The raccoon is as intelligent and adaptable as it is nutritious. These things are the monkeys of north Georgia and get into enough shenanigans to prove it.
Charcloth is made from cotton material and carried into the field to help produce embers for firestarting. A common criticism of this practice is that charcloth can not be reliably produced in the field without destroying clothing or gear. In this video, char is created from the pithy inner cores of Jerusalem artichoke stems (a fairly common wild food source).
When the wife is away, it's time to cook weird stuff in the kitchen. I collect buckets full of acorns for my goats. Some I shell, grind into flour and soak overnight in the stream beside my house (to remove poisonous tannins) for human consumption. In this video, patties of ground acorn meat are fried for lunch. Not only are acorns a vital resource for wildlife, they are plentiful enough to feed a nation in times of crop shortages or collapse.
You might not always have access to store bought traps, or you might prefer less lethal means of eradication. In any case, its good to know one or two ways to catch household varmints with stuff lying around the house.
