Coons digging up freshly planted corn?

RGMartin · Jun 9, 2011

About a week ago I planted a field behind the house. tonight after dinner I see some dark objects moving around and went back to investigate(450 yards so). I see a big coon and a couple small ones moving up and down the rows of corn that just popped up. The were stirring up the dirt, at this point not totally clear if they were after the seed, the plants or something totally different. A quick walkabout looks like an acre or better messed with.

Anybody seen this before?

Anonymous-0 · Jun 9, 2011

Racoons love a nice garden. I shot one yesterday 10 yrds. from my
back door.

Weldon K · Jun 9, 2011

Yes , see it every year. I set out cage traps in corn fields right after planting. Bait them with dog food. Catch several and send them to meet their maker. Set out more traps about the time corn begins to fill ears and catch some more. All kinds of wildlife are causing too much damage to crops, and it is getting worse.

Ed the wine farmer · Jun 9, 2011

This year we had Crows that went into 2 Ac of freshly planted sweet corn and ate all of it. It had not sprouted, they followed the planter tract and found every one. With the cost of sweet corn seed - I'm hunting crows. Four more Ac just coming up and I'm carrying a gun. Ed

Ed the wine farmer · Jun 9, 2011

This year we had Crows that went into 2 Ac of freshly planted sweet corn and ate all of it. It had not sprouted, they followed the planter tract and found every one. With the cost of sweet corn seed - I'm hunting crows. Four more Ac just coming up and I'm carrying a gun. Ed

Tyler Jackson · Jun 9, 2011

Had one diggin holes in my barn floor. His head met my friend Mr. steel pipe

Bill Tom · Jun 9, 2011

Coons wait till my corn gets ripe then will ride a stalk down to the ground and help themselves.They do this on the back side of our patch at night. Our problem is now when the corn is a few inches tall and here come the crows pulling it up and eating the kernels.

keh · Jun 10, 2011

To keep deer out of the garden, I use a strand of electric fence a little more than waist high.

To keep coons out I have 2 strands, one about 2 inches high and the other about 4 inches above that.

To keep crows from digging up seeds, I lay a double piece of newspaper down between the rows several feet apart and weight the center of the paper with a clod of dirt or a rock so that the wind will make the edges of the flap around and scare the crows away. Works so far. I have sweet corn with 2 ears per stalk filling out niely. Unfortunately I'm having to water the corn. Very little rain but fortunately no tornados yet. Have had some wind which blew a big tree down into a field.

KEH

S2710 · Jun 10, 2011

I had them coming in the carport and making a mess. Set traps and couldn't catch them but finely caught one and no more problems. I think the problem is in my area no one hunts them anymore. 20 years ago every one hunted them and kept the population down but now the price of hides is low and dog food is high and the young kids have no interest in hunting anymore. Also the city people have bought a lot of land in my area and they don't want no one to step on there land. It is sad that neighbors can't get along with one another like they use to.

Tony in Mass. · Jun 10, 2011

Jay in NY needs cats, you need a dog. The shelters are full of both. You need a border collie/ aussie shepard.

Fergienewbee · Jun 10, 2011

Checked my corn food plot this morning. Lots of seedlings pulled out and turkey tracks all over.

Larry

Janicholson · Jun 10, 2011

An electric dog fense around the plot, and a friendly Red Bone Hound. No training needed, and they do not eat growing vegtables. Jim

641Dave · Jun 10, 2011

Not with coons but I was told by a guy that wild hogs cleared almost 10 acres over a couple of nights of freshly planted corn. He said they went right down the rows and never dug or moved any dirt other than where each kernal was.

Spook · Jun 10, 2011

Haven't seen that but I did dispatch a coon the other night with the shotgun. Lost 5 hens the evening before.

RGMartin · Jun 10, 2011

(quoted from post at 08:57:04 06/10/11) Jay in NY needs cats, you need a dog. The shelters are full of both. You need a border collie/ aussie shepard.

I have 2 border collies. This is a 20+ acre field, odd shaped, would take most of a mile of wire to surround it. Cover with paper???? seriously :?: :?: :?:

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