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I figure if one of them has to walk around with a 22 pellet in his ass that they may choose another home with a less secure perimeter.

Trap him in a live trap and shoot him with the 22 while he is still confined. Works every time.

They're quite dangerous. My husband likens to small bears.

I have the scars on my hand from an encounter with one some years back....fortunately, I had a Bowie knife in the other hand. They will chew you up.

Worse animals that look sweet but will gnaw you up are beaver. I had a friend blow a dam and went over and grabbed up one he thought was dead in the water and it latched on to him....over 100 stitches later...he shook it off.

My "fight" was with a boar coon who was fearless and he and his pack were tearing screens off my houseboat at night and creating mayhem...no fear of humans. He had already hissed at me so the next time I took my knife.

The rest his history. He gnawed me and I cleaved him. End of story. I was lucky, he was not.

I don't mind coons if they stay outta my garbage cans or home. Some are so brazen, they'll walk right in if you leave the door open.

I live in suburban Nashville in the hills. We have coons, possums, deer, bobcats, and coyotes everywhere. Deer say hello to me when I go to get in my car in the morning as they are nibbling breakfast off some tree or bush....little do they realize how lucky they are I'm not a neighborhood bowhunter.