What to do with a 'coon?

Deerdr said:
I have trapped hundreds over the years...I traditionally used a conibear 220...But now they make a Racoon Specific leg trap...it's dog and cat proof. Called a little Grizz...1 1/2" steel tube, the release has to be pulled to close trap. Put a marshmallow in back of tube, set, fasten swivel chain to solid object.These are Excellent for coon, available at trapper Supply stores. Google is your friend
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That goes on my good to know list.. TKS
 
New Browning T-Bone you say?
Howzs the trigger?
Fabulous little rifles.
Going to take a while to get the stiffness out of it or have you
discovered a sea krit?
 
Some of the advice in this thread will guarantee you have raccoon problems to work on for a very long time.
 
kamlooky said:
New Browning T-Bone you say?
Howzs the trigger?
Fabulous little rifles.
Going to take a while to get the stiffness out of it or have you
discovered a sea krit?
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I've got 2 brand new ones 'Looky, 17 HMR and 22 mag (method in my madness...both use the same mags) I don't find them too stiff, the triggers are maybe a little heavy but very crisp and usable. I like to slick up actions by working them for a few hours with WD 40, it has very little lubrication but works well as a cutting or wearing in oil. I'll probably take them down and bubba the triggers when I get more time, it's just something I tend to do.......I like triggers around 1 lb or a little less. But I do find both of them very usable in the mean time, super clean, no take up or gritches, which I really despise, and about 2-3 lbs maybe a little heavier but the glassiness of the break may be making them seem lighter. I think these are one of the classiest rimfires on the market today and my magnum will punch 10 shot 1/2" ragged holes at 50 mtrs with CCI maxi mags, not so good with other ammo but who cares. Still load testing with the 17 to find the best ammo........Both wearing Leupold vari X I 3-9s
 
Well, I think the coon was an overactive imagination problem more than a varmint problem, the trap has been set for several days and nights now with no visitations at all, from anything..................sure glad I didn't choose to sit up and wait for him/her, I would be very tired by now............
 
my Dad used to sprinkle sulphur between the layers and seems of his square hay bale stacks,
the sulphur would works as a deterrent for critters like mice and skunks (it worked very well)
as it would sting their eyes and it was also a help with the larger animals for coughs and phenomena,
and also as a preservative for the hay, as kids he used to give us buckets and we would walk along the RR tracks and p/u the sulphur lumps that spilled over the side of the sulphur cars
I dunno how to acquire it now a days
 
Well it's now a week with no coons in the trap, but it has been unseasonably cold here so I'll just leave it set. It's out of the way in the hay barn so what the heck..........I might catch SOMETHING in the next year or so.............
 
They are easy to catch in a live trap but check it often. The buggers can get them open again and get out. I have seen it several times when a fellow I knew was having issues with coons. Best bait we found was a fish. They could not resist it. After we caught one it was 22 to the head and reset the trap until we had caught the whole family.
I had one set up residence in my shed a few years back. I smoked him out and killed him as he came running out!
 
Live trap, cat food, .44 magnum to the head, drag to furthest reaches of property so the coyotes can eat them.
 
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