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Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local raccoon information
Raccoon control in Vermont
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Raccoons in Vermont: what to know
What to note
Where you see raccoons, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.
Local research
Raccoons in Vermont: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which raccoons actually live in Vermont, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Late April or May
When kits are born
Breeding runs January through mid-March with a 60 to 73 day gestation; litters typically number four to five, sometimes as many as eight.
Vermont Fish and Wildlife DepartmentUnderway in Vermont
Rabies vaccine field trial
Vermont Fish and Wildlife notes an experimental rabies vaccine is being field tested in the state, and that the spread of rabies is a serious concern in the Northeast.
Vermont Fish and Wildlife DepartmentAlmost 460,000
ORV baits, northern Vermont zone, 2026
Raccoon rabies baiting across parts of northern New Hampshire, northeastern New York and northern Vermont, dropped by airplane and vehicle in August.
USDA APHIS Wildlife ServicesRaccoon species recorded in Vermont
- Raccoon (Procyon lotor) — Present in all 48 contiguous states; furbearer/game animal in most, with seasons, but nuisance take is generally allowed on one's own property.
When raccoons are busiest in Vermont
Breeding January to mid-March; kits born late April or May.
Rules that apply in Vermont
For context, nationally
Sources: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department; USDA APHIS Wildlife Services; CDC; Pest Notes: Raccoons. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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