Nope. It's the wrong time of the year for the hides to be worth anything

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Aug 4, 2021
12:39:40pm

BYUMizzou Former User

I just throw them out in the field and let the coyotes and buzzards take care of them

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BYUMizzou

Previous username: Mark Harlan
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Update on varmint wars in the backyard.

JAGA97

8/4/21 10:25am

RE: Update on varmint wars in the backyard.

Carnac

8/4/21 10:28am

RE: Update on varmint wars in the backyard.

buhlcougar

8/4/21 10:30am

Racoons are very hard to kill. They're very tough critters and can really take a beating. I'd tell you about my

lightmann

8/4/21 10:30am

Forrest Gump said "My Momma just sweep 'em off with a broom." So many lies.

grosven

8/4/21 10:37am

I took out a whole family of trash pandas while driving through the Uintas.

m0resn0w

8/4/21 10:40am

They're an invasive species not native to Utah, don't feel too bad.

LevZloi

8/4/21 10:52am

Not a racoon, but I dropped a sledgehammer 6ft. on a opossum's head when it was

Chasicle

8/4/21 10:57am

No match for a Suburban going 60 MPH.

Blue Heart

8/4/21 1:08pm

Growing up we had issues with racoons getting in the garage where the cat food is.

crimedog

8/4/21 10:35am

I'm going to need a bigger trap. I'm guessing it weighs 30 pounds.

JAGA97

8/4/21 10:43am

The biggest raccoons I've seen live in the mangroves by Cocoa Beach in Florida

Carnac

8/4/21 10:53am

The word is out

Nat Gas Man

8/4/21 10:40am

You need one of these

BYUMizzou

8/4/21 10:44am

RE: You need one of these

Nat Gas Man

8/4/21 10:46am

200??!! Who are you? This guy?

m0resn0w

8/4/21 10:47am

We're constantly at war against the deer and the coons over the cornfields

BYUMizzou

8/4/21 10:51am

I know a farmer that would hook up a battery and jumper cables and just electricute the raccoons he caught

crimedog

8/4/21 11:37am

It's easier to just shoot them once you trap them

BYUMizzou

8/4/21 11:39am

You in 5 years

Nat Gas Man

8/5/21 11:55am

Ok, how does it trap the arm? I watched the video but got lost.

Blue for Life

8/4/21 11:14am

It basically pins their arm inside the trap. When the coon reaches in to get

BYUMizzou

8/4/21 11:21am

Gotcha

Blue for Life

8/4/21 11:26am

Do you get any money from the hides?

Forest Green

8/4/21 12:33pm

Nope. It's the wrong time of the year for the hides to be worth anything

BYUMizzou

8/4/21 12:39pm

In the right time of year what do the hides sell for?

Forest Green

8/4/21 12:53pm

No idea. It's too much work to skin and dry and cure the hides. There's a guy

BYUMizzou

8/4/21 1:13pm

Ah. Might be a fun kid business. My friends used to go through the trouble of

Forest Green

8/4/21 3:31pm

Those are great but they can actually catch a skunk, then things get interesting

idahocougar

8/4/21 1:24pm

your son is a warrior!!

The Pope

8/4/21 10:46am

Can someone link a good racoon cage trap?

Jeremy

8/4/21 11:08am

take elsewhere and shoot, if you're in Utah, they're an invasive species

LevZloi

8/4/21 11:12am

Suppressed .22 pistol for the win!

DwigtA2RM

8/4/21 11:58am

We use this one.

DomCasual

8/4/21 11:42am

Please deliver the raccoon to someone who can kill it. You're just creating

monteburns

8/4/21 11:49am

Where did he get the spear? Lol

johnnycarson

8/4/21 11:19am

It's just sitting in the garage with our fishing gear.

JAGA97

8/4/21 11:37am

The the last 3 years I have trapped and eliminated 2 skunks and 1 racoon for

airwolf

8/4/21 11:31am

RE: Update on varmint wars in the backyard.

mightybrick

8/4/21 1:09pm

I'll bet they decide it's ok to kill them once one of them sprays in your house!

AzCugrFan

8/4/21 1:40pm

"pretty entertaining to get up close to a skunk ...

Johnny Vatos

8/4/21 3:34pm

Please get a Vivint system so you can post live video later...

Thrill

8/4/21 4:37pm

That is crazy. Glad they didn't have any long term effects.

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