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Posts: 516 Location: Kildeer, IL | It's time for a new location to store my boat. I am currently storing my boat at a U-Store it type place. This place backs up to an open field, and my boat is parked in a parking lot. For the second time in the last year, and raccoon has gotten into my boat. The first time, it just took a dump, and chewed on some carpet in a place you couldn't see. This time it must have lived in there all winter. There was fur everywhere, and it chewed up a bunch of wood underneath my deck. I opened the vent in the middle of my boat, and there was a bunch of wood chips below my deck. He also chewed some of the carpet on my casting deck, and tore apart my rod locker. Then he decided to take a dump on all of the wires that hook up to the batteries. Finally, he decided to chew threw my Garmin transducer wires. He gnawed on them all the way from the trolling motor to the hook up point. Then he decided to chew all the way threw the wires as the wires entered the hookup point. Does anybody know of a good way to keep raccoons out of your boat? Also, does anybody have any suggestions for cheap storage in the Chicagoland area? Preferably near Mt. Prospect. These pictures were taken after I drove the boat home with the top off, so a lot of the hair blew out. Attachments ----------------  RacoonA.jpg (42KB - 225 downloads) RacoonB.jpg (47KB - 181 downloads) RacoonC.jpg (43KB - 171 downloads) RacoonD.jpg (46KB - 171 downloads) RacoonE.jpg (40KB - 194 downloads) RacoonF.jpg (41KB - 201 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 2091 Location: Stevens Point, WI | |||
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Posts: 956 Location: Home of the 2016 World Series Champion Cubs | I dont know if you are planning on an insurance claim here but a word of advice. I know some companies consider certain critters as rodents and others just niusance (sp?). This may make a difference in whether or not you get you claim settled. A friend had a case where a chipmunk took residence in is cabin over the winter and destroyed many things that would have been covered if the damage were done by a rat. I'm not suggesting to defraud your insurance company but be advised there may be a difference  | ||
| setme31 |
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Posts: 516 Location: Kildeer, IL | |||
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Posts: 956 Location: Home of the 2016 World Series Champion Cubs | |||
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Location: The Yahara Chain | |||
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I was reading a thread on another board about keeping mice out of the boat. Of course, mothballs were suggested. Others then posted that they had tried it and it didn't work. I personally don't know as I have never tried it myself. I am fortunent (sp?) in that mine stays in my garage year around. I have had mice in the boat and all I do for that is to put mouse poison in it. I don't have pet or kids to worry about and it fixes their behind permanently.  | |||
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