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Originally Posted by eluded
Bear spray works great. Just takes one time because They learn quickly.
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Let me tell you a funny story about raccoons learning quickly.
I was camping out on a small island on a lake many moons ago, and hung our cooler from a tree overnight because of the little masked bandits.
The first night, I heard the raccoon climbing on the table from inside my tent and made a "PSSSSST" sound. It scared him away.
The second night, he was back on the table and the "PSSSST" didn't scare him. I shined a flashlight on him, and he scrambled off.
The third night, he wasn't scared off by the sound or the flashlight. I had the million candlepower cordless spotlight from my boat in the tent, and that scared him off.
On the fourth night, the little bugger showed up again...with a welding mask on!
I had to get out of the tent and chase him all the way back into the lake to get rid of him.
On the fifth night, there was no raccoon. I left our live bait bucket at the side of the lake where he ran to the night before, and he ate that before moving on to the next island.....