Racoons can be rather tough animals. A big one can reach near 50 lbs. I wonder how big the dog was and what caliber gun was used. There is so little detail in today's reporting.
1 posted on
01/07/2009 7:04:59 PM PST by
marktwain
To: marktwain
so it’s not a “raccoon attacking dog,” it’s a “raccoon, attacking dog.”
To: marktwain
Rabies or a mother with a liter nearby. Saw on video where mom chased an animal rescue worker across a yard as a warning to stay away from her babies.
3 posted on
01/07/2009 7:08:39 PM PST by
CedarDave
(Under Obama, yesterday's pork-laden earmarks have become tomorrow's economic stimulus projects)
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4 posted on
01/07/2009 7:09:23 PM PST by
Redbob
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Yeah. I would bet on the raccoon.
5 posted on
01/07/2009 7:12:13 PM PST by
Smogger
(It's the WOT Stupid)
To: marktwain
The big ones are scary.
But I would think a pit could take one anyway. They say the smaller pits are usually tougher than the bigger ones...in a dog fight anyway.
6 posted on
01/07/2009 7:13:38 PM PST by
mamelukesabre
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To: marktwain
In California in order to legally shoot raccoons you must have a valid hunting license and use a weapon firing a rim fire cartridge such as 22LR, 22WMR or (for all the modernists out there) 17HMR.
This means that eliminating raccoons in the crawl space of your home with a 12 gauge is, strictly speaking, illegal. (Not that anyone would ever do that.)
I'd say trying to take a 50 pound pit bull eating 'coon with a 22 magnum at close range would be quite a sporting proposition.
8 posted on
01/07/2009 7:18:19 PM PST by
InABunkerUnderSF
(Illegal Immigration is not about the immigration. Gun control is not about the guns.)
To: marktwain
This can’t be true; pit bulls are so tough they can crush cars with their jaws, and shoot lasers from their eyes...
10 posted on
01/07/2009 7:25:59 PM PST by
LongElegantLegs
(Deplore the profligate scattering of corpses!)
To: marktwain
YIPES!
11 posted on
01/07/2009 7:26:39 PM PST by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: marktwain
Was the dog wearing lipstick? Was the racoon wearing a pantsuit?
14 posted on
01/07/2009 7:35:52 PM PST by
Tidbit
(What's black and white, and red all over? The new administration.)
To: marktwain
You have to keep those randy coons in line!
18 posted on
01/07/2009 8:34:59 PM PST by
Obamageddon
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To: marktwain
Racoons are tough and can be real nasty. I’ve never seen one succumb in less than a couple of minutes after being shot with a .22 lr, even the head shot ones. Racoons are the biggest problem if you keep chickens around here. Often they’ll manage to get in the coop and kill chickens but leave after taking a few bites when they can’t figure out a way to abscond with the carcass.
I’ve tried a live catch trap but all I’ve ever managed to catch was possums and the odd neighborhood cat. The cats get to go home but the possums don’t as they do much damage to my fruit trees.
19 posted on
01/07/2009 10:54:53 PM PST by
Sparticus
(Libs, they're so open minded that their brains leaked out.)
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Tough raccoon. I hope the dog is in no danger of rabies.
20 posted on
01/08/2009 9:48:34 AM PST by
Titan Magroyne
("Drill now drill hard drill often and give old Gaia a cigarette afterwards she deserves it." HerrBlu)
To: marktwain
“Raccoons can be rather tough animals. A big one can reach near 50 lbs”
they’re some good eatin’, too.
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