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Not Raccoons!Well last fall I finally designed a suet holder that has kept the crows from devouring all of the suet I put out for the woodpeckers. It's a bit crude, but it works. 
Suet feeder to keep out the crows. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden ) Because the roof is slanted and there is not enough room for the crows to sit on top of the suet they have been leaving it alone. But because it is mounted on a maple tree in our front yard the raccoons have been coming and eating it at night. A week ago I went to let our little dog out around 9:00pm to do her job. When I turned on the porch light and saw threw the window in the door a raccoon sitting by the tree licking it's lips after dining on my suet. I never let our little girl out without first checking to make sure there is nothing that she will try and chase. I quickly grabbed by 22 rifle and stepped outside on the front porch. As soon as I opened the door it was off in a flash. I took a shot at it to scare it off. Now I have been taking the suet in every night and putting it back out in the morning. I guess they have to eat too. But not my suet! So the suet saga goes on. I think my next scheme will be to put a piece of wire mesh over the suet at night and then take it off during the day. I love the quote by the wicked witch in the Wizard of OZ---I'll get you my pretty. Here is a pic of the suet feeder on the tree from my kitchen window. Look for info on the bird feeder in a post I will make later. 
New bird feeder with suet feeder on tree in background. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden ) This blog entry has been viewed 382 times
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At least you live in the country where raccoons have some fear. Here in town they are only wary of cars. They will sit on the other side of the fence or in a tree and stare at you.
coons are the toughest critters out there i had a neighbor that was keeping some bread and stuff in a trashcan that he was giving to his hog and those coons got in that can every nitehe even put bungie cords and a concrete block on top , and that didnt work.The only thing that worked was a live trap, he would catch em and drive em about 10-15 mi down the road and let them out i used to call him the country coon taxi he didnt think that was too funny
Back i, during the draco, when the power was off for 8 days, had the windows open at night and a momma raccoon and her 3 babies came in through the breakfast room screen to get the cat food sitting on the counter. Dog woke us at 5am. Hubby corralled all but one and he went inside the couch. Had to move the couch out on the porch and let it set for couple hours for him to leave.
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