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Title: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: seahorse513 on August 28, 2013, 09:07:14 PM
Yes, mum has a raccoon infestation. These coons are the size of a small bear.  She dutifully brings in the suet every night. One night , she ran late. Just as she was going outside to fetch it, coon, clambered up the steps (get this) hissed at her!! :argh:. She has called fish and game, they advised have a heart traps. Well this coon is sneaky, not too mention heavy!! I cant take the risk, that if she does nab him, he will scratch her...poor mum!!
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: Dori on August 28, 2013, 09:28:49 PM
Yes, mum has a raccoon infestation. These coons are the size of a small bear.  She dutifully brings in the suet every night. One night , she ran late. Just as she was going outside to fetch it, coon, clambered up the steps (get this) hissed at her!! :argh:. She has called fish and game, they advised have a heart traps. Well this coon is sneaky, not too mention heavy!! I cant take the risk, that if she does nab him, he will scratch her...poor mum!!

One time when we were camping, a mother coon became very aggressive and chased us away from our card game, when she got up on the picnic table to eat our marshmallows.  Her body took up the whole length of that table.  The ranger said there had to be at least 10 raccoons for every camper in that park.   

Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: Chris_ on August 28, 2013, 09:40:43 PM
Bobcat urine.
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: EagleKeeper on August 28, 2013, 09:41:17 PM
 :bouncy:

Really, a racoon the size of a small bear or the length of a picnic table?

 :rotf:
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: Chris_ on August 28, 2013, 09:44:18 PM
:bouncy:

Really, a racoon the size of a small bear or the length of a picnic table?

 :rotf:
Batting practice. 

I worked at a restaurant that was out in the boonies (the city limits have caught up with it since then).  There was always a baseball bat out by the dumpsters to chase away possums.  Nothing like taking a swing at some vermin to chase them off.
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: seahorse513 on August 28, 2013, 09:50:04 PM
:bouncy:

Really, a racoon the size of a small bear or the length of a picnic table?

 :rotf:
I kid you not!!
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: Dori on August 28, 2013, 09:58:28 PM
I kid you not!!

They do get big.  Up on the North Coast they are huge. Same with the banana slugs and mosquitos.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Giant+Raccoon&FORM=RESTAB#view=detail&id=7EC30159ADACEEF19F3B237F2B97DC4F2B98ED7B&selectedIndex=0
 
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: EagleKeeper on August 28, 2013, 10:00:44 PM
They do get big.  Up on the North Coast they are huge. Same with the banana slugs and mosquitos.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Giant+Raccoon&FORM=RESTAB#view=detail&id=7EC30159ADACEEF19F3B237F2B97DC4F2B98ED7B&selectedIndex=0
 

Yeah, that's nice, that's not a wild raccoon either.
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: longview on August 28, 2013, 10:01:31 PM
Bobcat urine.

Absolutely.  And you can buy it online.
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: seahorse513 on August 28, 2013, 10:03:15 PM
Absolutely.  And you can buy it online.
and what does it do?
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: EagleKeeper on August 28, 2013, 10:07:27 PM
and what does it do?

It scares the tiny, normal size raccoons away.

The gigantor raccoons...not so much.
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: Wineslob on August 29, 2013, 02:14:06 PM
.17 HMR
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: CG6468 on August 29, 2013, 02:19:53 PM
.17 HMR

I've been thinking of a lead injection all along.
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: obumazombie on August 29, 2013, 04:26:46 PM
This looks like a job for "Turtleman"

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwSyP-ObyFA[/youtube]

Yiyiyiyiyiyi !
That's live action !
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: BlueStateSaint on August 29, 2013, 05:11:54 PM
I've been thinking of a lead injection all along.

Yeah, me too.  If you can find them, .22 LR Aguila SSB.
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: vesta111 on August 29, 2013, 06:39:03 PM
Yeah, me too.  If you can find them, .22 LR Aguila SSB.

A local woman that I know had a daughter 17 who took a summer job at fast food place in town.

She after dark took trash bags out to a dumpster and a raccoon jumped out and bit her.

Not so nice the raccoon was rabid so this young kid had to have all the painful shots and face fears of wildlife, even in her own back yard.

 
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: Crazy Horse on August 31, 2013, 08:00:40 AM
.17 HMR

.17 WSM, cheaper
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: Mr Mannn on September 01, 2013, 09:24:14 AM
(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/6082/ksz9.jpg)
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: Dori on September 01, 2013, 02:27:23 PM
That's funny  :lol:
Title: Re: mum and the raccoon infestation
Post by: catsmtrods on September 01, 2013, 03:31:22 PM
I use the large 2 door have-a-heart trap baited with a chicken wing hanging over the trip mechanism. Works every time! But of course that's the end of my heart! A 22LR dispatches the critter at that point and off to the dump with em! Ya know they kill for sport! They will kill every chicken in the coop just for the fun of it and not eat a bite! I just return the favor.