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I have declared WAR.
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I am at a crease fire level right now on the coons part. Apparently I got the ring leader which was a large male. I estimate he weigh close to 20lbs. Still being visited but they are just hunting new ways in but they haven't found any in the last week.
Strange the vultures and possums wont touch them. Normally they eat about everything.
Strange the vultures and possums wont touch them. Normally they eat about everything.
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yeah ive never seen a buzzard around any of the coons i've tossed in the woods. Sometimes the whole body will just disappear overnight and sometimes they just decompose.
I had raccoons raiding my squirrel-proof bird feeder on my back deck. They figured out how to open the metal latch on the lid and eat ALL the sunflower seeds. So I wired the lid shut. They took the feeder off the hook and dropped it on the ground about 20 feet down. They turned the feeder upside down, emptying it, and they again ate all the seed. So I secured the feeder to the hook so it could not be removed. They then shook the feeder, like a salt shaker, and emptied the feeder again. So I dosed the seed with hot sauce. In a few days they learned to like hot sauce. So I rigged a popper from a party store to the lid, the kind where you pull a string and it explodes and streamers and confetti comes out. I put it on the bottom of the feeder with a long enough lead so the raccoon would have his face fully inside the feeder when it went off. Then we all gathered in the living room with the lights off and were well rewarded when a big old coon got the fright of his life, as did his family on my deck. They all ran and the big one had streamers on him. We laughed and laughed. Thirty minutes later they were all back. They had trained me. Made sure the feeder was empty or near empty before sunset.
They are a worthy opponent. Hope the cease fire holds, but so long as the neighbor has the cafeteria open, expect to see future generations come to test your ramparts.
They are a worthy opponent. Hope the cease fire holds, but so long as the neighbor has the cafeteria open, expect to see future generations come to test your ramparts.
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Yes it is a battle of wits. And I am learning their tricks and quickly putting up roadblocks as they try new things. Re-enforcements is key to beating them. Right now they really have to work at it to get any more of my flock. Meanwhile are going to get pretty hungry if they don't leave which may just be the key in getting more of them. Buying a pack of chicken today just for them which will be just out of reach.
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They turned it down for the chickens.
Sorry but this is not a catch and release alive battle any more; although, I will relocated them out in the soybean field where they become fertilizer since the buzzards won't even touch them. They intended to wipe out my whole flock so I am returning the favor.
Relocating them alive just moves the problem to somewhere else.
Sorry but this is not a catch and release alive battle any more; although, I will relocated them out in the soybean field where they become fertilizer since the buzzards won't even touch them. They intended to wipe out my whole flock so I am returning the favor.
Relocating them alive just moves the problem to somewhere else.