Coon trouble

[Zuma]

One day I was waiting for my date on a corner
in Yonkers NYC.
Roosevelt Raceway was across the street.
I watched two big ole coons walk down along the curb
and into the Dairy Queen. As they were searching for
dropped sweets, two youngsters walked in.
The coons left in a hurry with the kids running after them,
one screaming "Get them, they got fur coats."
Zuma

[BowEd]

Well after about a week of quiet now I hope the coon here have been backed off some.Total count at the moment is 4 shot coon and 5 live trapped and relocated.I imagine the low fur prices have a lot to do with the increase in numbers.

[osage outlaw]

Glad you got it under control.  It took me 2 summers to thin them out around my house.  So far I've only had to shoot one this year. 

[BowEd]

Well I've been here for 14 years.Some years there's more then others but this year the numbers are a bit higher yet.Never completely get rid of them though.I'm surprised for not seeing more opposum.

[BowEd]

I've found that whenever a paticular species gets over populated mother nature has a way of righting the ship too with diseases.Coyotes here suffer from mange badly when too many numbers occur too.With coon I see distemper get them.

[osage outlaw]

Mother nature does that with humans too

[Eric Krewson]

Yea, but humans often step in and thwart Mother Nature's efforts and the problem only gets worse.

I was going to buy some dog proof coon traps at the Gander Mountain in town that was going out of business. At first they were 10% off, they had at least a dozen of them, then 20% but I knew if I waited a week they would be 30% off. I rolled in on Monday to get the traps at 30% off but I was too late, someone had beat me to them and they all were gone.

[Mounter]

Shoot one, leave it lay around a couple days then get rid of it,before it smells too bad. Always cures them from around my chicken pens for a year or two...

[osage outlaw]

Shoot one, leave it lay around a couple days then get rid of it,before it smells too bad. Always cures them from around my chicken pens for a year or two...

That doesn't work for the coons in my area. 

[bubby]

Shoot one, leave it lay around a couple days then get rid of it,before it smells too bad. Always cures them from around my chicken pens for a year or two...

That doesn't work for the coons in my area. 

No but lead works good eh😉