Raccoon Part 3-caught him!

Despite our efforts to treat the lawn with grub-killer (these gross white grubs are what the racoons are after) and hours of re-seeding, on Sunday, "it" or "they" came back. I thought it was just the two little racoons, but apparently it was poppa or momma racoon. So I bought a trap; yesterday, no luck. This morning, heard some crunching noises at 5AM. Sure enough, the trap worked. This sucker was big-seemed to be at least 20 pounds.

Bandit caught!

Prior to release

Fortunately, the racoon was fairly docile. I covered the cage with a blanket and then drove ~6 miles away to Huddart Park in Woodside, near a creek. Figured that would be good new habitat.
Of course, opening the cage, nothing happened at first, and I had to hold the trap door open as the big fat racoon was sitting on the "activation pad". I tipped it slightly and it ran out, crashing through the woods.

Born Free!