Driftwoodblue
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Registered: Aug 2011
Location: Emporia, Kansas
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coyotes too
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Originally posted by Larry Atherton
Deer, turkey, and squirrels do not knock down the corn stalks. Coons knock down the stalks by climbing up them. Then sometimes they only eat one ear. The rest of the ears on that knocked down stalk will not be picked up by the combine. I have personally seen coon damage in 1 corn field exceed an acre on more than a few occasions.
Deer do most of their damage by eating the top of young corn plants.
The is no other small mammal that has more of an economic impact in both the positive and negative than the raccoon.
Raccoons eat all fruits, they get into maple syrup buckets, they get into barns and silos contaminating everything with their feces. Oh did I mention that coons nearly always carry round worms? That if eaten by a cow can cause the death of that cow. I have seen coons eat both wheat and soy beans, but they don't cause the same level of loss as they do with corn.
Fact of the matter is farmers and coon hunters should be working together.
Coyotes will sure wipe out a lot of corn when it is in the milk stage. them suckers will tear the ears off and if they do not break off the stalks, they will pull them down too.
My brother has had that problem the last 3 years... last year lost about 3-4 acres to them buggers--- tracks in mud told the story
3 years ago i was called to get coon out of a fellows Sweet corn--- live trapped and re-located 13 BUT the major damage was coyotes.. tracks in the mud told the tale-- the coyotes often carry the ears to one spot and lay doun and have a feast,, the mounds of cobs tell the story.
At any rate-- poison is a very dirty trick and totally indiscriminate-
like was said it could be someones child.
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