'Coons on the roof

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pishta

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How do i discourage the 'coon orgies on my roof nightly? Woke up last night to a sound from the attic that sounded like a flock of birds landing on my roof. It scurried across the attic very fast (too fast to be inside the attic on blown in insulation and beams) and too loud to be on insulation so Im assuming it was the roof. We heard a squeeking for about 30 seconds and then all went silent. Wife thinks the coon momma left a little one on the roof and it was crying so she came back up and got it. Darn things can scale a stucco wall with their claws. No trees overhanging the roof so obvious avenues of approach are taken care of. Must be climbers. Wife said we boys gotta pee up there. Sounds simple enough? I said let me put a tray of Prestone's sweetest up there, but wife had a cat die from that so she's against the poison. I saw a 3-some up there rolling around with a flashlight one night. Critters were going at it! I hit them with a hose. Talk about a **** block!

 
any other scent that could be put around the house to discourage them from crossing and climbing the wall?
 
Your gonna Have the Reverrrrrrrrrand Al camped out front with that kinda talk...Ha Ha!

Don't know if this will work for ya.....But I had the Rat from Hell living in my shed and tried everything on Earth from Snap Traps, Glue Boards, Fox Urine, Moth Balls and Poison and that Bastard even ate the poison and **** green turds.....Finally someone suggested Slicing up a bar of "Irish Spring Soap' and i'll be damned if it didn't work....Swear by the stuff now...Be sure to get the original stuff.
 
X2 on the Irish Spring Soap. Guy in my local car club recommended it. Worked great getting rid of a relentless feral cat terrorizing my carport.
 
Your gonna Have the Reverrrrrrrrrand Al camped out front with that kinda talk...Ha Ha!

Don't know if this will work for ya.....But I had the Rat from Hell living in my shed and tried everything on Earth from Snap Traps, Glue Boards, Fox Urine, Moth Balls and Poison and that Bastard even ate the poison and **** green turds.....Finally someone suggested Slicing up a bar of "Irish Spring Soap' and i'll be damned if it didn't work....Swear by the stuff now...Be sure to get the original stuff.

LMAO
 
I can see me firing a gun at 3 in the morning and having 12 cops and a helicopter swarm my residential street. Not an option.....:eek:

LOL, I knew that. Last one I blew off the roof was around 3 or 4 in the morning. No one batted an eye, lol, well except the coon maybe.
 
How do i discourage the 'coon orgies on my roof nightly? Woke up last night to a sound from the attic that sounded like a flock of birds landing on my roof. It scurried across the attic very fast (too fast to be inside the attic on blown in insulation and beams) and too loud to be on insulation so Im assuming it was the roof. We heard a squeeking for about 30 seconds and then all went silent. Wife thinks the coon momma left a little one on the roof and it was crying so she came back up and got it. Darn things can scale a stucco wall with their claws. No trees overhanging the roof so obvious avenues of approach are taken care of. Must be climbers. Wife said we boys gotta pee up there. Sounds simple enough? I said let me put a tray of Prestone's sweetest up there, but wife had a cat die from that so she's against the poison. I saw a 3-some up there rolling around with a flashlight one night. Critters were going at it! I hit them with a hose. Talk about a **** block!


Maybe you should try playing that video for them, should only take 30 seconds before they vacate back to the neighbors garbage can.

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I can see me firing a gun at 3 in the morning and having 12 cops and a helicopter swarm my residential street. Not an option.....:eek:

Even a .22 at 3AM sounds like "Shock and Awe". Don't ask how I know.
 
Put a food source out on the ground in the neighbor's yard.
 
a bucket full of left over Halloween candy and a can of cat food mixed thoroughly with a gal of antifreeze and I never seen another,,,
but them is city coons so results can vary.
 
I have some sub sonic .22's that work pretty good on groundhogs here in town. I had a problem with opossum's a few years ago for some reason getting on my roof. Live trapped them, then took them out in the country.
 
Think a .177 pellet at 900 FPS would take one down? I can see it rushing me pissed and wounded while I'm cocking the pellet gun....:D
 
We had ferrel cats in our neighborhood years ago. A neighbor gave me a live trap to catch one so he could have we it nuetered then release it.
I set it outside the back door in the yard. The next morning when I checked it there was what looked like a huge mangey greasy cat !
Turns out it was a wet raccoon !
I had set the trap right in front of the rotary sprinkler head ! HE WAS ******* PISSED !
I released him using a long stick. He ran halfway across the yard hissing at me....climbed the fence turned and hissed again... Then disappeared into the neighbor's yard .
 
Think a .177 pellet at 900 FPS would take one down? I can see it rushing me pissed and wounded while I'm cocking the pellet gun....:D
Nope, just asking for a mess to deal with. Call animal control.
 
I have some sub sonic .22's that work pretty good on groundhogs here in town. I had a problem with opossum's a few years ago for some reason getting on my roof. Live trapped them, then took them out in the country.

I take my catch to the city.
 
I take my catch to the city.

I have some land in the country. Mostly timber. If I catch a opossum, it goes right there. One opossum will eat as many as 5,000 ticks in a season. If you know anything about Missouri woods, that makes them an asset. Haven't had any coons around, but they wouldn't be quite so lucky.
 
I have some land in the country. Mostly timber. If I catch a opossum, it goes right there. One opossum will eat as many as 5,000 ticks in a season. If you know anything about Missouri woods, that makes them an asset. Haven't had any coons around, but they wouldn't be quite so lucky.

I didn’t know that opossums eat ticks. We keep chickens around for the ticks but the ticks are still bad some years. I would be interested in buying some of your spare opossums if you are willing to ship. We don’t have any use for coons up here either.
 
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