I talked to a Taxidermist assistant today -- (maybe just office assistant I don't know) - who said for mounting a blow to the head would be the best -- but in a live trap -- the 'blunt object' would have to be pretty narrow -- and it would assume that the raccoon would calmly sit there and be killed - which probably wouldn't happen. -- Then they said .22 would be next best..but I'm not buying another gun just to shoot a raccoon. - and yes, I do have damage on the bottom of the 'cheap good-for-nothing' TSC live trap - but after a few tries - it got the critter - so i won't complain too much.
Probably it can spend tonight in the trap - hopefully be dispatched tomorrow -- they will probably keep it in a freezer for a year or so -- because they have a backlog due to 'deer mounts' -- but I don't care about that -- I want it gone from here. I always liked 'natural history museums' - and we are a small rural area...there is a Nature Center -- and all they have (and they have a lot of cool stuff ) is a bob cat... so maybe in a year they can also have a raccoon among their displays.....
Thanks for the advice about hollow point... no worries about noise here.
Probably it can spend tonight in the trap - hopefully be dispatched tomorrow -- they will probably keep it in a freezer for a year or so -- because they have a backlog due to 'deer mounts' -- but I don't care about that -- I want it gone from here. I always liked 'natural history museums' - and we are a small rural area...there is a Nature Center -- and all they have (and they have a lot of cool stuff ) is a bob cat... so maybe in a year they can also have a raccoon among their displays.....
Thanks for the advice about hollow point... no worries about noise here.
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