I need step by step instructions on how to set a live trap for a racoon ?

Question

i dont want to hurt my self trying to set it and i want to set it right .

Answer 1

This won't hurt the animal, but you will have to in order to release it.  Find a hollow log lying on it's side.  Drill a 5/8 in hole into the side through to the hollow part.  Using small nails rheem the hole with the nails pointing inward and on a slight angle in order to make the hole a little smaller.  Put a quarter or something metallic the same size in the hole.

Racoon's are very curious and love shiney objects.  The racoon will reach in the hole to grab the coin and won't be able to get his paw out.  He will hold onto that coin even to the detrement of himself.  

If you used this method you would have to anesthetise the animal to realease him.

Answer 2

Have a Heart traps are just metal rectangle cages with no sharp points or anything else to hurt you.  You place some food in the trap and prop the door open as the instructions direct.  Raccoon goes in and door closes.  Now you drive 15 miles away preferably across a stream and let the raccoon loose.

Answer 3

Have a heart traps can be rented.  Put the trap in the yard, set it, and put in a can of cat food.

Answer 4

While # 1 and # 2 offer valid suggestions a Racoon is likely the most viscious animal, pound for pound on the planet. Certainly not all are Rabies infected attack animals, but they show no mercy in a situation they deem to be critical.

  Have you no animal control agencies?

  A Humane trap should certainly be available, but I wouldn't spend the money to buy one, and as nasty as they can be, they are not stupid.

   I'd bite the bullet, (no pun intended) and call in someone familiar with the issue. Obviously "WE" encroached on THEIR assumed territory, and it's likely that where there is one, there are more.