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Wildlife Removal in San Marcos, Texas for Homes and Rentals

The San Marcos River and the city's natural areas carry wildlife right up to the back fence in many neighborhoods. When a raccoon, squirrel, or opossum moves into an attic or under a deck, we find how it got there and remove it. We work with owners who live in the home and landlords who manage it from across town.

LOCAL CONDITIONS

Follow the Water and You Find the Wildlife

The spring-fed San Marcos River gives raccoons and opossums water, shade, and unbroken cover through the middle of town, and the city's greenbelts and natural areas carry that cover into residential streets. An animal can rest in the trees all day and make a short trip after dark to reach trash, decks, and rooflines. Older tree-lined neighborhoods such as Dunbar, Heritage, and Rio Vista add another layer: established canopy over aging soffits and additions, which gives raccoons and squirrels both a way up and a way in.

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WHAT WE REMOVE

Raccoons, Squirrels, and Opossums Each Leave a Different Trail

In San Marcos, most calls involve one of three animals, and the damage usually points to which one before we see it.

Raccoon peeking over the rim of a rusty metal dumpster

TORN EAVES AND TIPPED TRASH

Heavy noise at night, ripped soffits or vents, and scattered trash are signs of a raccoon, often one traveling in from creek or greenbelt cover. Daytime scratching and chewed trim point to squirrels instead.

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Mother opossum with several young clinging to her back on a log

SOMETHING LIVING UNDER THE DECK

An animal that disappears under the same deck or shed, with pet food or trash disturbed overnight, usually means an opossum has found shelter and food close to the house.

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HOW WE WORK

Finding the Entry Point Before Anything Gets Sealed

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Kevin Luce, who provides wildlife removal in San Marcos, in camo and sunglasses with a rifle strapped to his chest
Scoped AR-style rifle lying on a tan hard rifle case

INSPECTION

FROM THE ROOF EDGE TO THE FOUNDATION

We walk the roofline and the base of the house, checking soffits, vents, additions, decks, and sheds for the opening that is actually in use.

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Scoped rifle, rifle cartridges, a knife and an antlered deer skull on a wooden table

REMOVAL

SET ON THE ANIMAL'S ROUTE

Equipment goes where tracks, rub marks, and droppings show the animal travels, whether that is a roof edge, a fence line, or the side of a deck.

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Man in a black beanie kneeling at a small wire cage trap in the woods

FOLLOW-UP

CONFIRMING THE ACTIVITY HAS STOPPED

We check that the noise, fresh damage, and signs of travel have ended before the job is called done.

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WHY TXWML

Answers an Owner Can Act On From Across Town

Many San Marcos homes are rentals, and the owner is often not the person hearing the noise. We work with landlords, property managers, and tenants to get access, then explain what we found in plain terms: where the animal got in, what damage it caused, and what on the property keeps drawing it back.

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Kevin Luce owns the company and does the work, so the person you talk to on the phone is the person who inspects the house. With more than 30 years of trapping Texas wildlife behind him, he can tell an animal passing through from one that has moved in.

Kevin Luce, owner of TXWML, leaning over a green wire cage trap in a sunny field

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

San Marcos Wildlife Questions From Owners and Landlords

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  • The river and its tree cover give raccoons water, food, and resting places in the middle of town. Homes close to that cover are a short trip away after dark.

  • Your approval, the best contact for scheduling, and anything the tenant has noticed, such as the time of day and which part of the house. With your permission we can coordinate directly with the tenant.

  • Yes. We arrange access with you or your property manager and report back on what we found and what was done.

  • They give animals protected travel routes, so homes backing onto a greenbelt or natural area tend to see more visits than homes a few streets away.

  • Squirrels are active in daylight, so morning and daytime scratching usually means squirrels. Heavier movement at night points to a raccoon.

  • Often, yes. Open bins and pet food left outside keep a property on a raccoon's nightly route even after one animal is removed.

  • No. Young may be inside, and blocking the opening can trap them or push the mother to chew a new way in. Leave it until we confirm what is using it.

  • On acreage and larger properties, yes. That work falls under our Land Management services.

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