PremiumBeef Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 How do you keep raccoons from taking over corn feeders in wooded areas? We are having problems with 6-10 coons staying under feeders and keeping the deer away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Maybe you need some meaner deer? Are the coons climbing up the feeder legs and getting the corn out? If they are, try attaching some carpet tack strips to the legs. Works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Put a Hav-a-hart trap next to them. I've caught a lot of coons in my Havahart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 impossible to keep them from eating your corn. I never thought of the carpet tack board i might have to give that a try. What I do is buy a huge tub of vasoline and smear it on the legs--works great and only have to apply it about every 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ousoonerfan22 Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I use live traps and give the coons to a friend who uses them to train his young hounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossy_71 Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 .22 or .17 and a good spotlight. Knowing what type of feeder you are referencing might would produce more responses. Is it a gravity, trough, broadcast, etc. feeder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdavis Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Do they look something like this? I think I may have the same problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozz Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 I got the same problem,saw 3 coons this morning hanging on my feed bucket and climbing up and down the small tree its hanging on. And all this time I was wondering how the deer was cleaning out my corn in a week.I have a homemade bucket with a stick hanging out the bottom for on demand feed.It's hanging in my backyard about 50 yds from my back door. I also have a remote spotlight I use to turn on and watch the deer at night feeding.One night I watch 2 does fighting on their hind legs kicking each other,next day I went to the bucket and found puffs of white deer hair on the ground.......dang them hoofs must hurt.I'm gonna nail some tack strip on the tree, thats a great idea ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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