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anyone want to trap some coons?
- Thread starter bilgerat
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You’ll have to wait til it’s trapping season
bilgerat
Senior
shushhhhhh! lol, I don't trap so I don't know the seasons, I just know these corn thieves gotta go!
Go buy yourself a couple of Hav-a-heart cage traps, set them, shoot the prisoners, reset and do all over again. It won't take long to get a grip on the problem.
bilgerat
Senior
I would but I live 2+ hours away and only get down every other weekend to fill the feeder. little bandit would be kinda ripe before I got back to dispose of his corpse
Yep, that would be a problem.. LOL
furtaker
Senior Member
Dog proofs are way more effective and efficient than cage traps.
For what cages cost you may be right. My neighbor caught 10-12 coons last year in two cage traps! Imo thats pretty efficient.
Yeah that’s the best thing to do shhhhhh! They are pretty easy to catch , a couple walk in live traps set up near feeder with something they like better than corn will thin them in a hurry
bilgerat
Senior
Is it legal to trap and relocate the out of season?
In SC depredation trapping is legal but any animal caught must be destroyed. They cannot be relocated.. I wouldn't relocate "my problem" any where else even if it was legal.
Throwback
Chief Big Taw
It’s not legal to relocate them at any time.
It’s not legal to trap them out of season
You’d have a hard time getting a depredation permit for them eating out of a feeder in the woods !
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Depredation permits may be issued at any time of the year by the SCDNR for the taking of furbearing animals that are destroying or damaging private or public property, wildlife habitat, game species, timber, crops, or other agriculture so as to be a nuisance, or for scientific, research, or for wildlife management purposes. There is no cost for this permit. Animals captured under a depredation permit may not be relocated, sold, traded, exchanged, or bartered.
furtaker
Senior Member
In my experience coons get wise to cage traps after seeing a couple of their buddies locked up. Plus you can buy several dog proofs for the price of one cage trap.
A half dozen dog proofs around a feeder will flat wear them out.
You can’t (LEGALLY) do anything about them...until Furbearer season resumes! Only alternative is to Rig up some kind of electric fence around that feeder,or stop feeding them? I’ve see a few people put 12v solar powered 4’high Electric fences Around feeders. Wires start 3 inches off the ground & are spaced at every 4 inches. Every wire is HOT. Otherwise...you’re wasting the effort! Deer can easily clear 4’ so the deer still get to the feed. Lot of work & IMO...it’s just easier to put up with the Coons stealing some feed?
Permitchaser
Senior Member
yep that's the ticket. I've used a HAH trap and caught 8 coons in 8 days
david coker
Member
Let me bring my hound down after deer season ill thin them for ya
donblfihu
Senior Member
Do I need a trapping license to remove the coons at the feeder, I'm not going to sell them.
