There he was bold as brass

[Wolf-Kim]

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You could poison a trapped coon, the only issue I have with it, is now you have poison laying around. I finally broke down and used poison to take care of the rats in my barn. That stuff scares me, to have poison laying around. This is simply rat poison, I've been a nervous wreck for the past two weeks since I've laid the poison out.

I honestly don't believe poisoning is any better than drowning. I would absolutely hate to do either, but I know you have to do what you have to do. If I had to choose, I would use the water and this is why. Water is non-toxic, you do not have to worry about accidentally killing a non-target if you place a cage into a trashcan(or pond) and put the lid on it. It's less stressful for the executioner, to drop the cage into water, cover the lid and walk away. After the animal has passed, you do not have to worry about secondary poisoning. This means, after you bag or bury this dead animal, you do not have to worry about the neighbors dog(or your own) digging it up, chewing on it, and becoming poisoned.

My problems with poison are, they are non-selecting. This means anything and everything that eats that poison, OR the animal that eats the animal that ate the poison is at risk of being poisoned as well. If you haven't used all the poison, now you have an extremely toxic substance laying around. Poisoning is probably not much more humane than drowning, but at least drowning is environmentally safer.

When it all comes down to it, I'm glad to have a firearm at my disposal.

-Kim

 

[Chick_a_dee]

Thanks Kim, we don't have a pond or body of water but I can fill our 100 gallon stock tank to do the deed.

 

[Whispering Winds]

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I had a coon hunter tell me the same thing one time. Coons are nocturnal and if you see one ambling around during the day, its sick or rabied. Better shoot it and get it tested, because they will have to put out an alert for other animals possibly having them too.

 

[justmeandtheflock]

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If you put out poison you risk having your cats get into it.

 

[sarahsark]

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You could poison a trapped coon, the only issue I have with it, is now you have poison laying around. I finally broke down and used poison to take care of the rats in my barn. That stuff scares me, to have poison laying around. This is simply rat poison, I've been a nervous wreck for the past two weeks since I've laid the poison out.

I honestly don't believe poisoning is any better than drowning. I would absolutely hate to do either, but I know you have to do what you have to do. If I had to choose, I would use the water and this is why. Water is non-toxic, you do not have to worry about accidentally killing a non-target if you place a cage into a trashcan(or pond) and put the lid on it. It's less stressful for the executioner, to drop the cage into water, cover the lid and walk away. After the animal has passed, you do not have to worry about secondary poisoning. This means, after you bag or bury this dead animal, you do not have to worry about the neighbors dog(or your own) digging it up, chewing on it, and becoming poisoned.

My problems with poison are, they are non-selecting. This means anything and everything that eats that poison, OR the animal that ate the poison is at risk of being poisoned as well. If you haven't used all the poison, now you have an extremely toxic substance laying around. Poisoning is probably not much more humane than drowning, but at least drowning is environmentally safer.

When it all comes down to it, I'm glad to have a firearm at my disposal.

-Kim

I'd be a complete nervous wreck, as well.

Anybody know if that stuff can harm/kill little children, if it is really that powerful?

Killing off all these freaking coons starting to pop up around here would be delightful, but the thought of my curious little 2 and a half year old around poison scares the BLEEP out of me!!

 

[annek]

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Chick_a_dee Can you contact your humane society and ask about getting shots from them? I used to volunteer for an animal shelter and we were able to give our shots for around I think 7.00 each for rabies. You really need to get your dogs vaccinated, it is so dangerous not to. Call them and explain your situation, I am sure they can find someone to help you if they can't.

Good luck and thanks for taking care of the poor little feral cats!

 

[Chick_a_dee]

We don't have a local humane society, end of this month the dogs are getting their shots until then they're in lock down as well. Most of them are smallies, Nacho is the only one who we worry about and he has to come in when we go out anyway because he has a thing for the ladies! The have lowcost rabies clnics but they're in April and Nacho and the girls are typically not due until July.

Oh also! ...Spots and Smokey are great additions to our farm, they relocate them from the city for free, they get fixed, shots done, etc. They're not mean they're just unsure about people. They get better eating out here even without supplemental feeding (they ate the barn pigeons LOL) and are getting bolder all the time.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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You could poison a trapped coon, the only issue I have with it, is now you have poison laying around. I finally broke down and used poison to take care of the rats in my barn. That stuff scares me, to have poison laying around. This is simply rat poison, I've been a nervous wreck for the past two weeks since I've laid the poison out.

I honestly don't believe poisoning is any better than drowning. I would absolutely hate to do either, but I know you have to do what you have to do. If I had to choose, I would use the water and this is why. Water is non-toxic, you do not have to worry about accidentally killing a non-target if you place a cage into a trashcan(or pond) and put the lid on it. It's less stressful for the executioner, to drop the cage into water, cover the lid and walk away. After the animal has passed, you do not have to worry about secondary poisoning. This means, after you bag or bury this dead animal, you do not have to worry about the neighbors dog(or your own) digging it up, chewing on it, and becoming poisoned.

My problems with poison are, they are non-selecting. This means anything and everything that eats that poison, OR the animal that ate the poison is at risk of being poisoned as well. If you haven't used all the poison, now you have an extremely toxic substance laying around. Poisoning is probably not much more humane than drowning, but at least drowning is environmentally safer.

When it all comes down to it, I'm glad to have a firearm at my disposal.

-Kim

I'd be a complete nervous wreck, as well.

Anybody know if that stuff can harm/kill little children, if it is really that powerful?

Killing off all these freaking coons starting to pop up around here would be delightful, but the thought of my curious little 2 and a half year old around poison scares the BLEEP out of me!!

I had the rat poison out in a horse stall and had the horse stall cut off from all the animals. I went out the next morning, and found my 2 month old free ranging chicks running in and out of the stall! Then I found one poison tray empty. Turns out there was an area the rats had dug out and the chicks were able to walk from one stall to the next. Oh I was so exasperated, but at that point the only thing to do, was to wait and see if it was the rats or the chicks that emptied the tray. Luckily, I've found dead rats, but the chicks are still running strong.

-Kim

 

[Boyd]

Anybody know if that stuff can harm/kill little children, if it is really that powerful?

oh yeah, it really is that powerful. I have only heard of people using this as a last resort for trap smart coons.

 

[Bizzybirdy]

>>How do you guys get rid of the body after? Do you burn it?<<

After shooting the last racoon...the one that killed my poor old pet cat...I dumped it into an empty lined 50 lb. feed bag.

Trash p/u was later that same morning and, needless to say, my can was about 30 lbs. heavier than usual last Friday.