Posted: 6/26/2016 6:15:08 PM EDT
| got a problem with raccoons getting into chicken coop, digging under. had chickens for probably 6yrs and never had this problem. started trapping them with live traps and dog proofs(that are amazing). I have got 6 of them and two possums. what do you guys do with the dispatched animals? I only have 25 acres and am not digging that many holes and am not interested in their hide. is it bad to toss them in nearby creek? normally for 1 or 2 I wouldn't worry, but if I keep getting them, where is the best place to dispose of critters? |
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If I have to kill trapped animals I usually put them out in an open area and the Buzzards are on them before the day is out and they are gone in a day or two.
I keep my dogs fenced so I don't have to worry about them getting them. If I have time I take them to some property that is far enough away and let them go. |
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Quoted: Why not? I haven't ever had any issues doing this. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: If you have a compost pile, you can always bury them in the center of that Don't do this. Why not? I haven't ever had any issues doing this. |
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I had a few years of coons raiding the hell out of my coop, they figured out how to open the latches, got wise to my traps. Then I baited and waited.
I took a chicken leg from a kill tied it to the coop with a cowbell and waited by the window with my 22. Got 3 the first night then almost every night for a week I got another. Had about 50lbs of skinned coons I crock pot them till the meat falls off the bone. Then I use the meat in various meals. Not everybody eats coons but I find the meat like a cross between dark meat turkey and pork. Possums I rarely have problems with except for a few over a hard winter. I don't usually kill possums. Mostly cause I don't eat them. Skunks get a pass. I don't mess with skunks if I don't have to. |
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A prolific former poster and friend who had a great garden thread taught me last month.
Lost a chicken. We set up live traps. Hot dogs for bait. 2 hours later, possum. Next morning coon. Later that day, 5 more coons. He kills them, then hangs them in the coop. Time... then maggots. Maggots drop to ground, chickens get protein. Not joking. Circle of life. Txl |
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If I have to kill trapped animals I usually put them out in an open area and the Buzzards are on them before the day is out and they are gone in a day or two. I keep my dogs fenced so I don't have to worry about them getting them. If I have time I take them to some property that is far enough away and let them go. I dump all sorts of things less than 200yds from my back door. Eagles, buzzards, fox, everything comes quickly and cleans stuff up in a day or two. Few years back, killed two hogs and dumped guts there. While washing up, saw a few eagles on pile. Time I grabbed my camera, there were 8 eagles on the pile! |
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put them out in an open area and the Buzzards are on them before the day is out and they are gone in a day or two. Quoted:
put them out in an open area and the Buzzards are on them before the day is out and they are gone in a day or two. Quoted:
I leave them in the pasture and the buzzards have them down to bones in a half day. The coyotes eat the rest overnight. This. |