bandit war rages on many fronts

[squirrel_hunter]

 i did mistype the fps for the streamline,it should be 860fps not 960fps.sorry bout that...i trying some different tactics to keep them away but dispatching them seems like the solution at this point...

[triggertreat]

i did mistype the fps for the streamline,it should be 860fps not 960fps.sorry bout that...i trying some different tactics to keep them away but dispatching them seems like the solution at this point...

I was wondering about that.  Those Streamlines are really nice.  Wished I had one of those also.

[Privateer]

I'm going Night Vision in my War!

[squirrel_hunter]

  i need night vision also,what you got?got three more last night.

[Bryan Heimann]

It’s not normal but when they move in they really try to take over.  You can’t kill them all.  You must persecute them relentlessly (kill kill kill) until they wise up and move on or they will take over and try to run off everything else that comes near.  To the raccoons it is theirs.  Good luck my friend.

[Bryan Heimann]

Hopefully you can at least take out the smartest ones that are dumping the feeder and bust the others over time before they learn!

[squirrel_hunter]

 last night was the first night with no bandit sightings at feeder.today was the first day i encountered a chipmunk at the feeder in a couple of weeks after dispatching around 80-90 of those little things in the past month.i wasn't ready but it gave me time to set up and make the shot,i was aiming for its eye at 36 yards.the streamline rocks shooting the 33.9 JSBs...entrance and exit wounds,it didn't flinch after being shot...

[triggertreat]

That's kinda what happen with the six coons invading my feeder space.  I shot one and then the rest must have moved on.  I haven't seen the pack since then.  I will see a straggler come by on the trail camera occasionally, but they are just passing through mainly and don't hang around long at all which is fine by me.  They were climbing the pole and breaking the feeder.  One day I found the feeder broken and on the ground because of them.

I'll add this:  When the deer and coons gobble up all the food on the ground overnight, the turkey and her chicks have no food early in the morning when they come.  The hen will come up on the deck (nine steps) and do a dance to try and get my attention to come put some food out.  She has been doing this for a few weeks now.  Some mornings she's right at the glass door looking in.  Scares my wife.  The chicks (only three this year) are down at the bottom of the steps.

[VaporTrail]

Lol...that's pretty cool. I think I'd enjoy that.

for Mark: you can eat coons, right? I've never tried them, but I think I'd be down to sample them out at least a couple of times. Hopefully you've scared them off for the most part. If not, I can give you a link to a fairly cheap NV set up. Chinese made, of course, so I don't know how long it'll last. Not too heavy on the wallet either; I've spent more on family dinner.

The rats here seem to have a man on the inside; when it came in, they stopped showing up. 

[squirrel_hunter]

Lol...that's pretty cool. I think I'd enjoy that.

for Mark: you can eat coons, right? I've never tried them, but I think I'd be down to sample them out at least a couple of times. Hopefully you've scared them off for the most part. If not, I can give you a link to a fairly cheap NV set up. Chinese made, of course, so I don't know how long it'll last. Not too heavy on the wallet either; I've spent more on family dinner.

The rats here seem to have a man on the inside; when it came in, they stopped showing up. 

I think some do eat bandits but I don't.i have dispatched well over 75 bandits.last night I spotted one,it was the big black one that runs away as soon as light comes on...I not seen any NV scopes yet but I think I need one to get that scary bandit...

[Bryan Heimann]

Eating what you kill goes out the window when there are more coons than you could possibly fit in a freezer raiding your feeder.  Don’t even have time to skin and take care of the meat with a day job and a family.

At the end of the day you are gonna pay a couple thousand a year on the low end for a deer lease.  If it is your property forget about it, way more expensive.  Plus you have the feeder which are expensive and being torn up by raccoons.  Plus feed.

So much invested in a property to hunt.  It’s like having a pile of money taken over by raccoons.  They love feeders.

So no most don’t eat raccoons that take over the feeder.  Maybe up to 15 or 20 on that thing at one time, lol.  Multiple family groups taking turns.

They are going to be killed and discarded until they figure it out.  And that is ok.

[squirrel_hunter]

Eating what you kill goes out the window when there are more coons than you could possibly fit in a freezer raiding your feeder.  Don’t even have time to skin and take care of the meat with a day job and a family.

At the end of the day you are gonna pay a couple thousand a year on the low end for a deer lease.  If it is your property forget about it, way more expensive.  Plus you have the feeder which are expensive and being torn up by raccoons.  Plus feed.

So much invested in a property to hunt.  It’s like having a pile of money taken over by raccoons.  They love feeders.

So no most don’t eat raccoons that take over the feeder.  Maybe up to 15 or 20 on that thing at one time, lol.  Multiple family groups taking turns.

They are going to be killed and discarded until they figure it out.  And that is ok.

this is not a hunting type of deer feeder or on a lease to hunt.these feeders are in my enclosed high fence area to raise whitetail deer for profit and study.i have the proper permits from dept of ag state of ohio,i also have the one time permit from the ONDR.the dept af ag permits are renewed ever year and i am CWD tested on every deer that dies,i am under the dept of ag state of ohio regulations....here is an example of my whitetail farm,my girlfieind hand feeding a tame doe.

[Bryan Heimann]

How cool is that!

[triggertreat]

Lol...that's pretty cool. I think I'd enjoy that.

I think so.  Last year there were three hens and a bunch of chicks.  Seventeen all total.  Yep, they came up on the deck then, too.  I can tell just how desperate they are by their actions.  Looking in the through the glass is really desperate and putting on a dance is as well.


Eventually they will revert to crabgrass seeds and ignore the feeder later in the year.

[squirrel_hunter]

Lol...that's pretty cool. I think I'd enjoy that.

I think so.  Last year there were three hens and a bunch of chicks.  Seventeen all total.  Yep, they came up on the deck then, too.  I can tell just how desperate they are by their actions.  Looking in the through the glass is really desperate and putting on a dance is as well.


Eventually they will revert to crabgrass seeds and ignore the feeder later in the year.

i have turkeys here and they sometimes get into the pens and it takes them some time to get out.i would love turkeys to let me feed them...

[Pellet Fun]

Saw three Bandits in my backyard yesterday at the seawall. These were fairly young. I didn't see the mama. This was mid day and they were moving fairly quickly. My concern is they managed to go underground where there was an old boat ramp on my property.

I just don't have time right now to deal with them and my Sumatra hasn't been zeroed yet, plus my Marauder is packed.

Coons are fair game year round in Florida and can be taken with air. Since we are selling our house these guys will probably get a pass.