Bizarre racoon experience yesterday

[Baylen]

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It's much easier to ask forgiveness than permission!

 

[Ridgerunner]

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It's much easier to ask forgiveness than permission!

But the fine can be a lot higher.

 

[Lorije1]

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I disagree... it is Spring time... love is in the air and babies are hungry. I have seen 2 raccoons in the afternoons - 1 about 1/2 mile from my house and the other on my way to work, about 3 1/2 miles. My friend's hubby is a tree contractor and he regularly encounters coons coming back to their dens where their young are.

Despite all of that - you should never take a chance with any wild animal that boldly approaches humans - whether it is due to hunger, disease or "parenthood". Animal control / trappers would be your best bet


ETA - I'm a dork for not reading the whole thread and seeing where this has been stated multiple times.....

 

[Swampwood]

My son would already have his new coon-skin hat drying in the rack

 

[leenie]

If I see the little bugger again it will be taken care of.

I'm in Fairfax County with a couple acres of woods behind us. Been here forever and only seen two racoons in broad daylight in my lifetime. If this one was just traveling somewhere by passing through my property that would be fine and dandy, even during the daytime. This coon seemed to want to join the party. Not ok.

Thanks again to all of you for pointing me in the correct direction. If and when I get a second chance to meet said coon I will pass along the outcome.

 

[mistyfeather]

hunger makes them just as dangerus as dessease, a very hungry racoon will atack things out of seveare hunger it would normaly just ignore (like a person) i lived were we had many racoons and you could go about your thing and they would keep there distance , during a drought food became very scarce for many animals , several racoons had been shot and or traped because of agression and atacking people because they were just very hungry