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Coons in my Corn
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:49 pm
by pickerandsinger
Any suggestions.....
Dave
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 6:13 pm
by Don McCombs
Get a large Havahart type live trap and trap them. Use sardines in oil for bait. Do not release them alive. They will only come back.
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 6:31 pm
by tmays
.22 LR or 12 ga #1 buckshot. If you know any coonhunters, I'm sure they would take care of the problem
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:39 pm
by SONNY
Some ways work,--- others dont!---always go for the 12 gauge myself,-- if you cant go that route, then traps are best second choice! ---they dont like bright lighting right over the corn field area either! thanks; sonny
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:00 pm
by PVF1799
When I was a kid we used to sleep out on the corn fields with the 12 ga. Now we trap everything in Hav-a-hart, then shoot them with .22 Hand Gun with buck shot long rifles so I don't break any wires on the trap if it goes through.
Ken
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:34 am
by pickerandsinger
SONNY wrote:Some ways work,--- others dont!---always go for the 12 gauge myself,-- if you cant go that route, then traps are best second choice! ---they dont like bright lighting right over the corn field area either! thanks; sonny
Don McCombs wrote:Get a large Havahart type live trap and trap them. Use sardines in oil for bait. Do not release them alive. They will only come back.
tmays wrote:.22 LR or 12 ga #1 buckshot. If you know any coonhunters, I'm sure they would take care of the problem
Thanks for the replies guys....Never had a problem till this year...
PVF1799 wrote:When I was a kid we used to sleep out on the corn fields with the 12 ga. Now we trap everything in Hav-a-hart, then shoot them with .22 Hand Gun with buck shot long rifles so I don't break any wires on the trap if it goes through.
Ken
Trap and shoot, sounds much better than stalking the cornfield all night
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:41 am
by ScottyD'sdad
Dropping the trap in a trash can full of water, is quieter, and doesn't damage the trap. Ed
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:17 am
by v w
For coons bothering the wife's bird feeders we trap and shoot. For the corn I have an electric fence with wires three and eight inches high. You don't say what size your patch is so this may not be an option. I have also used poison where a fence couldn't be used. I don't like doing that because it kills EVERYTHING that samples the bait. I have however taken out seven coons in one night. Trapping is better but traps are expensive and you only get one coon at a time. Vern
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:43 am
by Don McCombs
I should have mentioned to start trapping as soon as silk appears. That way you may have them under control by the time the ears fill out. They start sampling early.
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:34 pm
by pickerandsinger
Thanks for the replies, guys....Yeah it kinda took me off guard as I didn't have a problem in the past.....My neighbor has a small plot of corn and he put an electric fence around his....So I guess Mr and Mrs Coons decided to wander over to my place....
Next year I'll be more prepared....In the meantime I'll set out some trip flares and a few other things I learned in a past life....
Only joking...I'll do some trapping....Dave
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:21 pm
by Bill
I have used an electric fence for years will great success. As Don says put it up early.
Bill
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:52 am
by pickerandsinger
Well, I bought some " Liquid fence" for Deer and Rabbits and hadn't used it so I spread that around the corn and set out a" Have a Heart and then blow them away trap" and I had no visitors....However it rained yesterday pretty hard and into the evening so I didn't renew the liquid fence...We'll see in a few...
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:05 pm
by SONNY
Bait the live traps,---it takes a few days, (usually) before they start going in them!---some of them will never go in, so that is why it becomes necessary to use a combo attack plan! thanks; sonny
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:29 pm
by pickerandsinger
So far they haven't been back since I used the liquid fence....I just spread it around a stand of corn thats about a week from maturity...We shall see...I bought 5 lbs and it seems to go quite aways....Course my stands are only about 60 x40 or so....I have 2 of them...More next year....
Re: Coons in my Corn
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:01 pm
by grasser
I've been using these traps:
http://www.mackspw.com/Item--i-DKT0510? ... MgodQRQABQFor the past 2 years. They'll pretty much only catch coons. I've never had as much luck with live traps.
Last year I trapped and killed 28 coons in June/July.
This year around 15.
All in the same area. This tells you that if you get a coon or 2, you are not done. This is why people get totally wiped out over night. You aren't dealing with "a Coon", likely a dozen or more.
We harvested 100 dozen ears of sweet corn from our 1/4 acre patch this year with little coon damage.
I hate them!