Vancouver woman viciously attacked by a raccoon - Best racoon defense gun?
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Anything less than .375 h &h and you are taking your life in your hands... Seriously though I have a 150 lb Great Dane who is plagued every night by a raccoon that sits on a tree limb just out of his reach... I swear the raccoon just loves to mess with him. Before anyone asks I live in a subdivision and my neighbours would not appreciate me shooting at this little sh!t...
Jeff
Jeff
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the spank
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So does a 15' Triton Mod V with 25 Merc two stroke followed up with a Winchester Model 12 loaded with 1 3/8 oz copper plated lead #5 shot for mop up on swimmers crossing a river!!
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Wild_Thing
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- In the thick of it!
Used to walk to work @ 5:20am in Suburban East Van. Used to see Coons, skunks, coyotes, etc. all the time in the wee hours. When it gets lighter out, the crows will be all over the raccoons, harassing them.
In Vancouver, forget the gun, those are more of a Surrey thing, you'd be better off running them over with a bicycle, as bicyclists are free from obeying any and all rules in the city.
In Vancouver, forget the gun, those are more of a Surrey thing, you'd be better off running them over with a bicycle, as bicyclists are free from obeying any and all rules in the city.
Wow...You've got serious issues man! I think you need counselling. I guess maybe you just don't appreciate interacting with wildlife in the same way I do.
Do we really need to kill everything we see? Or can we learn to appreciate what nature has to offer? Sounds like you should spend some time in the sandbox fighting ISIS to build your level of manliness up, cause running down 20 pound helpless raccoons is taking things to a whole new level of pathetic!
Two of these little critters attacked my dog this summer, they were disposed of with Remington CBees (the subsoninc version of the Yellow Jacket) thru the skull.
I usually try to trap them and release them in nature, but they attacked the dog in clear daylight [and scratched my CD
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I usually try to trap them and release them in nature, but they attacked the dog in clear daylight [and scratched my CD
]Yep, that's the best way to deal with them. No noise, no mess and no chance of domestic pets getting trapped.
Friend of mine raise 2 racoon pups from birth they were honestly the most awesome pets ever. Back then we smoked lots of not tobacco and they would join in. They'd drink soda and sometimes beer like people, sit on the couch and pretty much act like little humans/gremlins. He rented of course and didn't care as it was an apartment above a barn. They would even ride in the broken washing machine that would run with the lid open like it was a ride. I would not want them in my house but they were simply awesome animals. Completely tame and from as far from wild and fed normally as they got.
They are pests but shooting them in the city is not a safe idea for others around. Some people just are unlucky to be honest, try a different street or if you see a coon, don't take a self or kiss it.
They are pests but shooting them in the city is not a safe idea for others around. Some people just are unlucky to be honest, try a different street or if you see a coon, don't take a self or kiss it.
- Location
- Behind a large rock
Did they spray the rabid coons or the fools?
Raccoons are wild animals and should be left as such. Don't feed or approach them. Try not to give them a reason to hang around and chances are they wont.
Live traps are quite useful when dealing with problems coons in a populated area.
Live traps are quite useful when dealing with problems coons in a populated area.
In hindsight they should have sprayed the coons with birdshot and the spayed the fools.Seriously though as a kid a neighbor had a pet coon at our cottage aptly called "Satan" the little guy was full of mischief and would follow us everywhere.We would lift flat rocks to catch crayfish for bait and he would feel under the rock for them and grab them eating dirt and crayfish. Forget the Disney BS about them washing their food. The little fart could take the lid off a jar to get at the contents.He was a little nippy if things didn't go his way and became more short tempered as he ###ually matured to the point rumor has it they had to get rid of him.I live trapped 11 skunks at the sister in-laws farm including some young ones. I looked into getting a permit for spaying and keeping one for a pet but no way here in AB so game over.........Harold
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- Richmond, BC
Yep and it comes in segmented hollow points
If you use a nice long barrel bolt rifle, it makes less noise than a pellet gun
