I’ve been thinking a fox but the amount of damage is now making me think coons. In the past I’ve been able to trap the coons but my trap has come up empty. Looks like I’m losing all the early nectarines at this point.
Ya me also. It was the neighbors cat that I’ve caught several times. I tried salmon in the trap last night since marshmallows weren’t working. Meat always seems to catch a cat.
They’re also a rabies vector species and many/most states likely prohibit the live trapping and release of them (they must be humanely euthanized and I’m fine with 40 grains of lead).
I don’t like it either but the damage will make it easier this summer. And I think it may take all summer to clean out the current residents. Next yr others will move back in. I should know the routine by now.
Gasp! Man I hate to see that. One thing for certain - he knew where the best stuff in town is found.
I had a family of coons decimate my blackberries. They reached right through the bird netting. They have a MUCH bigger appetite than a bird. Really need to dispense with them.
Not around here. Almost no one grows it beside me. They hit what they’ve learned to hit. My fruit always gets it but not the sweetcorn. In the Midwest any coon that doesn’t know corn is a moron.