AfterMyNap, After you strain it you put it in a spray bottle & I guess spray the edges (or here & there?). Maybe the coons will eat my pepper soup then come back for more though :o

just be sure you dont smell like food before you go to bed, and make sure there is nothing else in your tent that smells like food or you might open your eyes having a racoon looking at you :eek::D
When I am camping, I am not so worried about the racoons as much as I am worried about the bears, so if there are bears were you are camping, and you take the chance of putting the food in your car, make sure you park it far enough away from your tent (but bears have been known to take you car door off to get the food inside). If you dont have a car with you and you packed light, you might want to try putting your food in a tree, look up how to hang a 'bear bag'

This Englishman ponders; Is this the recipe for cooking coon soup?

Jackie, I called it that too. But come to think....since you strain it & only have the liquid, it might be broth (not coon cuz no coon in it). So I guess it's pepper broth??? :grouphug:

Hey, Lor, I meant to ask you, why are you so worried about the coons anyway?

They don't want anything but food and they're actually very entertaining to watch. They won't chase or jump up and attack anyone, campground coons are really like poorly-behaved pets.

Cindy, I read that these coons are not afraid of ppl & they come out in the day sometimes to get anything thats eatable(sp). My hubby was a scout leader & one time a racoon came out while at the picnic table, climbed up & stole food off the table. We have a pop-up so are not on the ground but traciboop & her DH are in a tent. We will have 2 small dogs & the dogs might case one or it might chase the dog & ?? I just hope/picture there's not many at all really, but as the scouts say... "Be Prepared" :wink:

moth balls do the trick,,birds dont mind them but rodents and snakes cant stand them,,make sure that you clean them up when your done before you leave and dont handle them with you fingers,,i use a sandwich bag to pick them up and discard them in a trash bin,,

This thread reminds me ....

A woman from a city I will not mention (don't wanna start something) says to me..."So how do you keep the deer from jumping in front of your car when you drive?"

She had heard stories about out here in the country and this was her biggest fear, hitting a deer. She could not get past it. There had to be some fool-proof way of keeping the deer from running in the road in front of HER car.

I kept saying, you gotta know when they are most likely to do that - time of season, time of day. Then you just look out for them, go slow, eyes open. Heck, I've been driving here for 25 yrs, never hit one.

It's not like they're out to get you.

She was just not familiar with them.

Lor, I get the feeling it's about like that for you. Just not familiar with tham.

I have had 'coons bigger than my dog living under my crawl space. Used to people? They thought they WERE people!

:D

The one would check for traffic before he'd cross the street to get to the river.

I wouldn't be so worried really. I mean, why are you going camping? For the nature, right? Well, 'coons ARE the nature.


Like racer said, I'd be more worried about bears if they were around. A little too much nature for my blood lol.

Yes, you're right, I don't know too much about coons.

Mostly I was worried about them bothering traciboop & her hubby, they were in a tent. One night they didn't zip their door (just velcro) and when the coons came their dog bolted out the door and they ran. Luckily the dog came back when Cory called her. Another night when they came traciboop made coon like noises (same as the coons did) and that scared them away. There was nothing for them anyway. We had the food in the car, washed the dishes & threw out the garbage each night.

(BTW...we didn't use that coon stuff. They say a great deterant is Coyote urine. But we didn't have any. lol. In both cases they smell it & turn away.)