Kill a racoon? go to jail

[Sublight]

drowning is fast, certainly as fast as shooting, at least they way shooting goes sometimes, as in several shots, animal moves around violently. I trapped squirrels in my attack one time and called around to the authorities to see what I should do with them and they said it was illegal to release them and specifically told me to get a bucket, fill it with water and submerse the trap in it for 5 minutes, rinse and repeat.

Not even close. As soon as you submerge a animal whose instinct is to NEVER be underwater, it starts to panic frantically, and then it stays in that panic until it drowns. Have you ever been in a pool of water and stayed under to long?
You know why you are underwater and it WILL make you start to panic.

Otherwise I caught a coon in a trap, it was scared but not panicked. To drown is aweful.
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My dad used a chicken to hatch some ducklings once. Those ducklings jumped in his pond and start swimming around, and the momma chicken freaked out. She knew they should not be on top of the water. That animal knows what water is, and is scared to be in it.

 

[Sublight]

I honestly kind of know how that guy feels it stinks to have to kill something no matter the reason it double stinks to have the authorities brought in because you had to do so. Here's my experience. I'm not a killer, I'm a little woman with a handful of chickens but last February i was going out to get my newspaper and i was greeted by a very obviously rabid raccoon on my front steps, nice. I called animal control, they told ME to dispatch it but don't damage the head, cut the head off put it in my freezer and they'd be around for it when they could find time, um no. I went and got hubs Mossberg and removed the raccoon, i hated it made me absolutely sick. Well it gets better, some clueless neighbors saw me shoot a helpless animal in broad daylight and called the law, awesome. I spent two hours explaining myself, having my phone calls verified and having hubs shotgun verified, it was an absolute hoot.

See my previous .22 silencer comment earlier.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

even though he could’ve done it more humanely.

I live 1 hour + from Orlando. I have had a conversation with a FFWC Officer in very resent past. I was told that it is illegal to trap to relocate Coons/possom/snakes etc. IF YOU TRAP THEM.. You should Humanely Dispatch them or release them were they got caught if you don't have the heart or stomach for it.
I was told by "point blank shot in back of head". And if I was caught trying to release a captured pest off of my property, I would be asking for trouble with Federal Officers. I was told it is inhumane to relocate them because they would be subjected to cruel exposure to territorial defenders once relocated to another location.

Drowning, placed in a box with poison fumes, burning, clubbing etc, is not a form of Humane Dispatching. 22LR is recommended by FFWC.

 

[btguy]

not everyone has access to a gun to kill it with. i once found myself ending one with a brushwork machete (also used for freezer camp day). let me tell you their hides are tough. i really felt bad about that one. i always have 22 shells available now.

 

[RollTideChicken]

I honestly kind of know how that guy feels it stinks to have to kill something no matter the reason it double stinks to have the authorities brought in because you had to do so. Here's my experience. I'm not a killer, I'm a little woman with a handful of chickens but last February i was going out to get my newspaper and i was greeted by a very obviously rabid raccoon on my front steps, nice. I called animal control, they told ME to dispatch it but don't damage the head, cut the head off put it in my freezer and they'd be around for it when they could find time, um no. I went and got hubs Mossberg and removed the raccoon, i hated it made me absolutely sick. Well it gets better, some clueless neighbors saw me shoot a helpless animal in broad daylight and called the law, awesome. I spent two hours explaining myself, having my phone calls verified and having hubs shotgun verified, it was an absolute hoot.

Those kinds of neighbors kill me. They are no friend to anyone, just out to cause trouble. They could have asked you what and why before calling the law.

 

[BY Bob]

This is fascinating to me. I do not own a gun. I do have chickens. To date I have defended them from hawks and skunks with my body and a secure coop and run. I do not know what I would do if I trapped an animal that was attacking my hens. I am not interested in owning a gun. That's my personal preference as I have hunted and shot many wild animals for food to eat when I was younger.

Obviously I may need to consider what I might do if the time ever came.

Much to think about.

 

[RollTideChicken]

not everyone has access to a gun to kill it with. i once found myself ending one with a brushwork machete (also used for freezer camp day). let me tell you their hides are tough. i really felt bad about that one. i always have 22 shells available now.

Hey even if you have guns you might not have one on you when you need it. When the opossum was in my coop eating his chicken dinner I wasn't about to run all the way back to my house to get a gun and maybe let him have seconds. I *smashed him with what I had around the coop: cement block, hammer, shovel (for good measure). *As humanely as I could

 

[Birdinhand]

Not even close. As soon as you submerge a animal whose instinct is to NEVER be underwater, it starts to panic frantically, and then it stays in that panic until it drowns. Have you ever been in a pool of water and stayed under to long?
You know why you are underwater and it WILL make you start to panic.

Otherwise I caught a coon in a trap, it was scared but not panicked. To drown is aweful.
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My dad used a chicken to hatch some ducklings once. Those ducklings jumped in his pond and start swimming around, and the momma chicken freaked out. She knew they should not be on top of the water. That animal knows what water is, and is scared to be in it.

on my dad's old farm, we used 22 to kill pigs and then we slit their throat, it always occurred to me as a rather gruesome way to go. the animal way in a lot of pain for more than a split second, especially on the occasion that the bullet didn't penetrate the brain enough and the animal ended up running around. so I guess that is my example of how a gun doesn't always end things so cleanly either. I had a trap line for a while back then too, just to see what that would be like. that involved clubbing, and that was not pretty either. I gave it up because it just didn't seem humane or really necessary. nowadays I put my energy into making bullet proof coops and let the critters be critters as long as they don't cause problems.

 

[Chickassan]

I did it without even thinking about anyone seeing me, i live in a really rural area its just "normal" to dispatch animals that are beyond help. I'd never met these people they were recent additions and obviously very naive how things actually happen in the boonies. The husband in the equation finally grasped i couldn't allow a rabid animal to roam "possibly to his house" but the wife won't even look my way. Can't win them all.

Those kinds of neighbors kill me. They are no friend to anyone, just out to cause trouble. They could have asked you what and why before calling the law.

 

[Jimmybeam01]

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