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Well my experience I had to go to work at 5 AM in central Florida about 30 years ago and there was at least a 50 lb. raccoon by my car.

I looked it down and it ran away.

1 posted on 02/23/2025 1:22:18 PM PST by DallasBiff
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Raccoon Ct. in San Rafael. I knew a guy who trapped and killed dozens with a .22lr. Put them in the garbage.


2 posted on 02/23/2025 1:24:32 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DallasBiff

Saw Buddy the Elf get attacked by one, looked dangerous to me.


3 posted on 02/23/2025 1:27:49 PM PST by rineaux (Nevermind )
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My uncle had a pet raccoon, it was pretty friendly


4 posted on 02/23/2025 1:27:51 PM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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I've had raccoons eating the cat food on my back porch for 30+ years. They've got me trained and they know it.

Raccoons are like people but smarter, more resourceful, and more determined.;-)

5 posted on 02/23/2025 1:28:37 PM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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Tips?



6 posted on 02/23/2025 1:29:11 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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I spent a few years working at an old steel mill. It was located along a river. I never saw a single rat the whole time I was there.

But we always had to approach the garbage cans carefully. Because the chances were fair that there’d be a raccoon rummaging around inside. And those critters sure didn’t like to be disturbed.

You’d think the mill would have installed raccoon-proof garbage cans. But they never did.


7 posted on 02/23/2025 1:29:13 PM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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They will kill pets and chickens.


8 posted on 02/23/2025 1:29:17 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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I just always shot them when I was growing up.

They were dangerous for my chickens.

9 posted on 02/23/2025 1:29:41 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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Just my guess this article is written by AI. lots of repetition and long time between saying anything of substance.


10 posted on 02/23/2025 1:30:14 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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I catch the pests in live traps and transport them at east 6 miles from my property. Then I open the trap after they were in there all night they are plenty aggressive (Read: Pissed off in human terms) but do run away and usually up the closest tree. The 6 mile rule is a must or they will find their way back.


11 posted on 02/23/2025 1:31:17 PM PST by mosaicwolf
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They love peanuts and apples and sometimes bologna. The babies are adorable but grow more skittish as they age. Don’t usually show up until after twilight. Only seen one this winter so not sure where they’re hiding away. I keep a window open in the garage with plenty of beds around, so I assume some are in there with a local cat.

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18 posted on 02/23/2025 1:38:07 PM PST by mairdie
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not if cooked properly...


20 posted on 02/23/2025 1:41:36 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁 )
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Racoons most often win the battles against rats.

23 posted on 02/23/2025 1:44:13 PM PST by linMcHlp
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A 50lb raccoon...right.

35 is considered massive unless it’s a pet then they get fat.

If they’re out in the daytime that’s unusual, if they show no fear that’s a sign they’re not good so shoot em, if they attack then game on.


25 posted on 02/23/2025 1:45:31 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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They can drown dogs.


37 posted on 02/23/2025 2:05:11 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Black guy upon receiving a MAGA hat: "MURICA!")
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40 posted on 02/23/2025 2:07:24 PM PST by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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Twenty-plus years on the farm, here in Southern Ohio, and I’ve trapped dozens and dozens of trash pandas. They are the most destructive of the pesky wildlife we deal with out here.
They love cat food, so we have to keep it in latched bins with tension straps as locks.
I use large marshmallows stuffed into tuna cans as bait in the traps. We can’t legally relocate them in Ohio, so the dumb ones that trip the traps I have kill. I don’t like to, but a single .22LR round is a lot cheaper than 30-lb bags of cat food.


44 posted on 02/23/2025 2:13:19 PM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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I take care of homes set back in 900 acres of cypress preserves/wetlands in Central Florida. I deal with them all on a daily basis - coons, gators, coyotes, deer, otters, possum, possums on the half shell, etc...oh, do I have stories.

Funniest/cutest of which is a resident who asked me if I could stop a pesky racoon that just began knocking on his porch door for the last few nights at 9pm. Of course I told him just to ignore it, but I followed up and after a month when the neighbor came home, I found out he had been feeding the coon for years every night at 9. The coon learned to knock when he arrived, I suppose.

Anyway, with his primary snack bar closed, Rocky figured he'd try the next house.

46 posted on 02/23/2025 2:15:29 PM PST by IrishPennant (Days go by slow and years go by so fast!)
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If they are not guilty of something, why do they were masks to work


47 posted on 02/23/2025 2:18:56 PM PST by Cold Heart (It's a good time to be ashamed to be a democrat)
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Yes. Nasty, disease carrying rodents (essentially)


48 posted on 02/23/2025 2:32:15 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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