Getting rid off Raccoons

MinnNorske · Jul 13, 2011

I know this has been disscused on this board before! I am interested in the fly bait & coke
method Is the fly bait a liquid or granular?
How do you mix it?

Michael Soldan · Jul 13, 2011

Fly bait is granular. I use about a cupfull on a throw away aluminum pie plate. Add pepsi and stir it around.
I have even used cream soda,any soft drink that is sweet will work. The next morning the raccoon is within twenty feet of the pie pan.
Cats will not touch this concoction,they do not like sweet,had about 15 cats in the barn and they never touched the stuff..not sure if a dog would touch it.Good luck..it works!

Anonymous-0 · Jul 13, 2011

(quoted from post at 06:17:04 07/13/11)
I know this has been disscused on this board before! I am interested in the fly bait & coke
method Is the fly bait a liquid or granular?
How do you mix it?

Get all your best advise then mix up a batch..... Have a swig yourself first to test it. Trap them and knock them in the head or shoot them.

ericlb · Jul 13, 2011

just lock up any dogs that are around, most dogs love anything sweet, when i feed the horses, i have to watch my vizsla, or he'll be up on the feed trailer trying to get to the sweet feed, anti freeze also tasts sweet which is why it kills any dog that drinks it

rustyfarmall · Jul 13, 2011

(quoted from post at 06:23:00 07/13/11) Fly bait is granular. I use about a cupfull on a throw away aluminum pie plate. Add pepsi and stir it around.
I have even used cream soda,any soft drink that is sweet will work. The next morning the raccoon is within twenty feet of the pie pan.
Cats will not touch this concoction,they do not like sweet,had about 15 cats in the barn and they never touched the stuff..not sure if a dog would touch it.Good luck..it works!

I poured about 1/2 of a can of Pepsi into a bowl and set it out where I feed the cats. The cats immediately investigated it, but wouldn't touch it because it was still fizzing, but I left it there. About 4 hours later I checked again, and the Pepsi was gone and the bowl licked clean. This was in the middle of the day and I know there were no 'coons that visited. I can only conclude that cats DO like sweet stuff.

tjdub · Jul 13, 2011

Havahart trap, a bag of marshmallows, and a .22. Unlike poison, you're guaranteed never to kill pets or livestock using this method. Well, as long as you remember to trip the trap every morning so nobody gets cooked in there.

Nancy Howell · Jul 13, 2011

Don"t know why your cats drank the soda. Cats are genetically unable to detect sweet flavors. They lack the gene that makes you able to taste sweets.

GordoSD · Jul 13, 2011

They thought it was water?

rustyfarmall · Jul 13, 2011

(quoted from post at 08:33:55 07/13/11) They thought it was water?

No. I keep clean, fresh water out for the cats.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 13, 2011

My vet / coon hunting friend told me to use lemon cookies. The cheap ones at the store with the lemon filling. Never caught a cat or Skunk, just coon.

BCnT · Jul 13, 2011

my inside cat will fight ya for a piece of a Oreo or Honey Bunches of Oats...her favorite treat is a ice cube in her water bowl.

i use a harbor freight live trap on the front porch for the wild mooches and i keep a screen off one of the bedroom windows to do some sniping...peanut butter seems to be the coon and possums favorite...working cats dont mess with it.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 13, 2011

If you have pets around, as others have said, lay off of the poison. I have used it in the past, but when pets are around, now, I use Duke dog proof traps, sardines and marshmallows for bait. Coon sticks his paw in, trap locks him in place, Dogs don't use the type of behavior needed to trip the trap. If you do catch a cat you can make a decision about his future, or let him go.

C.R. · Jul 13, 2011

I noticed someone from town dumping live racoons out by a creek about 50 yards from the house GRRR like I want any more of the darn things so I have been catching them in the box trap and dropping them off in town...right back atcha!!!

mudcat49 · Jul 13, 2011

Only a low life would poison any animal('Cept rats and Mice) or use a trap that will injure them!! Use a catch 'em alive trap and then a 22 in the head.

Tony in Mass. · Jul 13, 2011

That's a good one! An idea for a TV commercial- for frequent flyer miles! LOL

Anonymous-0 · Jul 13, 2011

Duke Dog traps just hold them by the hand. (most of the time no injury.) I always keep a good eye on the garden traps, cause I don't like to see an animal suffering. Say what you want about the Golden link_disallowed and pepsi, but it does not make them suffer. Most of the time you find them within 20 feet. I never say never, when it it comes to getting rid of varmints!

bill mart · Jul 13, 2011

"Only a low life would poison any animal" kinda sporting a double standard there mudcat,some folks would argue that mice and rats are animals too! Bill M.

heavyhaulertoo · Jul 13, 2011

A bout the time your corn is ready the darn things get it, just knock it down eating about have of it .I just got in from putting an electric fence up. The corn dosen"t even have any ears on it but take no chances. My thing is if they are in the barn they are mine. The fly bate want hert the dogs or cats, Ithink if they can regergitate it want hurt.

sotxbill · Jul 13, 2011

did the same thing.. but my cats only drank the coke and did not like the pepsi... what kind of cats did you test with?

RayP(MI) · Jul 13, 2011

Like Michael said - worked for me. I used Dr Pepper... But then I didn"t have to worry about domestic animals.

Case e · Jul 13, 2011

should let you borrow my dogs, they have killed 5 to date! worst part is getting rid of the dead without them bringing them back to the house. I have to take them on a long ride then toss em out.

nh8260 · Jul 14, 2011

the problem i'm having is crows tearing back my sweet corn, pecking a few kernels and going to the next one. Besides a gun (I need to get more than one at a time), any solution for that problem? wasn't sure if there was something that crows can't resist that i could poison them with. most of the time as soon as i drive up they are gone and never come back till i leave.

NawlensGator · Jul 14, 2011

I was having problems with racoons around my deer feeder (corn). I baited a live trap, caught one, and left him in there till he turnned to dust. The other coons never came back. I'm thinking seeing their relative slowly dry out and die was unnerving for them and they didn't want a similar fate.

Getting rid off Raccoons

New User

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Member

Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Member

Member

Member

Similar threads