Well gators would probably take care of my raccoons as well. I added water on Friday and just about brought the pool level up to the old standard of full. I am using the muck dug out from the water hole to build up the dam so that more water will be trapped when the rains return, plugging my old overflow tube and adding a newer one higher up. With a bit of luck, come fall, the new and improved water hole will be water and deeper without digging down below where it was (and hence without running the risk of punching a hole through the bottom in our well-drained soils). Off to add more water on Tuesday and hopefully hunt Tuesday night up outside Montague.