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To: Bigg Red

On occasion I’ve had to trap raccoons. The nasty ones let you know in no uncertain terms what they’d do with a mouthful of teeth given a chance. Fabric isn’t any protection. A .22 “capsule” administered to the head before letting them out of the trap is.

I suspect the Russian raccoon when attacked, bit and ripped at the closest thing at hand. Which happened to be Ivan’s crotch. The man’s lucky it wasn’t his throat.


33 posted on 01/26/2009 9:31:56 AM PST by meatloaf
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To: meatloaf

I trap and release about 15-20 raccoons a year and haven’t had to kill any of them yet. Good thing, since I haven’t got a gun, only my boots! Raccoons, possums and sometimes a mink. All after my small chicken flock.

I can’t imagine what kind of idiot goes with bare hands towards wild animals, though.


35 posted on 01/26/2009 9:49:05 AM PST by blueminnesota
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To: meatloaf
Hi Meatloaf You sure are right on how to deal with a coon. The one I trapped snarled, spit and growled. Nasty creatures. Killed many a fowl on my farm. Also found a decapitated rabbit near my barn.(wild rabbit) Thats how raccoons kill, they decapitate. They don;t swim too well when thrown into a pond while still in the live trap...I love animals but hate coons.
40 posted on 01/26/2009 10:14:50 AM PST by goat granny
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To: meatloaf

Okay. Thanks for the info.


47 posted on 01/26/2009 12:46:22 PM PST by Bigg Red (Palin in 2012!)
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