Farming and Agriculture - getting rid of a coon

I live in town and there has been a coon,i guess ,getting into my garbage for at least a month .my neighbors are having the probllem also. any ideas on solving this problem? im threatening on staying up all night with a shotgun or something similar.:wall:

The coon will likely keep coming back as long as the food source [garbage] is there. Basically you have 3 choices...

#1 - kill the racoon - may not be legal in city limits
#2 - trap and relocate the animal
#3 - figure out away to deny the coon access to the garbage

If you decide on #2 above, my friend who had a similar problem used chocolate chip cookies for bait. Seems like a waste, but he says it works. Be very careful. A cornered animal can be very aggressive.

Depending on style of garbage cans, stretchie bungie cords can be stretched across lid and attached to handles. Of course, you can always place a big heavy rock on the lid.

To minimize odors that attract animals to trash cans, place kitchen waste into those plastic bags that you receive at the grocery store. Then, drop into the kitchen trash bag. Then, place kitchen bags into black garbage bags.

Another trick is to pour a little ammonia into the white kitchen trash bag before tying it up and dropping into the big trash can. Also, occasionally wash interior of trash cans with disinfectant cleaner and rinse with hose.

I probably should have noted that #3 is best! Even if you get rid of the offending animal, another may take it's place :eek: Preventing access pretty much garuntees no mess :cool: :thumbup: