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Some really low down and dirty critter has eaten all my Goldfish! I am not happy!  These goldfish were very large and I bonded with them!
I think it was a raccoon.
I do not know current trapping regulations. Do I have to live trap and release somewhere else or can I blow his fish stealing head off?
Dances was trapping them several miles away from my place all summer. He was releasing them other places. If I find out he released them here, I will break his thumb! 
Also, do raccoons steal bird food? I had a gourd feeder that has totally disappeared and I doubt my squirrels are that strong.
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The coons got our goldies too... I would suspect coons on the feeder theft. With a hunting license I believe coons are fair game. Live trapping will probably be easier to catch the critters. Using dogfood to bait them is illegal? or does that ban on bear baiting not apply. 
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Has to be a coon! I noticed the suet feeder I had nailed up is now missing. Squirrels aren't THAT strong.
&%!@#%$^$#&^($%#!!!!!!
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I would just trap them. They are damaging your property and you have a right to protect them. They have gotten to my goldfish as well. 
Edited by Snoopyprostaff (10/27/03 10:07 AM)
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You can get box traps from the Co-op and sometimes the sportsman's guide carries them. I have caught several opossums and cats. The opossums get a pellet gun to the head, the cats get hosed and then released. Canned cat food is my bait of choice.
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Coons most likely been into the feeder...and your gold fish...but big blue herrings will also eat them.
I say Three Sss
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Sometimes you can get live traps from the Humane Society on a use them and then bring them back. Trap em live, then shoot em.
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auntym ratcoon season is open from sept.2-mar.15 2004. if ya have a small game license or a big game license. and ya can hunt them at night too! with no bag limit, get your 22 rifle and a spot light and fire at there glowing green eyes..best of luck with the coons aunty,
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AuntyM
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I don't have a hunting license and I don't care. Some bandit is going to get his head blown off for eating my goldfish!
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i know you were pretty attached to those fishies auntym,i saw them glod fish and they were big ones.hope's ya get the bandit!!
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Heh heh heh heh, Caveman picked up a Have a Hart trap after work. Mr. Raccoon is about to find out I don't.
Have a heart!
(gosh caveman spoils me!)
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You know, when you take over nature from wild critters, you leave your self at risk of them retaliating. 
Okay, now that I have come to my senses, I say trap 'em and torture. We have caught quite a few that we give a saltwater dunking to. I know, it sounds cruel but these buggers are mean. Not afraid of a human. I also like the spotlighting trick 
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If they were ever traped before, you don't stand a chance of catching 'em. They are mean critters, and a lot of 'em have rabies. (I shot two of 'em, obviously rabid, in a residential area, under the watchful eyes of an officer - he only had a .45.) Don't take a chance - lead poisoning is the best medecine!
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Well now, I was thinkin along these lines....
Since I suspect Dances may have left these masked beasts in my neighborhood, perhaps I ought to keep one caged till Dances comes home during Thanksgiving break. I'll feed it, poke it, tease it and make it even meaner!
Then I can let it loose in the cab of his pickup while he's out fishin!
What do ya think?
(my .22 is by the back door in case I get one tonight.)
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I'll feed it, poke it, tease it
 that might not be legall or morally correct
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Agreed but I wanna watch
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Just for giggles,, please call in a report of the nuisance animal to the Department. I know, I know, you ask why? Well when it comes time again to fight this trapping battle again there are plenty of nuisance complants on the books. You never had this problem before the trapping ban was implimneted right 
I have some homemade box traps that kick A over the have a heart traps, so if you dont get em let me know.
Tie your attractant/bait in a sock and hang it from the top of the trap. Make sure you cover the top and the side with something like plywood and secure it well. They will do some amazing things that you would never think capable from such a small animal.
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This is the same as mine.
box trap
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Well, he eluded the trap last night. Tried cat food. Will try a fish tonight.
I have downloaded two wooden trap plans, and will get one put together this weekend.
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Cupo, that is a good trap, I use that one also.
Aunty, tie that food to the top of trap in an old sock, just right above the trigger plate.
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IT WAS THE MUCKLESHOOTS, I KNOW IT WAS THE MUCKLESHOOTS, OR NO IT COULD ALSO BE THE TULALIPS.
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AuntyM
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Wapiti, that's just silly.
I live closest to the Squaxins. It had to be them. Or maybe the Skoks?
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AuntyM Good luck with the Critters. We have been haveing problems with neghborhood cats bothering our chickens.
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Use a plain old fashioned steel leg holder and wire it VERY WELL to a tree. Just check it from a distance every few hours, and have a .22 with you. (By the way, they work well on cats, too!)
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Could release them kitties out in the wild.
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I would not set a trap that my dog could get hurt in. She roams freely on the property as she knows it's hers to patrol.
Randy,
The reason we have cats... and puppies.... and bunnies around here, is because people come out here to dop them off "in the wild"
You'd think with all the coyotes, these things would get eaten. Worthless coyotes!
 
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One down.... no idea how many to go.
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You should have tortured him first to find out how many more there were....
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Aunty, how much $ and groveling would it take for me to get that bugger's skin cleaned and cured(boraxed)? There are some mighty fine flies to be had from all parts of that skin. I'd offer some stuff in trade, but unless you use saltwater bucktails for trolling, I'm afraid all I have to offer right now is cash (yeah I know, boo hoo for me )
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