Raccoons

[fasteddie]

I have gotten pics of raccoons during daylight hours . They appear to look healthy . Is is true or an old wive's tale that raccoons traveling daylight hours are probably rabid ? 

[growalot]

Could be a number of reasons, the rain lately for one,distemper,loss of a den tree,brain worms,mange,and yes rabies.

[tommyc50]

we have raccoons one scared my neighbors wife she was throwing out the garbage and it came out of the the garbage can. my cat got bit by one it cost me $800 in vets bills i HATE raccoons ouch!!

[airedale]

While they are most active during the night Coons are up and about during daylight hours to a lesser extent. I did a lot of Coon hunting years ago and was working nights at my job back then. Consequently mornings were the only Coon hunting times I could get out unless I had the day off , me and the dogs would hit the timber as soon as I got home from work. Certainly not as productive as night hunting but I did pretty well until 10 am or so. A drawback to hunting the mornings is by that time they are pretty close to their den tree so many times the dogs would tree them there after a short race.

Al