It is true...there are small electrical fences made for this very application (check online pond supply places), and they are about the only thing that is a sure-fire raccoon deterrent.
Raccoon-proofing pond
- Thread starter Tony Chick
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Electric fences do work. The coons must try them every night, because the one time I forgot to plug it back in there were some tipped-over pots.
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Electric fences work great. I lived in Toronto on a ravine with many coons. Toronto has one of the highest populations of coons for a city in North America. My neighbor had a vegetable garden backing right on the ravine and it would be raided every night by 6 - 12 coons. He had a small 24" high chain link fence around it, but that was pretty useless. After installing and elecric fence (wire around top edge) it pretty much solved his problem. It still got raided once in awhile but considering how many would visit every night it worked out great.
Electric fences do nothing IME. The racoons still bent the fence down enough to get over it and destroy the pond. They always took the pump out and ruined the plants. The traps didn't work. If I didn't catch the neighbors cat, the racoons knew how to remove the bait without springing the trap. Finally I gave up.
Just one strand of wire usually won't do the trick- they'll jump over it or crawl under it. You need one wire about 3" - 4" off the ground, then another one about 6" higher- and probably another one higher than that.
I got a small farm-style charger that can do a mile or more of wire. I think those are better than the tiny garden ones, and are probably cheaper.
You need to set a ground rod for them to work!
I got a small farm-style charger that can do a mile or more of wire. I think those are better than the tiny garden ones, and are probably cheaper.
You need to set a ground rod for them to work!
Raccoon Assassination Squad!!!!
raccoon assassination squad,
what you will need:
4 shooters - arrange them in ambush, 2 teams, so you get triangulated
fire and a good kill zone. (note: careful not to shoot each other,
nothing screams "Amateur" like shooting a member of your fire
team during a Raccoon ambush. Just imagine you are at the next
NRA meeting and your friend Cletus sees your new bullet hole
scar and you have to explain it to everyone. How embarrassing.
4 rifles - .22 cal pump or lever action minimum, I prefer more of a "shock and
Awe" affect , so go with AK-47 very reliable weapon (note: for some
reason the louder the wepons the less complaints you get from the
neighbors, my neighbors have not made eye contact with me in over
18 months.)
Booze - does not matter what kind just be sure you have plenty on hand
(note: save yourself some time and just go with straight liquor, if you
use beer, you may have too start the ambush at noon)
Smokes - That way you have the whole trinity covered (Alcohol,
Tobacco, Fire Arms)
Just a note on timing and firing sequence: you will want to stagger the start time of your shooting for each fire team about a good 5 count, it takes approximately 3 seconds to reload an AK-47 (with a clip in arms length in your firing position) you certainly do not want a lull in your ambush, I would supply each man with no less than 6 clips, raccoons often carry rabies so you cant be to careful. at 30 rounds per clip thats 720 rounds. unless you have very large raccoons that should do the trick.
A note on the overwhelming use of fire power: Some people blow these kind of things way out of proportion, and want to use claymore mines, incendiary grenades, and such as that. I think is kind of unsportsmanlike, some people even consider these munitions "dangerous", just something to think about.
If you need any help just pm me, I know several people who are good at obtaining equipment (if you know what i mean)
my 2 cents
raccoon assassination squad,
what you will need:
4 shooters - arrange them in ambush, 2 teams, so you get triangulated
fire and a good kill zone. (note: careful not to shoot each other,
nothing screams "Amateur" like shooting a member of your fire
team during a Raccoon ambush. Just imagine you are at the next
NRA meeting and your friend Cletus sees your new bullet hole
scar and you have to explain it to everyone. How embarrassing.
4 rifles - .22 cal pump or lever action minimum, I prefer more of a "shock and
Awe" affect , so go with AK-47 very reliable weapon (note: for some
reason the louder the wepons the less complaints you get from the
neighbors, my neighbors have not made eye contact with me in over
18 months.)
Booze - does not matter what kind just be sure you have plenty on hand
(note: save yourself some time and just go with straight liquor, if you
use beer, you may have too start the ambush at noon)
Smokes - That way you have the whole trinity covered (Alcohol,
Tobacco, Fire Arms)
Just a note on timing and firing sequence: you will want to stagger the start time of your shooting for each fire team about a good 5 count, it takes approximately 3 seconds to reload an AK-47 (with a clip in arms length in your firing position) you certainly do not want a lull in your ambush, I would supply each man with no less than 6 clips, raccoons often carry rabies so you cant be to careful. at 30 rounds per clip thats 720 rounds. unless you have very large raccoons that should do the trick.
A note on the overwhelming use of fire power: Some people blow these kind of things way out of proportion, and want to use claymore mines, incendiary grenades, and such as that. I think is kind of unsportsmanlike, some people even consider these munitions "dangerous", just something to think about.
If you need any help just pm me, I know several people who are good at obtaining equipment (if you know what i mean)
my 2 cents
