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Im going to say no unless it's a .22 pellet and traveling at enough speeds to be considered a firearm. An even then probably not unless you were pretty close?
 
Hi VV, last time I tried I was 14 or 15, just a few years ago, ya right. Anyways, fail... it was a .22 @ 500fps. At best I pissed him off. This raccoon was destroying our roof so my neighbor showed up with his .30-06 and (over) killed the bugger.

Just a side note, I took my son out on Sat. with his Cooey and a box of sub-sonic .22 . The noise, or lack of, was comparable to a pellet gun.....
* I'm just saying * ;) btw sub= 710fps
 
A .22 rifle loaded with " CB Caps ", either the long or short version will generate enough energy; but don't expect an instant stop, the buggers are pretty tough, he'll crawl-off and die later.
The CB Cap is as quiet as a low-powered spring-piston air rifle.
 
I would check the local discharge bylaws first as you're in the 'burbs, or just call a pest control outfit and have them live trap him and let him go somewhere else
 
Hi VV,

That really depends upon the type of Airgun that you are referring to. If you mean a generic non PAL airgun (under 500 fps) then definitely not!

Where as a PAL airgun like mine:

http://www.diana-airguns.de/index.php?id=301&L=1&width=1440&height=900

should have no problems at all. However, the airgun I have has all genuine parts from Germany, and can fire an extra heavy 20 grain .22 cal. pellet at close to 900 feet per second. This is equivalent to a low power .22 round... The drawback is that it will cost you the equivalent of about 5 of those generic airguns... :(

If you are interested in a PAL Airgun, you can have a look here:

http://www.dlairgun.com/Air-Rifles.html

Hope that helps,

w.w.w.
 
Thanks everyone. :) You guys rock :cheers:

I did find the bylaw actually (thanks for bringing me to my senses)... it includes pellet guns as a no-no of course. :mad:

I guess I will have to trap the thing. :mad:

VV
 
VV: You might want to contact your local (i.e. municipal) bylaw enforcement folks to confirm what the local laws and considerations apply to trapping raccoons where you live.

If trapping "nuisance" raccoons falls within municipal jurisdiction they may well offer assistance (e.g. renting traps).

If it's a "Fish and Wildlife" issue (for example, if raccoons are considered fur-bearing animals in your province), the local municipal authority should be able to refer you to the appropriate provincial authorities who can best help.
 
Get yourself a square dog food pail, cut a slot on opposite sides, set a conibear and slide the springs into the slots. Like so:
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Put an open can of sardines in the bottom first..and put it where only the racoon can get to it and voila-one racoon. Just bury it when no-one's watching. Besides, now that it got your chicken, I doubt it will be back.
 
using a killing trap like that one above is illegal in any municipal area according to the bc wildlife act...not to mention you must have a trappers license to use a killing trap....coons in bc are not allowed to be released any further away than 500m from where it was caught or it must be euthanized and you must have a license to move any live wild animal according to the bc wildlife act
 
Thanks you guys. :):)
I have been mulling this over. My first thoughts were to hide like a great hunter in the tall lawn grass and stalk it, and hunt it, then shoot it like a wild jungle beast even though its against the bylaw... then I crinkled my nose and thought.. nah I like my guns...so then I thought about trapping it. :D

That is a pretty groovy trap you have there Hunt&Hook. However my survival traps only include crab traps. ;)

I will call the city and see what they say. I don't want to tell them too much because I might be over the limit on the number of chickens .....shhhhh don't tell anyone ;)

Thanks again one and all. There is no question that can't be answered here. :wave:

VV
 
I vote for bow and arrow or crossbow. I shot a racoon with a Ruger .22lr six times, and I know they were all good hits and it still disappeared out into the night from the ramp of my uncle's chicken coop.

It never did come back, but there are more humane ways to deal with it. Like a mechanical broadhead.
 
Sorry to hear about your loss, I lost my best layer early this spring. It came back the very next night but I was waitin like you thought you might, and I don't live in the city.....
 
Lots of dead [headshot] coons on the Diana Werk Collective site with .177 RWS34's + 48's..........Full powered FAC guns only............Harold
 
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