Thanks for the many comments.

This family of raccoons is in the ‘burbs and discharging a .22 or anything else that makes noise is outtta the equation. Even if I close off the area under the deck they have been around for many years. There is an over grown area next to my place.

Some time ago a deputy sheriff who lives near my place in the stix suggested shooting them with a pellet gun and that’s where I got the idea. Does anyone know if a pellet in their flank will cause permanent damage? Would steel bbs be less likely to cause blood positioning than a lead pellet?

I have no means or desire to relocate them if trapped and will not drown them.

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