RE: Coon in my boat
 

CI, this remind me of a practical joke i (well a friend of mine;)) pulled on a guy one time, i caught 3 ducks and put them in this guys livewell, well he goes thru livewell check the ducks go crazy, and there is duck poop and other poop all over his boat;););), made for a very exciteing blast offeverybody had a good laugh about it, my draw partner for the day was asking me "we are boat # such and such, why are we up here" he never put 2 & 2 together:eek:, my buddy just looked over and laughed with one of those "i'll get you back" looks. lucky for me we dont fish many tournaments together anymore;)

we are still friends, but one of these days i know he'll pay me back big time;)

BTW, please, please, please hook up your kill switch,i have picked up people that have been dumped minus the kill switch, and lost two friends a couple of years ago, at least hook it a belt loop or something,, please

RE: Coon in my boat
 

I am with mt we need some video of this

PS they love sardines on peanut butter;)

RE: Coon in my boat
 

So you relocated him...??...

If he'd given me THAT much trouble I'd have dropped him off the dock, trap and all, and waited to see how long hecould hold his breath.....[:@]....

RE: Coon in my boat
 

Roger on that MT...Wilco

I didn't get him. Went down to the dock and the trap is still baited and the door is open. I left all the hatches open on the boat and took out all the tackle. He may have gone elsewhere. Today I'll get down with a flashlight and see if I can peer into the bow cavity. I hope he is gone. I trucked all the ones I caught the last couple of years Pygmy because I have a hard time killing anything other than wild game. I am a hunter not a killer of animals I don't plan to eat. In the previous cases all they did was raid some bird feeders and that isn't a capitol offense in Frank's court of law and I rule on this island. Getting into my boat is..... and when and if I catch him he is toast. The trap will go off the dock and the remains will end up in the landfill or up in the woods as yote food.

RE: Coon in my boat
 

Sorry CI... I misinterpererated one of your posts, when you told about altering the trap to keep it shut....

A couple of suggestions....If you have any trapper friends, you might enlist thier help...An appropriate sized conibear trap might do the trick, or a snare pole...Many trappers in my area now carry snare poles on a regular basis to release protected animals such as bobcats, fishers and bears that they sometimes catch unintentionally in thier fox and coyote sets...

RE: Coon in my boat
 

throw in some sardines my dads a profesional trapper and he catches them all the time.

RE: Coon in my boat
 

Try and stick the marshmallows down with a little peanutbutter. They will have a hard time stealing them that way. Good Luck to you.

RE: Coon in my boat
 

Since opening all the hatches on the boat the coon appears to have left for better digs. I placed the trap on the dock and it is still baited and set. I leave it there for a few more days until I am sure.

RE: Coon in my boat
 

Ding Ding Ding..... update. I went down to the water this morning and I caught one right on the dock. I guess he was heading back to eat some more of my rubber lures. The old marshmellow got him and true to my prediction he took an eternal swim. Glad I put a piece of old plywood under the trap because what a mess. All rebaited and waiting for another.

RE: Coon in my boat
 

Way to go, CI... Hopefully he was the offending critter, but if not, you may have averted a future problem....

I like animals as much as the next guy, but there's a point when a little CONTROL is necessary... When they begin to be a PITA, it's time to cull a few of them...