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Posted by chuckster on June 11, 2006, 11:21 am
The best way is to buy a Ruger 10-22 rifle. or You can spray ammonia
around the area. Ammonia is cheap, a gallon costs less that $3.00 at
WalMart. It works well for almost all these types of critters including
bears. I put my garbage out at night in a plastic bag (and I live in
the woods) spray it with ammonia and I never had the bag ripped open in
in 10 years. My neighbors have their garbage attacked on a weekly
basis. Another hint is to install an electric fence.
RobertM wrote:
> >>> We have a whole family on a large canopy over our indoor/outdoor
> >>> school area many nights. I am afraid they may damage the $7000
> >>> canopy- or who knows what.
> >
> >>> I see odor repellants and sonic repellants advertised. Anybody
> >>> know if they work - or of anything that does work?
> >
> >> I have had a few confrontation with coons myself. Firstly, secure
> >> your garbage and encourage your neighbors to do so. It is usually
> >> the source of the problem. To further discourage them, I like to
> >> use a garden hose with a spray end. Use it like a water cannon
> >> and blast them with it. They will be unlikely to return. I have
> >> also tried live traps but only caught the neighborhood cats.
> >
> > I have been battling raccoons who raid my cat and dog food in the
> > middle of the night.
> > One night I caught one trying to drag a big plastic bag of bagels
> > through the cat door and chased him around the house with a broom.
> > He had broken a messy leftover plate I hadn't put in the dishwasher,
> > and dumped my kitchen garbage pail, and washed their hands in the
> > dog waterer.
> > After chasing them around with a broom, and they still came back,
> > I got ready with a big stick and a spray bottle of ammonia -- and
> > they sent in a baby that is still sleeping in my laundry room. It
> > looked up at me with those big eyes, and I felt guilty and put down
> > my weapons.
> > I've locked up all available food, and decided that is the best
> > approach. I had to wire shut a cabinet (they ate a store-bought pie
> > crust and such), and put a child lock on the refrigerator and get a
> > tight lid for the garbage can, and moved the dog and cat food and
> > water to my bedroom. The dog is too old (13, deaf, blind in one eye)
> > to go after them, and the cats want no part of it, either.
> > The raccoons still found something, there was a chewed-open box on
> > the steps to the basement, but they are getting desperate, scraping
> > the bottom of the barrel.
> >
> >
>
> Where I live we just shoot them. End of problem.
>
> Bob
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