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Racoons. Are they getting smarter?

I agree that raccoons are smart, but I have never had bait stolen from a live trap. We trapped 9 raccoons in 9 nights in the same spot on my dad's property 2 years ago with no observable dent in the population. No laser beams required. They also do not seem to be sufficiently strong to push over- nor nearly so smart as to open the lid of- our 50 gallon trash can. I'd like to see one fall in and try to get out. That'd be heaven for a raccoon I guess ==> a free trip to the land fill.
 
What you do is wire the metal trash can with electricity and a switch and wait until they are in the can and hit the switch. That way the coon will achieve liftoff and get negative reinforcement.

Paul
 
This one's not the brightest bulb in the pack, but he is pissed and around 20-30 pounds. Just found him trying to thieve in my backyard this morning.
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It has since beat the crap out of the trap. Bent door and corners starting to come apart. Cheap trap.:grumpy::thumbdn:
 
My folks live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada's, near Sacramento. They have (or had, depending on coyotes) 6 cats. These cats require a lot of food, which my folks stored in metal garbage cans out in the barn.

Coons crawled through the slit under the door, opened the cans, and ate catfood, leaving a mess.

My folks put the lids on tighter. Coons opened the lids and ate cat food, leaving a mess.

My folks used bungee cords to hold the lids down. Coons opened the lids and ate cat food, leaving a mess.

Folks moved the can to the back of their Ford pickup, which had a bolted down canopy. Locked the door, and laughed at the coons.

Coons climbed on top of the canopy, ripped the skylight off, crawled inside, and ate cat food, leaving a mess.

Not sure what the next move was -- there may have been a few dead coons about the place after that.
 
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