Sometimes in the middle of the night when I can't sleep I like to turn our TV to the security cameras around our house. You'd be amazed at how active critters of the night are when you are typically in bed. Living near the woods you never know what you'll see. Sometimes I'll see something on the cameras that scares me....

This monster popped up the other night...

Zoomed In

This is a HUGE raccoon. It was sniffing around outside my duck coop. It walked around every side seeing if there was a way inside. My poor little ducks where in the middle sleeping. Thankfully, the raccoon couldn't get them. This is the monster coon that destroyed our corn patch and ate on around 40 corn over the course of three days.

My husband got a humane trap to catch it so we could release it somewhere else. The raccoon triggered the trap but got away. We think that the trap is too small. The coon went in for our corn bait but it's rear didn't fit in the cage. It probably shut on it's back allowing it the ability to escape. The trap was moved which surprised us and there was a hole outside of it where it probably dug in it's back feet to escape.

I fear this raccoon

I was shocked to actually see it on the security cameras. I randomly woke up at 4 AM and couldn't go back to sleep. I checked the cameras and boom there it was. I love my ducks and my biggest fear is a predator killing them. I went out there with a flashlight and scared it off. I couldn't sleep because I was worried and ended up staying awake until sunrise so I could keep checking on my ducks.

I wish we could catch and relocate this raccoon. He's cost us almost an entire harvest of corn and desires a duck dinner. I hate seeing it around the duck coop with my innocent ducks inside helpless.