No I'm not a peta member...I did..I read most of the posts on this thread.
I'm not arguing anymore...guess it makes you feel like more of a man to make put down comments to a woman
I don't hunt..trap..drowned...poison or shoot PRedators..I use a radio...smells..flashing lights....oh I take that back..I did kill two snakes and IV got a slightly one on my radar...hell be a dead chicken snake as soon as I can catch him...I'LL LOP HIS HEAD OFF!
MY WEAPON ...A GARDEN HOE!!!
The hoopla is that this Brandon fellow would rather use snares on foxes...strangling them or use bear foot traps for coyotes ...but he wants to save the raccoons...
Is that a groundhog? Never seen what their face looks like....I used to like coins til I learned they could rip my birds apart.I don't swerve to miss them any more...I chuckle at all the flattened coons..skunks and possums people have run over during the week
Everyone to each their own...when and if presented with this problem I will have a wildlife conservation person remove the problem animals so that they can become someone else's problems
Where I'm from coons are the major carriers of rabies and coon round worms IV read can make a person can go blind.
If your ok with them taking a crap in your vegetable garden or kids play area that's your problem.
If one gets caught in a live trap the local pd will exterminate it.
So is what they say in the red fern grows...if you bore a hole in a log drop in something shiney and drive nails so that when he grabs the shiney object he can't remove his hand because he wont let go of it?
Racoons are just vermin...they are like wasps and ground hornets ...don't do anything good for the environment ...I'm not fond of hawks either but at least they eat mice and snakes.