Posted on 08/22/2006 8:00:03 AM PDT by presidio9
They're tasty when cooked on the grill, too.
Also, there's a certain bone that makes a nice toothpick.
I can picture them with wearing old sweatshirts and smoking cigars. LOL
Cigars? I think it would be joints before cigars...
And that's what they'll find waiting for them here, should they decide to migrate a bit north. Cause it doesn't sound like even our huge rooster could take on these raccoons.
Whats Bill Clinton got to do with this???
I killed two with one shot each from a .44 special, but that was the very definition of overkill, esp. since I was about 5 feet away. In retrospect the .38 would have done just fine. (Finally, the perfect use for the 9mm round!)
Finally, a well-written headline!
Hey! That sounds great to me. When's dinner? I'm hungery! ;)
I was once attacked by a pack of about a dozen large ones in Bend, Oregon many years back. One of the strangest things ever, to see a pack of those bastards walking up to me at night, and disconcerting as hell. Fortunately, there was a makeshift critter club available which I picked up when I saw them approaching me in such a strange manner. A couple solid hits in 'coon baseball when a few decided to rush in adjusted their attitude and interest. Any sympathy I may have had at one time evaporated at that moment. I've heard that this has happened to other people on rare occasion, so I have to wonder what would have happened if I had not thrashed them.
My solution to our raccoon problems?
A Maine Coon Cat.
Not the friendliest cat I've ever owned, but by far the biggest and baddest.
At night, when I hear the ungodly cries of Raccoons being attacked by my cat I feel pride.
For those who don't know, Maine Coon Cats are the descendents of the early colonists cats that had to fend for themselves in the first harsh winters in America.
Only the strongest and toughest of these cats survived - it literally was survival of the fittest.
My husband likes raccoons and I have always said they can be dangerous. We don't have as many at our new house, but at the other house, they killed the neighbor's dog and it was a big dog.
There is a much better version of this story in the local Olympia paper here:
http://www.theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060821/NEWS/608210327
Here's my favorite part:
The problem got so bad that residents Kari Hall and Tamara Keeton even started a Raccoon Watch after having an emotional neighborhood meeting attended by about 40 people.
"It was a place for people to mourn and cry," Hall said.
This is not the way a similar situation would be handled down south, I guarantee. And be sure to read the comments on the article. Too funny!
Only liberals would allow a small mammal to take their place at the top of the food chain....
(One raccoon to another: "These humans are pu$$ies! We can totally take them on!)
Hey, Jack, I need an assassin, but I don't want to disturb the neighbors. Any suggestions? (LOL)
I hope you know I was talking about shooting raccoons. lol Can't really shoot them in an urban area even if it is legal.
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