On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 02:27:32 +0000, Charles P wrote:


"B. Joshua Rosen" wrote in message
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During the 1980s I trapped and relocated 50 raccoons and it did me no
good whatsoever, either they were finding their way back or others were
taking their place.

If that's true, then it's bad news for me, it means I'll have to give up
gardening
or fence my garden. Fencing will be a major hassle and expense.

I moved them 10 miles away to the other side of a major river

I've moved a woodchuck to the other side of the Tennesee river. No way
he's coming back.

Eventually I gave up

If I give up, that means no more beans, brocolli, cabbage, and okra for
starters.

BTW I
wouldn't set a trap today, there is a major rabies epidemic among
raccoons, you don't want to go anywhere near them.

Well, it's impossible for them to bite while in the cage. If one does
attack, I suppose I'll be looking forward to the series of rabies
injections.

Raccoons are very smart animals. One of the things that I had to do when I
was trapping them was to put cinder blocks on top of and and on both sides
of the trap. My raccoons had figured out the latching mechanism on the
Havaheart trap. When one got caught another one would flip open the latch
and press the lever and free the trapped raccoon. The cinder blocks were
to heavy for the raccoons to move (although they tried) so they weren't
able to get to the latch.