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What's a strong pellet gun? I thought they were made weaker so as not to be as dangerous. The .22 isn't that loud, but with our neighborhood being near this other neighborhood, people are sensitive to those types of noises.
I wanted to drive it to my grandma's to take care of it, but it's an hour away. The odds of getting away with it are in my favor, but it's still illegally transporting a wild animal regardless of the intentions.
We sell coon traps at work if we can find a pellet gun that really is quiet and effective.
The coop/run is secure, it's had coons all over it since day one. But this specific coon, I don't like his nightly proximity and latrine building, removing the poo sucks. I put dog poo where it was and had husband pee there too. No effect, coon comes back. Didn't compost it because of the worms, threw it out in the garbage every time. I have enough poo around here to pick up, don't need it from a coon too.
Why do people insist on illegal methods on these threads? Transporting a wild animal is illegal, namely for disease, secondly for population control of nuisance wildlife. We have distemper floating around here for sure. Probably not rabies, but distemper at least. I've encountered 3 coons in daylight with that over the years. They will not come get coons you've trapped... that's all the calls they would get if they did! Our local "Animal Control" has gone to the dogs, you have to hire out for wildlife stuff now.
The coon is a male, thankfully not a mother with babies. A small male at that, this isn't prime territory. I'm hoping it'll be awhile before another moves in. Lot's of dogs, our yard is surrounded by other yards, most with dogs in them most of the time. 2 blocks over closer to the train tracks and I could trap coons all year and never run out.
I wanted to drive it to my grandma's to take care of it, but it's an hour away. The odds of getting away with it are in my favor, but it's still illegally transporting a wild animal regardless of the intentions.
We sell coon traps at work if we can find a pellet gun that really is quiet and effective.
The coop/run is secure, it's had coons all over it since day one. But this specific coon, I don't like his nightly proximity and latrine building, removing the poo sucks. I put dog poo where it was and had husband pee there too. No effect, coon comes back. Didn't compost it because of the worms, threw it out in the garbage every time. I have enough poo around here to pick up, don't need it from a coon too.
Why do people insist on illegal methods on these threads? Transporting a wild animal is illegal, namely for disease, secondly for population control of nuisance wildlife. We have distemper floating around here for sure. Probably not rabies, but distemper at least. I've encountered 3 coons in daylight with that over the years. They will not come get coons you've trapped... that's all the calls they would get if they did! Our local "Animal Control" has gone to the dogs, you have to hire out for wildlife stuff now.
The coon is a male, thankfully not a mother with babies. A small male at that, this isn't prime territory. I'm hoping it'll be awhile before another moves in. Lot's of dogs, our yard is surrounded by other yards, most with dogs in them most of the time. 2 blocks over closer to the train tracks and I could trap coons all year and never run out.
