Raccoons, Corn and the War

For the past few weeks we have been battling raccoons and trying to keep them out of our corn.  As you can see by the Raccoon counter (to the right-->) we have been at 25 for about a week but the Opossum count has gone up.  So, did we win the war with the Raccoons and have they stayed out of the corn?  NO!  We were thinking we have not had a raccoon in a while so we must of got them.  There were little signs of destruction in the corn and we even picked 7 ears of corn that we had for dinner last night.  Well, our illusion of winning the war was just that.  As Lisa and I were finishing up the harvesting a couple of days ago and we were heading up out of the orchard and what runs in front of our path but a mommy raccoon and three babies.  Where were they heading?  The orchard!  So, do we continue the battle or do we end the war, that is what General George has to decide.  If I can put my vote in and after eating the corn last night I say continue the war because the corn was delicious!