"I din doo nuffin!"
Posted on 02/23/2025 1:22:18 PM PST by DallasBiff
Raccoons are commonly viewed as adorable and affectionate beings, however, they are ultimately wild creatures. They have the potential to be hazardous and may carry sicknesses that can pose a threat to humans. In this blog post, I will discuss essential information you should consider about raccoons before determining whether they are suitable for coexisting on your premises or not.
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Yep. Attacked my Dad’s German Shorthair in the middle of the night, when she interrupted their raiding of her food supply on the service porch. Three of them, ripping into her. My father jumped into the fray, grabbing and throwing ‘coons, who came back at him. Finally drove them off. Stitches and antibiotics for both them, and a course of rabies treatment for Dad. No fun, to say the least.
I thought wolves were part of that problem.
I saw a particularly large one carrying off a neighbor’s cat, but the cat was sickly.
Yes. That’s possible.
The kitty cat will never be able to identify it’s assailant as it was wearing a mask.
😂
Tip 4. They do NOT like being caught in a trap.
I like them.
I drive em to Hines Park, or the Rouge River to let them go.
The problem is if they have babies and you catch them also, sometimes I keep em around for @ week. When I drop them off they follow me to my car every time.😉
There cute. 🦝
I don’t recommend trying to kill a racoon with a .22. They have thick fur and hides. They run away after taking a .22. They may eventually die from it after some suffering.
You need something more powerful than a .22 to humanely kill a raccoon. You might get lucky and pierce their brains but your chances are much less than 50/50 that you’ll kill it.
That old O3-A3 should do the trick.
I raised Chickens, and killed many raccoons. It was in an area where is what illegal to discharge firearms. So I used .22 LR with a scope. They for some reason don’t like to pass by the corpse of their own. My daughters who had married and moved away, hated that I did this. So I quit telling them.
My herd of Chickens were always in danger. Even my Cattle Dog was in danger from the many Coons who came out of the woods looking for eggs, and to steal my hens. My hens are my ladies.
Trash Pandas.
Exactly. Possum pee has a bacteria that causes EPM in horses. The horse’s muscle just wastes away. It is a terrible illness. Very expensive to try to cure.
“I catch the pests in live traps and transport them at least 6 miles from my property.”
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Funny, I do the same thing—six miles.
‘Hope we’re not in the same area...
Depends on what direction you take for the six mile transport.
I found the most effective way to rid our home area of raccoons is live trapping them. This is for safety reasons. they are caged and cannot hurt anyone. And are they ever vicious!
And yes, I release them. After the coon and cage have spent at least 10 minutes fully submerged in a nearby lake. Drowning them is the quickest way. Shooting them often ruins the cage when the bullet passes through and cuts a cage wire. And they don’t always die right away, even after being shot several times.
On the one occasion I had to dispatch a raccoon I used a .22 short. But it was in a cage trap so the shot was close and precise.
I’ve never had one live for more than a minute after being shot. I understand the drowning thing though.
BTW - I got good advice from a friend who was doing rabies research for the state (PA). He read me the riot act when I told him that I threw a dead raccoon into a ditch after shooting it. He said rabies was much more widespread than people know and the virus stays alive for a day or two after the animal dies.
He said to burn to the body to ash.
They can open en a combination lock.
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