amiller
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Update - 4/12/09
The day after I shot the raccoon I put a paper plate with some salmon on it in the attic to see if there were any others around. It's the same bait I used, and they loved eating, when I tried unsuccessfully to trap them. Well, days went by and nothing touched the salmon. I finally went into the attic to made a through search of right side and top crawl space...nothing. The left side does not have a door entrance way. There's a 2'X2' panel that I can remove and crawl into the left side. Once in the left side, it's broken up into two spaces by a dormer/window. To get to the far side of the dormer/window I have to crawl on my stomach in a space about 3'X3' for about 6'. While I'm lying on my stomach I'm totally vulnerable to attack.
Anyway, I went into the left side with a flash light and saw nothing on the entrance side. I swung around and looked into the dormer/window crawl space and... DAMN! BIGGER THAN SHIT! THERE'S A BIG RACCOON LOOKING RIGHT AT ME! 'Scared the crap out of me. The raccoon turned and ran out of the crawl space and out of site.
I’m weighing out my options and trying to come up with a strategy that will not put me in harms way. Do I go into the left side and just wait in the dark with a flash light…ugh? Do I try some different types of bait and try to lure the raccoons to the right, more accessible side…safer for me. What do you guys think? ‘Anyone have an idea?
...more to come.
The day after I shot the raccoon I put a paper plate with some salmon on it in the attic to see if there were any others around. It's the same bait I used, and they loved eating, when I tried unsuccessfully to trap them. Well, days went by and nothing touched the salmon. I finally went into the attic to made a through search of right side and top crawl space...nothing. The left side does not have a door entrance way. There's a 2'X2' panel that I can remove and crawl into the left side. Once in the left side, it's broken up into two spaces by a dormer/window. To get to the far side of the dormer/window I have to crawl on my stomach in a space about 3'X3' for about 6'. While I'm lying on my stomach I'm totally vulnerable to attack.
Anyway, I went into the left side with a flash light and saw nothing on the entrance side. I swung around and looked into the dormer/window crawl space and... DAMN! BIGGER THAN SHIT! THERE'S A BIG RACCOON LOOKING RIGHT AT ME!
'Scared the crap out of me. The raccoon turned and ran out of the crawl space and out of site.I’m weighing out my options and trying to come up with a strategy that will not put me in harms way. Do I go into the left side and just wait in the dark with a flash light…ugh? Do I try some different types of bait and try to lure the raccoons to the right, more accessible side…safer for me. What do you guys think? ‘Anyone have an idea?
...more to come.
