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292234 No.292234 [Reply] [Original]

I had new sod put in.

But Raccoons are coming every night to roll it up to eat the bugs underneath.

This is driving me nuts.

I bought a pellet gun, but they seem to know whenever I'm awake, so I rarely see them in the act. When I do see them, non of my shots were effective, and they just run away.

I started laying chicken wire on my lawn. But I realized the 4 inch lawn staples used to pin it down are easily pulled up.

Not really sure what to do anymore. Maybe put up an electric fence, but that's going overkill.

>> No.292235

>Set traps
>Capture badger
>Sacrifice to Lucifer
>Place badger skull on pillar as a warning

Seriously though, are you near some woods where the badgers are? How about a small wire fence?

>> No.292245

There are a lot of raccoon repellants out there, including some you can make yourself.

Google "raccoon repellent" and pick your favorite.

>> No.292246

coons are crazy and a pellet gun has zero stopping power unless you are shooting pop cans or mice. buy a crossbow and shooting flaming arrows at them.

>> No.292255

Put down carpet instead, just roll it back every day~

>> No.292256

>>292234
Give them cheap booze, get them too drunk to tear shit up.

>> No.292262

>>292234
Distract them for 2 weeks with free food in another location. Buy a big cheap bag of cat food. Set out a bowl of food every night for them. Do this until the lawn has established itself.

>> No.292265

>>292262
>>292256
Combine these two, seriously. Your problems will be solved.

>> No.292268

>>292265
Agreed. Then record and post the drunk coons for further lulz.

>> No.292270

Give them a better food source so they leave the yard alone for a while.

>> No.292271

>>292234
snare traps? i think as soon as one gets cought, is going to start making a lot of noise and scare the other ones, do this everyday until you have killed them all. Sell the bodys, fur and bones to rednecks and hipsters

>> No.292272

dude i live in a major city like pretty much near downtown

skunks and coons be everywhere shit I pretty much had a coon as a pet when i was atalented /diy/ertill my mom found out i was feeding and petting it every night lol

srsly either trap them or put food in another place

>> No.292275

>>292272
>talented /diy/er

wat wordfilters on /diy/ quit fucking around mootkins

>> No.292281

OP, you'll have a hell of a time trying to nail the little bastards. I sat on my back porch with a .22 from 8pm to 3 am one night and didn't see shit. I go in, I heard rummaging 30 minutes later but when I got out they had already raided my trash.

I'd get one of those traps that once they walk in they can't walk back out. Its probably 1 or 2 of em and if you leave it out for eh... a week I bet you get both of em.

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292287

We used some cage traps. Caught the fuckers and put them in the back of my truck till morning. Drove to work the next day (1 town over) and let 'em out in the parking lot. Not my problem anymore. Don't get caught doing this though, its illegal to move around the wildlife.

Captcha: Nighour 1.20

>> No.292288

Motion detecting sprinkler. They're about $50, but they'll scare the shit out of whatever comes in your yard.

>> No.292311

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/245441--could-repelling-raccoons-really-be-this-simple
Mint oil, spread it around.

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292355

>>292234
Did you even read "Where the Red Fern Grows?"

1. get log
2. drill 3" dia. holes in log
3. hammer nails facing into the hole at an angle
4. place shiny object in hole
5. shoot the fucker when it's too stupid to let go of object to get its hand back
6. ?????
Profit
They'll chew their own arm off at sunrise though.
Seriously, L2culture.

>> No.292356

>>292234
I lol'd at the pellet gun part. My mom has a raccoon problem, I shot one dead center of mass with .22 magnum out of a rifle and the fucker still had enough guts left in 'em to crawl around the place until I put him out of his misery. They're tough fucks and they only come out at night. I'm assuming you're in the city where shooting guns on your property is a no no. I leave bait out and shoot them with a long bow. I use a $40 hickory longbow I bought off ebay and the cheapest carbon arrows and broadheads I could find. Though it takes a lot of practice to be worth a damn with a longbow. You can try feeding them anti freeze I suppose.

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292383

>>292356
Antifreeze also kills other, wanted animals- eg. peoples' pets.

>> No.292391

>>292234
Pellet gun + paintballsentry.com

problem solved, though a bit expensive.

>> No.292400

>>292246
>stoppan power
gbt >>/k/

>> No.292483

>>292355
This. It works.

>> No.293341

Human and his relations with the life of the biospehere: kill everything that plants a pawn in her property. Humans 1 life 0.

>> No.293365

>>292234
And this is how cheezburger networks rolls. Put a fake photo of a racoon over a photo of damaged lawn.