I got the bugger!!!!WARNING-GRAPHIC PIC

[hennylove]

Best looking coon I've seen lately. Hope to see one like it here soon.

 

[AllTheseCreatures]

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I'm going to X3 this just cause I like it so much. I've got no problem with taking care of coons. Those little buggers don't even eat half of what they take, they just scattered it all over the yard in the most horrific mess I have ever seen. It wouldn't have made me so made if they had actually eaten the chickens they had killed.

The raccoon that kills chickens by biting their head off and ripping apart their bodies gets their head caught in a trap . . . I'd say that raccoon in the picture died quicker than any of my hens did.

 

[Damummis]

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I'm going to X3 this just cause I like it so much. I've got no problem with taking care of coons. Those little buggers don't even eat half of what they take, they just scattered it all over the yard in the most horrific mess I have ever seen. It wouldn't have made me so made if they had actually eaten the chickens they had killed.

The raccoon that kills chickens by biting their head off and ripping apart their bodies gets their head caught in a trap . . . I'd say that raccoon in the picture died quicker than any of my hens did.

I agree!!! I know it did. It didn't make it far from the original position of the trap.

 

[mxpres]

save a chicken,kill a raccoon

 

[Damummis]

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I might have to make that into a bumper sticker.

Saw the animal control officer today and told him that I got a coon and he asked how. "Conibear" I told him. "Oh good, saves me from having to get him. Get as many as you can, cause 4 more will come to the funeral." Sounds like my great uncle Chot. That man would shoot woodchucks from his bedroom window with a 12 gauge. "You never see one, 3, 4 maybe but never just one". Crazy old man. RIP.

I'm sure I'll get flack from this comment too.

Harsh redhead.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

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I might have to make that into a bumper sticker.

Saw the animal control officer today and told him that I got a coon and he asked how. "Conibear" I told him. "Oh good, saves me from having to get him. Get as many as you can, cause 4 more will come to the funeral." Sounds like my great uncle Chot. That man would shoot woodchucks from his bedroom window with a 12 gauge. "You never see one, 3, 4 maybe but never just one". Crazy old man. RIP.

I'm sure I'll get flack from this comment too.

Harsh redhead.

Coons are getting very brave. Or dumber! I was at the rifle range yesterday and one walked out on the range (50 yard line) while we were shooting. Someone said who’s going to shoot it. While the fellow next to me and I were discussing it, (about five seconds) the range officer picked up a rifle and plugged it. I still can’t believe it just casually walked out into the middle of the range with five people shooting rifles. RIP Rocky.

 

[Shotsii]

I'm glad you got the coon.

We have problems with them here also.

However, I don't see why it's neccesary to post a picture of the dead animal..? I find that disrespectful to the animal, and it almost comes off as bragging to me.

 

[littlethorn]

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Sorry, but I don't think the predators thread is the place to complain about this. Besides, racoons are not cute, fuzzy little critters. They are aggressive and most of what they kill is not for food. They bite the heads off your pets or tear the arms/legs off and leave them. This can happen even WITH predator proofing.

 

[mxpres]

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I respect raccoons,I always give them a decent burial,If I don't eat them,I usually do in winter,I don't respect anything that is trying to eat my chickens,raccoons are beutiful animals,but cold blooded killers too

 

[theFox]

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I might have to make that into a bumper sticker.

Saw the animal control officer today and told him that I got a coon and he asked how. "Conibear" I told him. "Oh good, saves me from having to get him. Get as many as you can, cause 4 more will come to the funeral." Sounds like my great uncle Chot. That man would shoot woodchucks from his bedroom window with a 12 gauge. "You never see one, 3, 4 maybe but never just one". Crazy old man. RIP.

I'm sure I'll get flack from this comment too.

Harsh redhead.

There was a poor chap in Brunswick just recently who is getting rabies shots because a raccoon just came up to his deck and when he tried to scare it away it went up the steps and attacked him, several bites, and scratches later he had crushed it to death using his legs. The raccoon tested positive for rabies.

I use a 16 gauge single shot boom stick from K-Mart with short brass number 6 shells to dispatch woodchucks and they do come in multiples. So I agree fully with your beloved but departed crazy old man.