Coons are taking over/what can i do

[buckaroo]

I have had my trail cam out in the recent weeks around my feeder and have had a mixture of sweet feed and corn in it in a three day span i got 183 pictures and 84 were nothing but coons as many as 7 at one time i know they are keeping some of the deer away they are a mean little animal not to mention what they do to the turkey population eating all the eggs they find what can i do to rid my area of some of these pest they are out there all hours of the day and night.

[Greenhead]

Trap or lead poisoning.  There is some kind of fly poison that works too.

[buckaroo]

Greenhead, i can borrow some live catch traps and haul them off a guy i work with is an avid coon hunter and will take them but when you talk about lead poison are you talking 12 guage lead or real lead poison or fly poison and is that legal and how do you make sure nothing else gets in it i want them gone but i dont want to do anything against the law.  

[ArkansasSloughboy]

I would go with live traps and relocation. Once trapping season opens you could use Duke Dog Proof traps filled with sardines. They work exceptionally. I have also heard from gardeners that a few coffee cans with used motor oil will keep coons out of your garden. You might try that, but I don't know what the side effects will be.

[Greenhead]

22 mag with a scope works well.  Only during coon season, of course :-).

[buckaroo]

I know what to use as bait a buddy of mine owns a varmit control company he says vanilla waffers are the best bait and i dont want to put motor oil out near my stand a deer wont come anywhere near that i guess i will shoot all i can when the season opens on them, they come out in  daylight hours because i have seen them while sitting on stand but i hate to clean the darn things, but i can give away all the ones i kill to some of the guys i work with and i know you have to leave a foot attached to identify them

[ArkansasSloughboy]

I checked my camera yesterday and I have 5 coons and a possum at my feeder. One of the coons likes to climb the leg of the feeder and hang out on the control box. Greedy little ba$tard. This winter I'm gonna try and set enough traps to catch them all at once.

[reason]

Mike Fischer
Head of Trappers Association
Wildlife Control
501-412-1819