Man Shot Twice Trying To Shoot Caged Raccoon(IN)

kcci.com ^ | 25 February, 2012 | AP

[marktwain]

REDFIELD, Iowa -- A rural Redfield man is being treated for two gunshot wounds after an attempt to shoot a raccoon caught in a live trap backfired.

[marktwain]

I would not expect a .22 to ricochet of an ordinary live trap, but I have never conducted the experiment.

[mamelukesabre]

stick the barrel of the gun INTO the cage, ya dumb ole coot.

[HIDEK6]

He should have disarmed the ‘coon first.

[Just another Joe]

I’ve seen some bad a$$ed racoons, but this one was REALLY tough.

[SIDENET]

He dropped the gun and it fired again, shooting him again in about the same spot.

Okay, no more shootin for gramps.

[LukeL]

A .22 is just a lead slug, I don’t see how that could ricochet, then the gun went off from dropping it? There has to be more to this story.

[Semper Mark]

I bet he now wishes he'd had some hounds about. He could have turned the coon loose and let *them* deal with ‘im.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9UdF5jTbQM

[bobby.223]

Yeah, about a fifth of Jack D.....

[goat granny]

First coon I shot I used and old 25 gage that jammed up. The went to the 38 special and heard it ping off the cage wire, then my old neighbor told me to never shoot anything in a cage...he came over when I got a wood chuck. Used an air pistol to stun the critter dumped it out of the cage then shot it....I learned my lesson, don’t shoot into a live trap, you can get hurt....but the pond had dried up and couldn’t drown the nasty critter...Hate rabies carrying vermin. Nasty thing spit and growled at me before I shot him. Blood thirsty predators those coons are...

[goat granny]

Have to say there is no such thing as a good coon unless its dead...

[matthew fuller]

This guy really needs to hang up his handgun, and take up skydiving or scuba diving.

[Just another Joe]

Have to say there is no such thing as a good coon unless its dead...And in a pan. ;^)

[darth]

I once had a .22 short whir back past my head when I shot at a sheet metal paint can as it bounced off.

Talk about a “shoot to annoy” weapon!

[Petruchio]

Note to self:

Kill raccoon before making it into a hat . . .

[smokingfrog]

ouch!

 

 

 

 

OUCH!!

[Dogbert41]

“Do you see what happens, Larry?”

[philman_36]

If he was going to eventually kill the varmint anyway he should have used a different trap.
Either way, ya got to be smarter than the varmint.

[goat granny]

I have heard they are good eating....but I hope I am never that hungry....:O) Bought my neighbor a book “How to fix and eat road Kill” it had a couple of receipts on coon and a few on possum.... The road kill should be fresh.

[going hot]

The road kill should be fresh.

LOL

Kinda goes without saying.

[org.whodat]

Do not mess with coon packing heat. LOL