So many bandits

[BlackICE]

Surprising they didn't spray when cuffed. The 1st one died, while I was researching how to remove a skunk from the cuff, expired baking in the hot sun without shade or water. The 2nd one sprayed a little when I hit it lungs, the 3rd spray a lot when I tried to hit the lungs. A 4th got caught in a cuff, no spraying, until another skunk came by to fight with the one caught in the trap, one skunk sprayed the other a little. I took it out with a syringe of acetone on a long pole later in the day.

 

[Dr. Kralenstein]

Surprising they didn't spray when cuffed. The 1st one died, while I was researching how to remove a skunk from the cuff, expired baking in the hot sun without shade or water. The 2nd one sprayed a little when I hit it lungs, the 3rd spray a lot when I tried to hit the lungs. A 4th got caught in a cuff, no spraying, until another skunk came by to fight with the one caught in the trap, one skunk sprayed the other a little. I took it out with a syringe of acetone on a long pole later in the day.

That's such an odd trick on dropping them. They just drop and lights out.

 

[beerthief]

What's the sport of using a cuff? I built a bong/feeder from PVC pipe to teach the coon how to use a cuff, but later just use the bong and Harbor Freight garage alarm, or webcam. More sporting and I don't have to remove the cuff and have everything torn up around it. The bong filled with dry cat food. They hang around for many minutes so you can take your time for the lineup the best shot. Drill drain holes on the bottom or rain may make a mess, smelling worst the vomit and sewage. Note the angled access spout. My 1st version copied many seen online with a horizontal tube. Not good as skunks and opossums can clean it out too. Making the tube long enough and angled up stops the other critters and slows how fast the coons can eat. I still have seen mice and rats go inside

Raccoons fighting over who take a hit from the bong.

that was great hahahaha

 

[Heavyopp]

Raccoon removal from home isn’t sport for me. The cuff makes sure I don’t have a wounded coon running around terrorizing the neighborhood. I’m not in the woods.

 

[Dr. Kralenstein]

Raccoon removal from home isn’t sport for me. The cuff makes sure I don’t have a wounded coon running around terrorizing the neighborhood. I’m not in the woods.

Exactly my thinking on it. I've seen how they get when injured and it ain't pretty. A 20+lbs pissed off coon is a liability.

 

[Heavyopp]

Anchoring those traps is no joke. I bought these when I bought my traps

AuSable Brand Trap Anchor Cable Stake with 15" Cable Attached

AuSable Brand Trap Anchor Cable Stake with 15" Cable Attached

www.animaltrapsandsupplies.com

bury them straight down with just the loop exposed. I can’t pull one out without tools. None of my trapped coons have even loosened one.

 

[BlackICE]

For stakes I turned down one end of some 1/2 rebar on a lathe to a point, welded a retaining washer on the top and pounded 1' into hard dirt. Don't leave much above the ground to minimize leverage.

Never got pulled out. However if the coon is really smart it could wiggly it around are 360 degrees while occasionally pulling up and it may come out

Agreed an angry wounding coon running around is bad news! I've seen them pissed off when I went to dispatch stuck on a cuff, but forgot to compensate for the 15' range and hit 2" low. It was pissed off!

 

[Hal4son]

What's the sport of using a cuff? I built a bong/feeder from PVC pipe to teach the coon how to use a cuff, but later just use the bong and Harbor Freight garage alarm, or webcam. More sporting and I don't have to remove the cuff and have everything torn up around it. The bong filled with dry cat food. They hang around for many minutes so you can take your time for the lineup the best shot. Drill drain holes on the bottom or rain may make a mess, smelling worst the vomit and sewage. Note the angled access spout. My 1st version copied many seen online with a horizontal tube. Not good as skunks and opossums can clean it out too. Making the tube long enough and angled up stops the other critters and slows how fast the coons can eat. I still have seen mice and rats go inside

Raccoons fighting over who take a hit from the bong.

Possible to get a daylight picture of the feeder? What would you do differently to make it weather resistant?

 

[BlackICE]

The main body is 2.5" PVC in the feeder tube is 1.5 PVC. The feeder tube is about 3.5 to 4 in long to minimize or prevent skunks from cleaning you out. Because it's at an angle it's harder for them to get the food so it lasts longer it keeps some occupied longer. Last night one Coon came by and stayed for about a half an hour eating I was too lazy to wake up to get it at 5:00 a.m. and there was only around 2 in of food in the main tube and it lasted 1/2 an hour. I only fill it up about 4" high. Could have made it smaller. I think a small "roof" over the opening can prevent rain from entering especially if you point the opening away from the side the rain typically blows from. The feeding tube was cut at a 90 angle that I later cut more off to make sort of a roof.

It's funny to watch the coons work so hard for each bit of cat food. They pull it out with one paw and drop a lot of it on the ground and start sniffing on the ground to get the morsels.

Now that I have a 3D printer I would printer one smaller with a roof and small drain holes on the bottom with integrated mounting tabs so it can be staked into the ground or tied to a tree.

 

[Dr. Kralenstein]

Got one on the cuff last night. He knocked over my steel plate backstop trying to get free. That weighs close to 60lbs. It's 3/4" thick. He's lucky the shooting bucket caught the plate, or he would've been crushed by it or at least stuck under it til I got out to pop him!

Woke up around 5am and shined my red torch down to the bait station and saw his eyes glowing. They sure do break dance!

He was a little smaller than the typical ones around here. Closer to 10-15lbs.

 

[Dr. Kralenstein]

I spoke with one of my neighbors last night when I was setting up the trap, and he told me he's had them come in through his doggy door a few times recently. He owns 2 houses next to each other and lives in one. The other, which has the doggy door, has been basically vacant since his daughter who lived there died last year after a rough battle of cancer. I guess the trash pandas are now squatters.

 

[Ranchibi]

Got one on the cuff last night. He knocked over my steel plate backstop trying to get free. That weighs close to 60lbs. It's 3/4" thick. He's lucky the shooting bucket caught the plate, or he would've been crushed by it or at least stuck under it til I got out to pop him!

Woke up around 5am and shined my red torch down to the bait station and saw his eyes glowing. They sure do break dance!

He was a little smaller than the typical ones around here. Closer to 10-15lbs.

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Fantastic shot and video! Nice pic too