They utterly destroy the water gardens trying to get the fish - ripping apart plants, tubing, netting and tearing thick lining. They wreck the grapes and rip down all the corn, fruit, peas, beans - anything edible. They get into metal cans used to store feed. They've been doing their best to break into the chicken coup and we constantly have to fix the damage.
We can keep rabbits out of things with just chicken wire, but raccoons need much stronger deterrent.
We've caught and relocated dozens of raccoons. My spouse actually prefers relocating skunks because they are better behaved. We don't catch skunks on purpose, but sometimes they get into the trap when we are trying to catch raccoons.
