Hi- seems like alot of people are suggesting poison and killing the racoons- try the mothballs in a container with holes in it first- it won't harm your crop or the racoons. If you have to shoot try a plastic pellet gun. We live in the city and have had a problem with possums. Our dog goes crazy. I know enough to leave them alone but she doesn't and won't come in ( she's a lab newfoundland mix. My husband and boys have gone out and popped a few pellets off which sting when they hit but don't kil. Since they did that several times we haven't had trouble- they stay away.