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Dozens of raccoons invade Brazoria County neighborhood- Richwood Texas - picture
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| May 15, 2012
| by Brad Woodard / KHOU 11 News
Posted on 05/18/2012 2:29:14 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: null and void
As far as our dogs are concerned, one raccoon in the back yard is too many.
I heard a rumor that raccoons eat snails and salamanders. Any truth to this?
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posted on
05/18/2012 4:02:18 PM PDT
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson; snail; Salamander
I heard a rumor that raccoons eat snails and salamanders. Any truth to this? Dunno. Let's ask the experts...
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posted on
05/18/2012 4:07:08 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1214 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
To: null and void
I heard a rumor that raccoons eat snails and salamanders. Any truth to this? Dunno. Let's ask the experts...
LOL!
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posted on
05/18/2012 4:10:03 PM PDT
by
wvguy
To: Ditter
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posted on
05/18/2012 4:12:16 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1214 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
To: JRandomFreeper
45
posted on
05/18/2012 4:13:21 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Larry R. Johnson
To: SMGFan
You spend a month and half getting rabies shots.
They may not “hurt” like they used to but you definitely *do* feel like 9 yards of unpaved Hell.
It took 7 months for my injection spots to stop the infernal burning and itching.
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posted on
05/18/2012 4:22:49 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Holy muscle of love.....I got a muscle of love.)
To: null and void; Homer_J_Simpson; snail
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posted on
05/18/2012 4:27:02 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Holy muscle of love.....I got a muscle of love.)
To: SMGFan; Tijeras_Slim
To: Larry R. Johnson
Rabies changes everything.
It took *3* 9mils in the chest at nearly point blank range to stop the rabid momma coon.
The much smaller rabid babies took 2, each.
It was a -very- unpleasant but necessary deed.
[and single head shots were totally out of the question...I *knew* they’d need getting tested]
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posted on
05/18/2012 4:31:57 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Holy muscle of love.....I got a muscle of love.)
To: Elderberry
My dad had 2 when he was young - one was an utter terror and didn’t stay in the house long (I still haven’t figured out if that meant he left for the wild or grandma made supper of em). The other stuck around a good long time - I have three stories on him. 1) everytime he saw a laundry basket full of clothes he felt it was his duty to properly distribute them from the basket, 2) he would climb up on the back of the couch and attack my aunt’s hair from the rear, and 3) (with independent confirmation) he would go down to the tavern periodically and scratch at the back door - he was collared so everyone knew him - and they would serve him bowels of beer. When he was full he’d “waddle” back home - the funny thing for me is everyone I talked to about this used the term “waddle” never stumbled, walked, staggered, meandered, slowly moved, nothing else - it was always ‘waddled’. I’d love to have met that coon.
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posted on
05/18/2012 4:44:54 PM PDT
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
To: null and void
LOL! That is exactly what they looked like, zombies! I have seen a lot of raccoons, individuals and small groups but I have never seen them walk on their hind legs with their front legs hanging down at their sides before then. The biggest ones appeared to be close to 3 feet tall. Like I said I got out of there quickly! :D
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posted on
05/18/2012 4:52:38 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: dljordan
My brother made one into a knife handle for a tiny knife he put on a custom hat band. Looks really strange. Unless you actually know what it is, most people would have no clue by seeing it.
You would have to know my brother to appreciate the humor of this.
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posted on
05/18/2012 4:56:16 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: Ditter
Down in south Texas a lady fed a bunch of coons every evening. I went with her to watch. A gang of about 20 raccoons was waiting for her in a creek bed. When we got there the raccoons all stood up on their hind legs and started walking toward us. They looked like weird little space aliens. It was absolutely creepy! I made a sudden excuse and bolted out of there. My mother used to feed the damned things in her back yard, but she finally gave it up when the crowd grew too large and demanding. If she was late putting out the chow, they'd hang on her wrought iron security gate by the back door, shaking and rattling it to get her attention. They'd even try to turn the damned doorknob.
I have no use for raccoons, apart from funny story material for the homespun southern humorists.
![](http://farm1.staticflickr.com/54/150851661_ad4513f194_z.jpg?)
"Knock him out, John!"
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:05:37 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Elderberry
“The first one you trap. Chop him into itty bitty pieces.
Spread them pieces all around the yard.
You wont have any more coon problems for a long time.”
how true is that. I have some coons that have killed 8 chickens the last 2 weeks. Got one.
One more is still killing.
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:08:45 PM PDT
by
roofgoat
To: SMGFan
Some of the best food I ever tasted was barbecued young raccoon...
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:21:47 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: winkadink
"What does acting funny mean?" When they aren't afraid of you...
Rabies or distemper can cause that behavior.
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:25:10 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: ArmstedFragg
Fistfulls of mothballs make a good eviction notice...
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:28:02 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: roofgoat
Our neighbors SIL is in the insurance business and owns a small place of about 11+ acres in NORCAL. Sort a gentleman farmer ala Green-acres. He raised chickens,goats some crops etc. He said the coons would raid his chickens and kill them for the shear pleasure. He got tired of replacing the chickens and getting out of bed at 03:30 with a loaded 10/22 trying to engage the “raiders”. He finally bagged one threw it in a freezer then staked it out ala Roman cruxifiction style on the main path they used to raid his place. The coons got the message and stayed away for several months, at least until the “message” finally deteriorated. They were damn clever and destructive as he11.
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:28:24 PM PDT
by
Polynikes
(Hakkaa Palle)
To: All
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:29:38 PM PDT
by
patriot08
(TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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