Recent content by thomasj

  1. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    Shooting critters for no reason is one thing but when you are on your own property and you have a preditor looking at your flock as dinner, I would put that equal to shooting a home invader that came in to harm you and your family. No law should prohibit you from protecting you and yours on your...
  2. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    Today, I went back into town for traps. I wanted 2 but they only had 1. I brought it home and set it with a can of tuna cat food. At 6PM I looked out the front door and there was mother raccoon feeding at the guinea's trough. I got a shot off but at 74, my aim is not stable enough to actually...
  3. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    You must be my neighbor. I have poison ivy and that bittersweet climbing thing on the walls of my shop. (now that I know what that climbing weed is) I also have wild grapes all over my property but all of those plants are scrawny and not taking over like the blueberries and blackberries. As far...
  4. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    Yes. Very disturbing to me to. I bought it in California and is the only gun I possessed that is registered to me. It was registered in California where I bought it. Now it's replacement that I bought at Walmart here in Missouri is also registered to me.
  5. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    I've decided to follow your lead. Yesterday, I went into town and spent over two hundred dollars on a 100 ft. roll of 1'x2"x4ft. welded wire, 19 T-Posts, and the rest of the hardware needed to fence in the birds' run area to keep the birds in. I also got the stuff needed to put up an electric...
  6. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    Sounds like a great build at minimal cost. A few questions though. When you say that the floor and run are hard cloth, are you saying that you put down welded 1/2" wire mesh on the floor and covered the ground within the chicken run with this wire mesh? This would keep the birds from scratching...
  7. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    ???
  8. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    I first went for my marlin .22 long riffle but found it to be missing (that was an excellent riffle) so, I grabbed the closest gun that was ready and that was my 9mm. It took 4 shots to kill the varmint but I actually had to empty the clip. At my age, I can't even point to my nose with my finger...
  9. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    I live outside of Lebanon, Missouri. It goes from subfreezing winter to steamroom hot summer without very much notice of spring or fall weather and a lot of rain.
  10. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    When young and cuddly, you attach yourself to it as if it were your pet. That is why it's so hard to get rid of the animal when it grows into the vicious creature that is a raccoon no matter how much destruction it causes because of it's natural instinct to be free and wild.
  11. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    Okay, very good. I just took the mention of "The Woods House" as a mention of some small prebuilt coop available for purchase. There was no mention of all the extra things that you had to come up with in order to make it safe and secure. I can see that your land is good and flat pasture land...
  12. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    I have my doubts on the carabiner. It is an easy, convienient spring loaded device that a raccoon would probably figure out. I personally use a chain link connector that has the threaded sleeve to close it.
  13. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    Relocating in my county is only giving my problem to my neighbor. Why would anyone want to rescue a racoon? They look cute and cuddly but they are a viscous animal that can't be domesticated. What's worse, they know they look cute and cuddly. In the city, I had a neighbor who's daughter bought...
  14. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    It's not that simple. Raccoons are not truly nocturnal. They just operate at night, usually between the hours of 10PM and 3AM because that is usually when it's safe for them to come out. The raccoon family I have in contention, have been seen by me out in the middle of the day going for the...
  15. thomasj

    What to do about the raccoons?

    Relocation for me is an act of futility where I live. I have a forrest full of them. All I can do is stand my ground. I feel bad when I have to kill something. Where I live is farm and livestock country. The local farmers around here were born and raised to hunt for food and protect their...
See more
Back
Top Bottom