Racoon Problem

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Hi Guys,

So under my shed I knew I had racoons, figured just 1 or 2, went out tonight to discover I have between 8-10 under my shed. They have destroyed my shed as well as they continue to damage the liner to my inground pool, as they use it as a drinking fountain.

Now I live within city limits, city of Brampton of all places; so I know the use of a firearm to fix this problem is out, however I have been considering getting my small game license and either my crossbow or a bb gun with steel bb's and fixing this problem.

Am I legally allowed to shot them as they are destroying my property, or am I going to have to go the live trap route and relocate them? I called animal control and they told me there is nothing they can do for me.
 
I don't know the by-laws for brampton, but im pretty sure its illegal to shoot a raccoon or any animal in city limits.

Also, I doubt your bb gun would do much damage too them.

I use a live trap to catch them and it works great. that's probably best bet. unless you can find an animal control company that will do it for you
 
send a Jack Russell in after them, get some "bear spray" and let em have it. I have a cat problem and within the city of Ottawa its verbotten to use any type of firearm, or BB gun, including a bow and arrow ( outside of a range). So, I got a sling shot, and bought some powder they dont like which I spread around, put gravel over the side garden that they used to #### in, and that has pretty well sorted them out. If I was in the country I'd bait them, hide out with a flashlight and a 12 guage, wait till night, and blast them.
 
Bylaws? Do you admit to you wife that you check out other women? (you’re supposed to say no to that one).

It’s a simple solution…

Use a bow/crossbow to take them out. Make sure you have a good clean shot so they don’t run and bleed all over your neighbours porch, in turn getting you in trouble.
 
1bighead said:
send a Jack Russell in after them, get some "bear spray" and let em have it. I have a cat problem and within the city of Ottawa its verbotten to use any type of firearm, or BB gun, including a bow and arrow ( outside of a range). So, I got a sling shot, and bought some powder they dont like which I spread around, put gravel over the side garden that they used to s**t in, and that has pretty well sorted them out. If I was in the country I'd bait them, hide out with a flashlight and a 12 guage, wait till night, and blast them.
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Yes, but then you have a 30 pound lump that you have to put in a clear plastic bag to comply with the one bag per week paid garbage pickup.

You city folks.
 
bogusiii said:
Yes, but then you have a 30 pound lump that you have to put in a clear plastic bag to comply with the one bag per week paid garbage pickup.

You city folks.
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Put it out in the trash ? Heck, I'd eat it..

You country folks..har

last year I cleaned two wild turkeys in my garage and shoved the carcasses in my "green bin" recycling thing that goes out at the curb. I was like " crap, I hope the guy doesn't look in there"
 
I have a live trap i made for skunk, and it works on racoons too.... I have a 4' hose i hook up to it and hook it up to the exhaust pipe of a car.. A little more humaine than a drowning i think.. Oh well that's just me.... but i found it better because the skunk would be knocked out in no time so less stink...

EDIT: Had to go the quiet route as this was for my parents place in town... @ my own place its usually my .17HMR that gets the job done.

IR_Mike said:
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If your going to relocate them do it in a barrel of water while they are still in the trap.
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Ive whacked so many raccoons with baseball bats I cant even remember them all. My boss use to catch them by his chicken coop and Id come over and dispatch them before work. Good way to start the morning.
 
raccoons

I have a friend in Toronto who uses the live trap and water barrel relocation plan as well. Discreet, quiet, no holes in things, no problems with the neighbours.
 
Only two avenues possible and you must decide which one fast.

a) get pro help: subcontract your problem and pay for it.

b) fix the problem yourself.

WARNING 1: Proceed with extreme caution and discretion, assume all your neighbors are lieberals and WWF members and fundraisers.

WARNING 2: A wounded raccoon (baseball bats, 9 iron, bad shot placement) will scream extremely loud like there is no tomorrow. The screaming is so bad your lieberal neighbors will think you are raping the darn things and call 911 on you. Expect to be charged for animal cruelty and loose your firearms if one was involved.

i) bait/trap them live in a cage, then dip the cage in the pool and teach them the basics of scuba diving. Dispose of the bad swimmers wisely, plastic garbage bag is not a good idea.

ii) Find what they like to eat (they love apples I leave for deers) and rat poison the f*ck*rs.

iii) If your neighbors are lieberals, do exactly as explained by 1bighead above, except for blasting them. Make you shed and backyard an impossible place for them to live and prosper, they will migrate to your lovely neighbors.

Man I envy you. Have fun and let us know!!!
 
If there is a time when they are all out from under the shed, get a spray bottle and fill it 2/3 full with ammonia and top it up with water. While they are gone, spray around the shed and then do your property line, as long as we aren't talking a lot of acerage here.
When the coons come back, the smell of the ammonia burns their sinuses and they leave.

The smell isn't that strong to humans but it is to them. The smell fades away in 3 or4 days but by then, they have found another place to live.

I have psychotically nosy neighbors and there is NO WAY I could have gotten away with offing the coons we had.

This remedy was told to me by a "volunteer" at the local animal rescue and I must admit it works. About every 3 or 4 years we have coons coming over our fence. 20 minutes work and they don't come back and everybody is happy. d@mn neighbors....lol
 
I would suggest live trapping them then taking them out to a rural area and feeding them "the pill". If you use a 22LR with some CB long bullets at point blank range (insert barrel through the cage) you'll make about the same volume of report as an air rifle, so you won't raise a stink, yet you'll be 100% effective.

Best way to increase the odds of a one shot kill is to draw an imaginary X between the eyes and ears (left eye to right ear, and right eye to left ear), then place the shot either immediately left, or immediately right of the intesetion point of the lines. Dispose of the carcass in the ditch (some other animal will likely have it all eaten up before you bring the next one out). It may take a couple trips, but at least you're not just relocating the problem and you won't have to worry about the various messes associated with disposing of carcasses in town.
 
I used to operate a small buiseness doing just this... capture and relocation of raccoons and skunks.

The easiest way for you to get rid of your tennants on your own and rapidly (and cheaply) is to go buy these items :

Liquid amonia (sold as floor cleaner)... take the nasty smelling stuff ...NOT spring freshness.
Rags that hold lots of liquid
rope
1 broom handle.

then do this :

tie a rope to a corner of a rag
imbibe it with amonia
using broom handle, push the rag as far the burrow, entrance as possible, make sure rope sticks out (like a tampon)
do this to every access point around the shed

Every 2 days (if warm dry weather...everyday), pull on the ropes, re-soak raggs a,d stuff them back under the shed.

This fould the air in the burrow (kinda smokin' them out) and animal(s) will flee/relocate themselves. One way to see if animals are still around is to lightly stuff entrances with dead leaves...if entrance is disturbed, you still havve tennants.

ok, but what to do when shedd is critter free ?

Get wire mesh (1" welded squares...NOT chicken wire). 2 feet wide by as long as you'll need to go around the sides of the shed. This is a bit labour intensive BUT YOU'LL NEVER EVER GET CRITTERS UNDER THERE AGAIN.

Dig a trench 1 fooot down from the shed wall and 1 foot out...all around. Using a forens, wood slat etc... secure the mesh... it must go down from the wall and, at bottom of trench, skirt outward. Done ? ok, fill everythingh back in with CLEAN earth and sand...no big rocks.

The reason is that a critter coming back will try (try) to dig under the mesh to get back in... it'll go down, down, hit the skirt and waste nighttime...never finding the hedge. If you put big rocks or bricks, you'll simply guide the critter right to the hedge.

not protecting the shed will mean new tennants for sure.

Capture and relocation is a rapid fix but you displace the problem. and as I said, the presence of the critters are a symptom...the shed's accessibility is the problem


If you go for livetrapping...best raccoon bait is sardines in oil. Carefull... a trap baited with this will also catch a skunk... and you need to be polite with those ;).
Hope this helps
pm me if you need more info.

Yann
 
try raising your shed so you can see completely under it.worked for the cats/raccoons and the odd skunk which tried to live under my shed.it is now a foot off the ground and nothing will live there.
 
49er1 said:
Am I legally allowed to shot them as they are destroying my property, or am I going to have to go the live trap route and relocate them? I called animal control and they told me there is nothing they can do for me.
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NO, you can not shoot them as there is a no discharge bylaw within the City of Brampton. If you live trap them, you are restricted on where you can relocate - within 1 km of where the animal was trapped. (as per the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act)

^^Take the advice of Rabadswompe.
 
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