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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1984 300D, 138K

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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04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

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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adjust the rear sight left and down

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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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04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Thanks.

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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.

We were driving into Quincy IL a month ago and had to change lanes for a harley rider who was picking up a rcoon and putting into his saddlebag. What is the unofficial harley saying, "Azz, grass or gas. No one rides for free."

I ride bikes of all kinds and never have I stopped to pick up road kill.

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In 2007 I didn't own a diesel.

You haven't been hungry.

Problem with road kill is the rubbery taste

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It is also an unfortunate learning experience for Me. My Original Cat lasted 11 Years and never badly sick.

She also kept from Herself getting run over or other issues that Cats get into. So My assumptions based on Her were wrong.

2 out of 4 of the newer Cats dying is a high Attrition Rate. I did not realize that that they were so sustainable.

Of the 2 Sisters that are left one is now wanting to stay inside the House at Night and I am OK with that but the other one wants to remain Wild and comes into the House crying for Her Sister to come out with Her (and the Wild one panics if She thinks She is locked in the House).

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Cats seem to have a short attention span, just like dogs. The panic you describe should stop when the outside cat gets confined to quarters. You are the master of their Universe. The begging for the Call of The Wild, will die down after a while. Your cats are 'fixed' I hope?

The cat that goes in and out is making the other cat crazy. If you'll ignore the cat that wants out all the time, it'll get used to staying in. If it begs to get out, it'll be brief. The bottom line is that you have to be the master of your animals, and letting them out puts them at risk health wise. I had a cat for 17 years. Inside cat only. Too many things could harm the cat outside, and she was happy and healthy inside. If you ever raise a cat inside, don't start letting it out. A non-street smart cat will perish rather quickly without basic training of the outside world.

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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.

Yes, all Cats are Fixed. Because they were Feral Cats I got them Fixed for Free and they also gave them some immunizations.
I lucked out with My Original Cat because someone abandon the Cat but it was already fixed when I found it living in My Truck.

If Cats aren't fixed they easily get Pregnant ever 6 Months if not sooner.

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