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Quote: 1) there is no indication that the raccoons were paying any attention to your chickens 2) they were running across the yard, not sneaking 3) you do not mention the distance from where they were from your chicken coop/pen; only that they were in the middle of your neighbor's yard. 4)...

Quote: Nah I didn't shoot it I was just ready for this topic to die. I was a bit surprised to see 5 pages worth of comments. As far as pot smoking neighbors, I wish. I should have explained my situation better, the closest house is probably between a quarter and half mile away, this...

Don't worry everybody the raccoon is dead now we can stop arguing about it. Raccoons aren't friendly, I've lost cats to them before, the whole idea of maybe the raccoons were just watching the chickens for fun is absurd. They're destructive and smart, half of all the posts on this forum are...

So basically you guys are telling me that after I shoot the raccoon in my neighbors yard I need to dispose of the corpse before the cops come so I can lie about it? Just kidding, guess I'll set some traps.

Thanks all. I have a final tomorrow morning, I have a feeling I'll be studying in the garage near my chicken coop with a shotgun tonight. I stayed up most the night last night but I don't think they had discovered my birds yet. Nerve wracking. Stupid raccoons.

I live out in the woods, we have lots of predators. I have very few neighbors but just 10 minutes ago I saw 2 raccoons run by, it's still light out and will be light for another 2-3 hours. I'm a bit nervous now. They were in the middle of my neighbors yard it would have been pretty obvious...