An air rifle is on my shopping list this weekend. I was getting tired of rabbits eating my garden and this put me over the edge. For what it's worth, I had the hose in my left hand and a .38 in my right.
Raccoon problem
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tripleq
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Well unless we are talking racoon jesus here, he probably wasn't dieing. More likely he was in a warm place with plenty of food and just paid you no heed. What we likely have here is a complete and total lack of respect. Not uncommon in populated areas. Coons are smart, tough and stubborn not unlike the women in my life.
I would not be surprised to find your deer pushed off and your buddy back with friends. I have found that the little bastards have an aversion to lead, funny thing, the faster it travels, the less they like it.
Funny story, someone in a local facebook group was lamenting about the family of racoons that took up residence in their shed. When I suggested more of a permanent solution, I was inundated with HOW COULD YOUs and YOUR A BAD PERSONs and the like. I simply replied to each one with a racoon recipe complete with Q view. utter BS of course but it was fun.
Funny story, someone in a local facebook group was lamenting about the family of racoons that took up residence in their shed. When I suggested more of a permanent solution, I was inundated with HOW COULD YOUs and YOUR A BAD PERSONs and the like. I simply replied to each one with a racoon recipe complete with Q view. utter BS of course but it was fun.
I think I'll have to agree with you, Triple. I think it just flat out wasn't afraid of me. There are a couple of people in the neighborhood who feed them. "They're so cute". Idiots! They've gotten into two attics that I know of causing costly damage. We have the same problem with chipmunks and rabbits. The folks with no gardens can't understand why we don't just love them.
I read once that if you cut the end off one of those Platex baby bottle nipples and slip it over the end of a .22 it makes an effective silencer. Then again, the "Castle" rules here in Indiana protect you from "Fear of death or serious bodily harm". A pissed off raccoon can cause serious bodily harm. We didn't get a reply to our call to "Animal Control", so we're on our own...
This has become extremely amusing. As a transplanted Hoosier, I had a learning curve to reality. Here in North Western Montana we have no animal control officers other than Game Wardens who cover areas larger than some states. Call them with a complaint involving animals that eat raccoons for lunch such as bears (black or grizzly), mountain lions, or wolves and the response may be, “What’s the matter, you out of ammo?.
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tripleq
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yes there are several ways to quite a firearm, but I've not heard of a bottle nipple, 2 liter bottle yes, oil filter yes, nipple no. I own a half a dozen cans and one thing I can tell you for sure is if you get caught without paying for the stamp its big time jail time. The BATF don't play and suppressors are a hot ticket item at the moment, and lets not forget the embarrassment that would come when I told my cellmates I'm here because I stretched a latex nipple over my gun... LOLOL
gr0uch0
Master of the Pit
SM, quiet .22 rounds that are low velocity will do the trick. However, it sounds like your coon may be related to, or was a law school classmate of, this little fella....
Great. He could flip the cards on me in court and claim home invasion. And there are photos....
Exactly!!
I've lived surrounded by woods for most of my life, and any Coon, Fox, or Possum seen during the day, even here is suspect of one type of sickness or another.
We generally shoot, bag, and bury, but I've been told that's not the right thing to do.
Bear
hillbilly jim
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If there's any chance that I and/or my dogs are going to be charged, attacked and bitten by a rabid animal, I'm going to take what I feel is the best action. If somebody don't like it, they can go pack sand.
gr0uch0
Master of the Pit
Or squatters' rights and adverse possession in addition to the invasion. You'd best lawyer up, SM, as this may not end well for you.
I agree.
We used to have a Lady Game Warden where I used to live.
My Sister had a Ground Hog on the patio, by the front door.
It wouldn't leave, and hissed at anybody who came to the door.
All the Men of our families were at work, so she called the Warden.
No answer, so she left a message.
No reply all day, so when my BIL got home he took it out with a Wad Cutter.
Later that night the Warden called back, and my Sister told her not to worry about it---Got tired of waiting for her, and Husband shot it.
Warden said, "He had no right".
Sis said---He has a hunting license & it was on our property (Front Porch), said "Thanks for all your help", and hung up on her!!
LOL
Bear
tripleq
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johnmeyer
Master of the Pit
That reminds me of a good friend's favorite phrase to describe these varmits: hissy grinners. When I first heard him use that term I asked him what he was talking about and he said, "when you come across one of these nasty animals and shine a flashlight at them, they hiss and bare their teeth: it's a hissy grinner."
Every time I used to try to shoo the raccoons out of the garage (the whole family always came for dinner), and they would turn at me, en masse, and give me attitude, I would actually laugh, thinking of my friend.
At the time all I had was a BB gun which I shot at them a few times. As you would expect, it didn't faze them. I'm properly equipped now, but even though we're rural, and there is nothing for five miles to the east, I do have houses on the other three sides.
Every time I used to try to shoo the raccoons out of the garage (the whole family always came for dinner), and they would turn at me, en masse, and give me attitude, I would actually laugh, thinking of my friend.
At the time all I had was a BB gun which I shot at them a few times. As you would expect, it didn't faze them. I'm properly equipped now, but even though we're rural, and there is nothing for five miles to the east, I do have houses on the other three sides.
hillbilly jim
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Oh, I'm so tired of the raccoons, they broke all the potted flowers on my balcony. I don't know how to get rid of them!
Hopefully flower pots is all they tear up. Last spring about a dozen neighbors had the flimsy metal slats torn off their dormers on a stormy night and the screening ripped open.
They or it broke off one of my slats but didn't get inside. Cost me $400 to have the vents replaced with wooden (Racoon proof) slats.
The HOA checked into pest control but they wanted a small fortune. About all you can do is trap them. One of the neighbors got a trap, caught one and dumped the whole trap in a 55 gallon trash can filled with water. She felt bad about it but enough is enough....
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