Whether it's deer, rabbits, raccoons or skunks that are causing damage to your home and yard, recognize the signs that each nuisance animal leaves behind. Once you identify which animal is causing the damage, learn about a variety of caring control solutions for getting rid of them and keeping them away once and for all.

1. Identifying
Animal Damage

2. Identify Deer Damage

3. Identify Deer Damage
Garden/Landscape Damage
• Eat most types of
landscaping or vegetation
• Youngest, most tender
growth

4. Identify Deer Damage
Imprecise Damage
• Leaves or twigs are
torn off
• Look for ragged edges

5. Identify Deer Damage
Stripped Bark
• 2 inch gauges created by
lower incisors
• Vertical scrapes from
antler rubbing

6. Identify Rabbit Damage

7. Identify Rabbit Damage
Yard/Garden Damage
• Grass, fruit and vegetables
in the spring
• Woody plants, twigs and
bark in the fall

8. Identify Rabbit Damage
Precise Damage
• Clean, angular cuts on
leaves and stems
• Damage no more than
2 feet high

9. Identify Rabbit Damage
Rabbit Droppings
• Small, dark , round pellets

10. Identify Raccoon Damage

11. Identify Raccoon Damage
Trash Day Damage
• Tipped trash cans
• Ripped trash bags
• Trash littering your yard

12. Identify Raccoon Damage
Damage To Your Home
• Holes in shingles or siding
• Siding pulled away from
house

13. Identify Raccoon Damage
Damage To Bird Feeders
• Knocked down and emptied

14. Identify Skunk Damage

15. Identify Skunk Damage
Burrows
• Burrowing in your yard
or under your home
• Cone-shaped holes,
3-4 inches wide

16. Identify Skunk Damage
Trash Day Damage
• Tipped trash cans
• Ripped trash bags
• Trash littering your yard

17. Identify Skunk Damage
Foul Odor
• Spray can reach 10 feet
• Odor can be detected up
to 1.5 miles away

18. How To Control
Invasive Animals In
Your Yard

19. Animal Control Options
Reduce Attractants
• Harvest your garden
and fruit trees as early
as possible
• Trim back available
cover - hedges, bushes,
trees, tall grass
• Keep trash out of sight
until morning

20. Animal Control Options
Liquid or Granular
Repellents
• Repel with an offensive
smell or taste (or both)
• Spray directly onto
plants, flower or bulbs
• Sprinkle around flower
beds to create a barrier

21. Animal Control Options
Electric Repellents
•Startle animals away
with motion, sound and
burst of water
•Condition animals to
stay away from your
yard