Racoons at the Campsite
I am guessing you have found this post because you too are looking for ways to keep those damned trash bandits from waking you up rifling through your camp after dark, or even worse, showing up well before sundown as though they were invited to share a meal! I love camping. Relaxing in the great outdoors, the smell of the clean air, the time spent around the campfire, and sleeping in a warm sleeping bag on a cool morning all call to me, but there is one thing about camping that used to drive me nuts; those blasted raccoons. Those trash bandits invade established campgrounds as part of their nightly quest for food. Raccoons are omnivores and super smart. Raccoons have learned the eating is good whenever people are around. They thrive on problem solving and, since they travel in groups called a Gaze, they will tag team and work together with their masked friends to get into whatever they seek. I have been camping long enough to know not to leave food out, to throw trash away, e
