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Post by smsmith on Aug 29, 2022 18:17:02 GMT -6
Today I was back at the war on weeds on the north forest opening. I found two dead 'coons maybe 50 yards apart. Both were just lying there in the clover. I didn't get that close to them, but they didn't look like they were starving or had been killed by a predator.
It was thundering and lightning last night, could they have been zapped by a lightning strike?
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Post by terrifictom on Aug 29, 2022 18:25:05 GMT -6
Today I was back at the war on weeds on the north forest opening. I found two dead 'coons maybe 50 yards apart. Both were just lying there in the clover. I didn't get that close to them, but they didn't look like they were starving or had been killed by a predator. It was thundering and lightning last night, could they have been zapped by a lightning strike? It's possible. Some one putting poison out? |
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Post by smsmith on Aug 29, 2022 18:27:06 GMT -6
Today I was back at the war on weeds on the north forest opening. I found two dead 'coons maybe 50 yards apart. Both were just lying there in the clover. I didn't get that close to them, but they didn't look like they were starving or had been killed by a predator. It was thundering and lightning last night, could they have been zapped by a lightning strike? It's possible. Some one putting poison out? That was my first thought too. The carcasses are maybe 100 yards from my north line. I suppose the north neighbors might be putting out poison, but I'd be a bit surprised. If it was flybait and coke, they'd never make it 100 yards though. |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 29, 2022 19:29:03 GMT -6
Could be meat balls and some type of poison ? I’ve heard guys do that. Not good if there’s a dog nearby !
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Post by terrifictom on Aug 29, 2022 20:02:37 GMT -6
The 3 most common causes of raccoon deaths are distemper, rabies and round worms.
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Post by terrifictom on Aug 29, 2022 20:05:27 GMT -6
The 3 most common causes of raccoon deaths are distemper, rabies and round worms.
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Post by smsmith on Aug 29, 2022 20:16:25 GMT -6
The 3 most common causes of raccoon deaths are distemper, rabies and round worms. I've seen (and shot) coons with distemper. They do not look healthy. These two coons looked healthy, except for being dead  A retired vet on a fruit growing forum I read recently had a discussion regarding rabies in coons. There have been no documented cases of rabies in coons in most of the U.S. (including MN and WI). I have no knowledge of roundworms. |
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Post by benmnwi on Aug 30, 2022 11:18:41 GMT -6
I once had a raccoon eat a several blocks of mouse poison I just put out the day before. It was acting very sick and likely close to death when got a .22 bullet, but the poisoning happened so quickly that he wasn't skinny or otherwise bad looking. He just sat under my truck in broad daylight looking like a critter with a really bad stomach ache.
If you have a lightning damaged tree near the carcasses then a lightning strike could certainly be possible. Otherwise I think it is more likely they got into some type of poison and happened to just die on your place.
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Post by smsmith on Aug 30, 2022 18:02:45 GMT -6
I once had a raccoon eat a several blocks of mouse poison I just put out the day before. It was acting very sick and likely close to death when got a .22 bullet, but the poisoning happened so quickly that he wasn't skinny or otherwise bad looking. He just sat under my truck in broad daylight looking like a critter with a really bad stomach ache. If you have a lightning damaged tree near the carcasses then a lightning strike could certainly be possible. Otherwise I think it is more likely they got into some type of poison and happened to just die on your place. This has me thinking about the Tomcat blocks I put in a box blind a few weeks ago. Wondering if the coons may have gotten in there and eaten up the mouse blocks. I don't really care that a couple coons are dead, it just was a bit odd. |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 30, 2022 20:12:58 GMT -6
How far were they from the blind ?
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Post by smsmith on Aug 30, 2022 20:17:51 GMT -6
How far were they from the blind ? 300+ yards |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 30, 2022 20:48:47 GMT -6
F… coons . They are too abundant!  |
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Post by badgerfowl on Aug 31, 2022 6:45:49 GMT -6
The trapper got 10 in our orchard this summer and I still have the damn things on camera. Abundant is right.
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Post by smsmith on Aug 31, 2022 6:47:42 GMT -6
To be honest, I had no idea mouse blocks would be attractive to coons...or that they'd kill them if ingested. I may have found the answer to dealing with coons in my orchards. Flybait/pop leads to dead critters right by the source. If coons die hundreds of yards away from where they ingest mouse blocks it makes "disposal" a non issue.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 31, 2022 8:06:50 GMT -6
To be honest, I had no idea mouse blocks would be attractive to coons...or that they'd kill them if ingested. I may have found the answer to dealing with coons in my orchards. Flybait/pop leads to dead critters right by the source. If coons die hundreds of yards away from where they ingest mouse blocks it makes "disposal" a non issue. ….this made me strategize last night … up off the ground .. safe from dogs . Maybe a guy could make a platform ? Spoke with a guy n Iowa and he said they trapped the crap out of the raccoons. Basically wiped em out. Now he’s seeing way more turkeys, pheasants… etc.. |
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