Racoons in the corn

rrlund · Aug 8, 2019

I've been having to chop some corn every few days since the bunker silo is empty. When I chopped Monday,this corn was standing perfect,not a sign of any wildlife damage. When I rounded the corner this morning (Thursday),this is what I found. All this damage in just three days. We left them a little beverage to go with their corn,so hopefully they'll get thirsty and it won't get much worse. Unbelievable they could do this much damage in so little time.

centash · Aug 8, 2019

Same problem here. They take out half an acre where the other farm borders a county Bush. Then the deer go and lay in it. But the marijuana planters have reduced their number somewhat....maybe the coons were getting into their interplanted crop!?

Ben

Brown Swiss · Aug 8, 2019

"Mama just chases them off with a broom!"

smileykeith · Aug 11, 2019

looks more like bear than coon coon dont flatten out the corn like that

centash · Aug 11, 2019

A coon will push the stalk over with its paws to get at the ear. Then the deer lie on it.

Ben

tractorguy2 · Aug 13, 2019

That's deer damage not coons. When I raised milo I had the same problem. Deer would nest down in the milo every
night in a different spot.

rrlund · Aug 14, 2019

I think the deer lay on it after it's down,but I don't think they took it down. On down around the outside of the field it's pulled down in a few spots too but just on the outside row and only for a few feet. I'm not gonna get in to detail about what happened to them,but there's a few dead coons laying back there in it now.

WGM · Aug 14, 2019

I can speak from experience, raccoons did this.

Traditional Farmer · Aug 17, 2019

Got any bear in your area? Looks just like when an old bear gets in corn eats some tears up a bunch and then rolls around on some.

kenbob · Aug 27, 2019

I had coon problem this year. I put a radio out in the patch. I tried to find the most annoying station to play and ended up with a talk sports station. It kept them away without a problem. They are pretty smart. I worried I would get up in the morning and come out and they would have changed it to dance music and would have had a good time.

Racoons in the corn

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