Where I hit I am able to bait, so every once in awhile I will throw out a gallon of corn. Well the raccoons have been getting to it before the deer and tearing it up. I am looking for any advice on how to stop this? Thanks guys Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Call the Wisconsin trapping association, see if they have a youth mentor program and let a kid learn to trap while taking care of the problem.
Good luck. My solution is to throw out more corn. I assume 10 raccoon pics for every deer pic on a corn pile.
Simplest way to eliminate coons eating your corn is to not put it out for them to eat it. There's really no way to keep them from it, but you can work on the number of coons by trapping and hunting them. This is something I need to really work on with my property. I have a very high coon population. I had to stop putting out corn during the offseason(used it for trail cam surveys) because they would just dominate the pile.
Once trapping season opens, but one or two dog proofs and place them next to your bait. Place either some dog food mixed with dry Kool Aid or a small marshmallow in the bottom of each trap. Typically once you catch one or two at one site they will stay away for a bit, they seem to learn. After a few weeks they'll forget and come back, you'll catch another one or two. Just keep the traps out, eventually you will thin them out. Dunno about where you are but our season doesn't open until 11/18
Kill them. Kill them all!!!! That's my coon philosophy. #1 wild turkey predator. Maybe try some coon control in the off season. Not sure there are any option for going at it during season that won't bugger up your spot.
Oh there is a solution it is not for the faint of heart, probably not legal in most states. Golden Malrin fly poison and Dr. Pepper some small marshmallows. The deer won't touch it and the coons don't go 5 yards after drinking it either.
I never really thought about this. Just didn't think about them as predators. The other day, I had a trail cam set up on a dead squirrel that I had witnessed a bobcat carrying(long story). Any way, I set the cam up on the squirrel and never picked up the bobcat, but when I came back to the spot, there was a pile of turkey poult feathers. I assumed it was a bobcat and was pretty excited for what was going to be on the camera. Turned out to be a coon.
I can bring my bluetick up there and ur problem will be solved within the hr thwy hit that corn pile trust me she's itching for some wood time haha Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
I second tacklebox. I put up a gravity feeder on my new property. The coons went through almost 400 Lbs of feed in 10 days. I had 10 on camera all at the same time. I'll be working them over pretty heavy with the dog proof traps come Nov.
put out rice bran instead coons tend not to eat it..from what I can tell anyways they really hate soybean but you'll never stop them from eating corn
I know that's true. I run a soybean / corn mix and there is a pile of beans on the ground every morning and not one kernel of corn.
this time of year for me deer pass up corn for rice bran....they typically wait for the beans to get soft or even spout before eating.
Coons are only interested in three things... 1) Can I eat it? 2) If I can't eat it, can I screw it? 3). If I can't eat or screw it, can I crap on it? I'm firmly in the kill 'em at every legal opportunity camp. Not many people hunt coons anymore and it's a shame. Coons are nest predators supreme and rob turkey nest at every opportunity. A single coon that finds one nest per week will kill dozens of turkeys in the incubation period. And their aren't many predators that prey on coons. Combine that with little hunting pressure and the coon numbers have skyrocketed. I treat coons just like coyotes.
