Raccoons, Wildlife Master Gardener Diagnostic
Guide
Master Gardener Decision Support Guide
Raccoons
The best options are fencing, trapping, and shooting. Use an
electric fence. Placing it overa two feet high, two inch mesh
wire fence buried two inches in the ground is most effective but
sometimes a single strand at 5 inches will work. Live trap with
Havahart or Tomahawk traps. Bait with corn on the cob, sweet
roll, fish, chicken, or fish flavored cat food. Place bait in
rear of trap and secure trap to a tree. If using a wire trap
make sure the raccoon can't pull the bait through the wire.
Raccoons are covered by North Carolina
Law for Wildlife Killed for Depredations.
Additional Information
The following information on conserving or
increasing this
species is provided by the North
Carolina Cooperative Extension Wildlife Specialist. This is an
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Raccoons
The following document links to a file provided by
the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service, Great
Plains Agricultural Council, and the USDA Department of
Agriculture. All files are provided in Adobe Acrobat format
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Designed by David Goforth on October 31, 2000