Coon has powerful scent glands that have to be controlled when cleaning them or it taints (taint, good word) the meat. The nervous system parts should be controlled also because of rabies. The threat of rabies may be overblown, I hear it both ways. Coon also has a very tough hide and is not the best choice to learn for a beginning skinner.

I saw a bear this morning. I didn't know we had bear that big around here. Holy she it. You think you got problems under your porch? Whoa.

Yeah, that's what I hear.

Bears: rats from hell on steroids.

On coon meat, I was under the impression that poorer rural folk will kill and eat it. Maybe I'm thinking of possum, another unpleasant critter though not as much trouble as raccoons.

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Raccoons were commonly eaten around here until the WWII generation. It was a ready source of cheap protein and a mild flavor for wild game. About like a wild pig. The downside of eating raccoons is they carry (literally) a shyte-load of parasites and also parasites of the circulatory and muscular systems. Like pork, you gotta cook it until it is thoroughly done.

We will know when economic times are grim when we start hearing about the best ways to cook raccoons.

Depending on your state and town laws... For a couple hundred you cna get an air rifle that fires 0.25" rounds with the same power as a .22 They're technically not firearms, so that might be an option. Be smart about it, if you're back to back with other houses don't even try-you don't want a ricochet hitting grandma or one of the neighborhood kids.

If you're in town and you're allowed to trap them trapping and putting them down might be the easiest and most humane way. Don't use leg traps those are terrible.

If you don't want to kill them, I've heard that peeing around your preimiter will keep them away.

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Doesn't work. Or maybe my pee doesn't stink. I keep telling the wife that my #2 doesn't.

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I found a pump action bb gun/rifle and will use that. Haven't seen the targets for a few days. Mebby they read the thread and moved on...

I'm reminded. How does one correct the sight? The bb rifle i have shoots high and right. The front site is fixed but the rear adjusts l/r and u/d

As an aside, i came across an article that says that the BATF views some bb guns as fire arms. Accordingly, some of the recent edition AK impersonators made by Airsoft can be retro-fitted to use bullets.

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Some guy proved that one particular AR15 replica could be converted to temporarily shoot .22s, or something. That doesn't make your pump Daisy a firearm by a long shot.
Shooting high and right? EZ PZ, aim low and left.

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Piss right on the coon. If he can't take that for hint then just punt his coonass down the road like a football.

Personally i'd sooner get rid of the cats and keep the coons. Cats are nasty little animals.

Where does that leave Dogs and People?

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Dogs and people are bigger than cats.

See the Pic. A Coon Dog and his Friend.

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We get coons in our neighborhood with the woods across the street. Lots of foxes also. The foxes aren't a bother at all and never had to shoot one.

I had a cat about a year ago, outdoor cat. I recall it being away for about 2 days (quite typical) and she had the coloring of a coon. Well, one was rummaging around at something when I came back from the neighbors and it was at the side of my house. I began to start calling the cats name thinking it was her and the coon turned around and started looking at me and approaching. I got away calmly without a bother, but I haven't had to shoot one yet. They typically don't bother us here, and haven't been through my trash so I'm ok right now.

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adjust the rear sight left and down

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