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I second the air rifle
Or a live trap with a can of tunafish, followed by an air rifle. The tuna may attract a neighbors cat, again follow with an air rifle.
Or a live trap with a can of tunafish, followed by an air rifle. The tuna may attract a neighbors cat, again follow with an air rifle.
I live in the country. I may just set up 10 cans of tuna in the middle of my yard with my 12 gauge.
1.) old deer meat or sauasage marniatated in antifreeze for a day or two. Then grind up some ibeprofin and mix it in (whole bootles worth using 500mg< ). If you bow hunt include a little bit of the poision. If the antifree doesnt get them their stomachs will bleed from the ibeprofun and will be dead in 10-15 minutes probably sooner from the arrow poision.
2.)leg traps over some nasty old meet with coon urine on it. The smell will make cats and dogs go away but unless you live in the country this wont work.
3.) if you own a dog kennel( the medium sized black ones that have small black metal bars. Get high intensity fishing line tie it to the inside of the door then through the door frame so when you pull it the door will shut. Load the inside with dog food and wait.
Hope i helped
2.)leg traps over some nasty old meet with coon urine on it. The smell will make cats and dogs go away but unless you live in the country this wont work.
3.) if you own a dog kennel( the medium sized black ones that have small black metal bars. Get high intensity fishing line tie it to the inside of the door then through the door frame so when you pull it the door will shut. Load the inside with dog food and wait.
Hope i helped
I get that the antifreeze works but you don't get the fun of shooting them. Win/Win people. Win/Win.
Also, if you do poison it, don't put up a sign telling your neighbors.
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/04/01/dnt-la-sign-threatens-to-poison-animals.kplc.html
Also, if you do poison it, don't put up a sign telling your neighbors.
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/04/01/dnt-la-sign-threatens-to-poison-animals.kplc.html
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We suffered with this problem for a long time. Coons defeated bungee cords, etc., but I finally figured out that suspending the can by a rope from the carport roof did the job. They couldn't get any balance and traction to pry the lid open. Then our garbage company handed out new containers that made it even easier. The cans have a lip on the container and the hinged top, perfect for a C-Clamp to close it up. Problem solved. I don't have any particular problem using anti-freeze or such, but I would rather not.
I used live traps for awhile. One morning my son came running in and said we had caught a black cat. Turned out the black cat smelled, had a white stripe and a real bad attitude.
Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!
Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!
Antifreeze will no longer kill anything, it might make you hurl but
It won't kill you. They took the killer crap out of it years ago. True story, last year my wife decides she wants to learn to brew beer. For Christmas , I order everything she needs from Northern Brewing to start brewing beer as her presents. I've got 4-5 big boxes of stuff for her to unwrap including 3-4 ingredient kits. She wants to wait untill warm weather and cook it outside on the patio so I lug all that crap up to the storage room above the garage. We keep the garage closed up but have a cat door for the crazy cat to enter. A couple of weeks ago one Saturday we are cleaning patio stuff and she goes upstairs. I hear something that would make a sailor blush coming from above the garage. I go up the stairs and see a mess. A coon has come through the cat door, gone upstairs and unboxed everything. The boxes with glass and stuff in them he sets aside but opens all the boxes with hops and barley in them and scatters it everywhere. After she read how much actual work was involved, her desire to brew has waned. Anybody want to buy a bunch of brewing equipment? Only used by a coon!
It won't kill you. They took the killer crap out of it years ago. True story, last year my wife decides she wants to learn to brew beer. For Christmas , I order everything she needs from Northern Brewing to start brewing beer as her presents. I've got 4-5 big boxes of stuff for her to unwrap including 3-4 ingredient kits. She wants to wait untill warm weather and cook it outside on the patio so I lug all that crap up to the storage room above the garage. We keep the garage closed up but have a cat door for the crazy cat to enter. A couple of weeks ago one Saturday we are cleaning patio stuff and she goes upstairs. I hear something that would make a sailor blush coming from above the garage. I go up the stairs and see a mess. A coon has come through the cat door, gone upstairs and unboxed everything. The boxes with glass and stuff in them he sets aside but opens all the boxes with hops and barley in them and scatters it everywhere. After she read how much actual work was involved, her desire to brew has waned. Anybody want to buy a bunch of brewing equipment? Only used by a coon!
I noticed holes eaten dog and cat food bags in garage awhile back, figured it was the cat or big rat. Then started noticing dog and cat food in the water bowl next to the food, ahh ha moment, coons washing/softening food before they were eating it.
Then wondered if they were coming in during the day when garage door is up? Nope another ahh ha moment, they were coming in at night using the small cat door cut into garage wall so cat can come in and and leave birds, mice, snakes, etc at the back door (funniest one was a live crawfish w/ legs chewed off but still alive, pinchers snapping at me when I stepped out the door one morning, had to think of cat carrying crawfish in mouth getting pinched while bringing to garage). Back to coon story...
I walk into garage one morning about daylight still half asleep and not one, not two but three coons come hauling *** around my wife's vehicle between my legs and out the cat door. Spilled coffee all over, stifled a scream like a little girl and had to immediately go inside and do my morning constitutional which is usually much later in the morning. Bought an old style metal trash can w/ a lid and haven't seen the Coon family since.
Then wondered if they were coming in during the day when garage door is up? Nope another ahh ha moment, they were coming in at night using the small cat door cut into garage wall so cat can come in and and leave birds, mice, snakes, etc at the back door (funniest one was a live crawfish w/ legs chewed off but still alive, pinchers snapping at me when I stepped out the door one morning, had to think of cat carrying crawfish in mouth getting pinched while bringing to garage). Back to coon story...
I walk into garage one morning about daylight still half asleep and not one, not two but three coons come hauling *** around my wife's vehicle between my legs and out the cat door. Spilled coffee all over, stifled a scream like a little girl and had to immediately go inside and do my morning constitutional which is usually much later in the morning. Bought an old style metal trash can w/ a lid and haven't seen the Coon family since.
Duct Tape. 20 ounce plastic bottle. Toilet paper or newspaper. Knife
Cut off the fat end of the bottle.
Insert drinking end over your .22 barrel.
Duct tape it real tight.
Stuff with toilet paper. Does not have to be super thick. You don't want to choke off the barrel and create compression.
When you shoot, it will be accurate close range and if done right it sounds like someone snapping their fingers loudly.
There are a ton of places online and YouTube videos showing you how to do it like this (instructions vary of course). We did this when we were in high school to see if it would work. The armadillo population in my neighborhood dropped drastically after figuring it out. My dad and I laughed that we never even woke up my mom while shooting out the kitchen window at one of those nasty critters. Plus dawgstudent knows that gunshots in my old neighborhood wouldn't have raised many eyebrows and it was unnecessary to make the silencer anyway.
Buy a Duke's dog proof trap for $5, stuff with marshmallows, and your problem is solved. Or buy the large Haveaheart trap for $100. They are both effective.
Where do you get that it no longer kills? It destroys the kidneys of animals within days...They added bitter agents to it recently but I hadnt heard that they took ethylene glycol out of anti- freeze considering that is what anti freeze is..
Evidently this author didnt get your memo before he wrote this article this February 21 2014...shame
Evidently this author didnt get your memo before he wrote this article this February 21 2014...shame
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