for your raccoons. You'll needto prop uppretty big rock to put the whoomp on a fully-grown coon.

I can read the headlines now. "Local Man Injured In Bizarre Accident"

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If you trap and relocate,, you might as well shoot them. Less than 30% of relocated animals survive the first year, due to lack of knowledge of their new area and other racoons in that new area. Plus you are just creating problems for someone else. I would wait until trapping season and get $10-$50 for each one of them.... Let's see $50 x 10 + $500. It would buy some nice food plot stuff or a start on a new bow. Just my 2 cents.

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That is a pretty big spread $10-$50. How do you know which one you have? Are taxidermists the only buyers these days?

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if you could keep deer from eating the corn some anti freeze corn would do the trick but i dont suggest it ( i wouldnt do and havent done it even though we have a few coons round here) i would live trap em and take em about 20 miles away and kick em outta the cage

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Huntingson - Price is contingent on whether the hides are blue or prime, and size. ...and yeah, if you know where to look, there are still somebona-fide fur traders still around.

A "blue" hide will have unfavorable skin coloration, thin or sparse guard hairs (undercoat) - and is not the best for tanning purposes (hair slips). Blue hides are practically worthless. Lucky to net more than a few dollars.

Prime hides are whiter, with good follicle, good undercoat, good fur.

NCtaxi - The actual value of coon hides varies greatly, and you'll be really hard-pressed to find a $50 coon. I know I've never sold one for that much. An average prime coon will sell for between $5-$12.

So, unless Buckeye has a few hundred coons living in the yard, it's probably not gonna be all that profitable of a venture.

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quickest and probably the only fix for this time of year is a havahart live trap. people say the wise up to them, but if you relocate the trapped ones, it doesnt matter if that coon wises up. i had a similar situation as you at one of my old houses, and i can honestly say i caught a coon or possum inmy trap every single night for over two weeks. use a apple slice or two, and two or three jumbo marshmellows. great combo, that will draw em in, for sure. shouldnt take more than 2-4 weeks to catch and get rid of most of those coons as long as its legal to relocate. any stragglers come coon season, call me and my buddy, hes got a mountain cur that would probably die of happiness if it ran up on that many coons.

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I don't know how the laws are in Ohio, but in MO they would be considered a nuisance, and on your own property you can legally kill 'em.....

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You could talk to your local cons. officer and possibly get a nuisencepermit to legally use your bowtech or weapon of choice. With that many around I am sure they are a problem.

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I would call your local wildlife officer and show him your pictures and talk to him. He might have a good suggestion on what you could do. I wouldn't be suprized if he told you to just shoot them and be quiet about it. If you have that many now, just wait a couple of years.

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I would just go ahead and start shooting them

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As a trapper, it would be tempting not to snare them. Especially when there causing such a headache. Pretty nice coats on them...bout 15$ a piece.;)I dont recomend the live havahart traps. There so expensive, when you could make a snare for 3 bucks. Coons are pretty easy to trap either way.

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In Mass it is illegal to relocate wildlife. In MA,if it is on your own property and they are a nuisance, then fire away.

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I go by the "SSS Law".

Shoot
Shovel and,
Shut up

:D

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huntingson - the taxidermy market can bear $50 coons if done correctly. Around here, NC, I can't get that, our fur pretty much sucks. But in his locale he can get $35-$50 for good quality taxidermy skins. I can get $10 eachish for meat market coons, and yes, as gross as it is there is a meat market for coons. Even possums. So if I know the meat guy, I can skin them, for taxidermy, get $10 for meat, get $20 for taxidermy. So that's a $30 coon. Heck I even heard about a bounty like money program somewhere where they pay $25 a coon for some kind of medical BS.

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Since it is legal in most locales to kill a rabid animal and a sign of rabies in coons is coming close to humans in day light, I say trap them and then open up the trap in daylight. If it comes out of the cage during the day while near a human, I say you've got 2 signs of rabies and should fire away to protect yourself as well as the surrounding animal population!

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wait till legal season and trap them or ask at your sporting goods store or even local bait shops for a trapper in your area to come to it for you.

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They look healthly!

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Other than eating your deer corn.....how are they being a nuisance?

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Heers the final solution

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knocking over my trash cans and shredding the garbage bags. They also atethe eggs out ofboth pair of nesting geese we had here. The woman was all excited about the goslings hatching.

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Oh yeah, it's time to drop the string on those bad............boys........Kill em all, let God sort em out, that's what I say!

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nctaxi's got a buddy that traps. I'd call him and ask him if he wanted some free coons. Then I'd go from there.

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I tell you to shoot some with your bow, but can you hit a coon?

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I can hit a wolverine ;)