We have a family of raccoons who have adopted a place under one of our decks as their condo, and they harass our indoor cats and scare my partner. Would shooting them in the butt with a pellet pistol get rid of them or injure/kill them? (The raccoons, that is; not the cats or my partner.) I don’t really want to damage them but just to scare them away. I found some co2 powered pellet guns at a local sporting goods store but don’t know if the charge (600 fps) and pellet (.177 caliber) are too much for the task. I’d be shooting from ~ 6’ away.

Suggestions?

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