but I do know about raccoons.
Posted on 10/10/2024 8:38:29 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Sheriff's deputies in Washington's Kitsap County frequently get calls about animals — loose livestock, problem dogs. But the 911 call they received recently from a woman being hounded by dozens of raccoons swarming her home near Poulsbo stood out.
The woman reported having had to flee her property after 50 to 100 raccoons descended upon it and were acting aggressively, said Kevin McCarty, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office. She told deputies she started feeding a family of raccoons decades ago and it was fine until about six weeks earlier, when the number showing up went from a handful to around 100.
"She said those raccoons were becoming increasingly more aggressive, demanding food, that they would hound her day and night — scratching at the outside of her home, at the door. If she pulled up her car, they would surround the car, scratch at the car, surround her if she went from her front door to her car or went outside at all," McCarty said. "They saw this as a food source now, so they kept coming back to it and they kept expecting food."
It was not clear what caused their numbers to balloon suddenly. Both the sheriff's office and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife determined no laws were broken, McCarty said.
"This is a nuisance problem kind of of her own making that she has to deal with," he said. Video from the sheriff's office shows raccoons milling around trees, and deputies who responded to the call observed 50 to 100 of them, he added.
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And much nicer to have around than Haitians....
Umm. The bidumb/harryass team is doing this to the United States.
Crazy raccoon lady.
“…she started feeding a family of raccoons decades ago and it was fine until about six weeks earlier.”
Ya’ think there might be an object lesson there?
Don’t feed the wild animals!!!
Remington CBee LR are quierer than my air rifle.
He also played hockey and married the daughter the owner of the Grocery store he worked at as a meat cutter.
He adjusted pretty well after my parents moved to Wisconsin.
Wonderful dogs. We inherited my FIL’s, but had to re-home him, as we have multiple dogs already and don’t have the land he needed to roam. Wish we could have kept him.
One of our best-ever Treeing Walker Coon Hounds was named Lakota. He was a Grand Nite Champion, which was (at the time) the highest you could go as far as awards.
Beau was off hunting somewhere and Lakota was making such a stink in the dog yard, I had to go see what was up. There was a ‘coon sleeping in the tree right above his kennel, but of course Lakota couldn’t get at it as he was on the chain.
I won’t tell you how the story ends, but it did not end well for the raccoon. ;)
“And much nicer to have around than Haitians.”
Heck maybe they should send some of the Haitians in Springfield Ohio, to take care of the racoon problem.
.22 Short is quieter than an adult clapping his hands.
Maybe you should try a different air rifle.
Reminds me of that guy with the YouTube channel who feeds the raccoons hot dogs on his deck every night.
Female, breed standard example; not one of my current dogs.
What happens when you feed feral animals???
No different than feeding the illegals.
We use .22 Stingers for hunting ‘coon.
NEVER FEED FERAL CATS.
ALL YOU DO IS GET MORE FERAL CATS.
ALSO APPLIES TO ILLEGAL INTRUDERS
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