Raccoons!!!
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As has been said, if your little dog corners the raccoons they can and will kill it. They have nasty tempers. With the fruit trees and garden in your yard, you're providing an attraction for them so most likely they will come back. Myself, I'd shoot the bastards, the only good coon is a dead coon. If you're not into the killing thing, you can buy or sometimes borrow (from a humane society) live animal traps and relocate them far, far away.
Good luck!
Good luck!
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I would be willing to bet that they weren't just "passing through". I'll share a raccoon experience I had this past winter.
My buddy and I used to sit out in his front yard every night and drink beer until around 1 or 2 in the morning. Every now and then we would see a raccon run across the street a few houses down. After a little while we really began watching for them, and we realized that they were actually walking all around us all the time, but they're sneaky critters so it's real hard to see 'em. We kinda just let them be until we found out that they decided to have some baby raccoons in the neighbor's attic. He complained to us that they kept him awake at all hours of the night, just screaming. So we took action. For about 6 weeks we were out there every night with high-powered pellet guns and 15 million candle-power spotlights. We would just drink beer until we saw one, then one of us would hit it with the spotlight while the other shot at it. Or if we could see it well we would both shoot. We were shooting them out of trees, in the middle of the road, off of houses, everywhere. Sometimes we would look wround and there would be one standing no more than 20 feet away. That's when the co2 pistol came in handy. We actually did kill two of them (we identified the bodies the next day), which is surprising because sometimes even a .22 won't take down a determined raccoon. Eventually the neighbor across the street got tired of listening to us yelling and shooting at his house in the middle of the night and called the police. This happened to be the same night that we decided it was a good idea to have a bonfire in the middle of the road. So we can't drink beer there anymore, but I haven't heard any complaints about raccoons lately.
My advice to you: shoot them. They tend to stay in a given area, searching it every night for food. There's pretty much no way to get rid of them. Whatever you do, look up your state's laws regarding raccoons first. I know in Florida it is illegal to transport live raccoons. Even Animal Control refused to come out and get the babies after we removed them from the guy's attic. They (Animal Control) finally, and reluctantly, came out and got them (the raccoons) after we threatened to shoot them (the raccons, not Animal Control).
My buddy and I used to sit out in his front yard every night and drink beer until around 1 or 2 in the morning. Every now and then we would see a raccon run across the street a few houses down. After a little while we really began watching for them, and we realized that they were actually walking all around us all the time, but they're sneaky critters so it's real hard to see 'em. We kinda just let them be until we found out that they decided to have some baby raccoons in the neighbor's attic. He complained to us that they kept him awake at all hours of the night, just screaming. So we took action. For about 6 weeks we were out there every night with high-powered pellet guns and 15 million candle-power spotlights. We would just drink beer until we saw one, then one of us would hit it with the spotlight while the other shot at it. Or if we could see it well we would both shoot. We were shooting them out of trees, in the middle of the road, off of houses, everywhere. Sometimes we would look wround and there would be one standing no more than 20 feet away. That's when the co2 pistol came in handy. We actually did kill two of them (we identified the bodies the next day), which is surprising because sometimes even a .22 won't take down a determined raccoon. Eventually the neighbor across the street got tired of listening to us yelling and shooting at his house in the middle of the night and called the police. This happened to be the same night that we decided it was a good idea to have a bonfire in the middle of the road. So we can't drink beer there anymore, but I haven't heard any complaints about raccoons lately.
My advice to you: shoot them. They tend to stay in a given area, searching it every night for food. There's pretty much no way to get rid of them. Whatever you do, look up your state's laws regarding raccoons first. I know in Florida it is illegal to transport live raccoons. Even Animal Control refused to come out and get the babies after we removed them from the guy's attic. They (Animal Control) finally, and reluctantly, came out and got them (the raccoons) after we threatened to shoot them (the raccons, not Animal Control).
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Originally Posted by jiggle
I would be willing to bet that they weren't just "passing through". I'll share a raccoon experience I had this past winter.
My buddy and I used to sit out in his front yard every night and drink beer until around 1 or 2 in the morning. Every now and then we would see a raccon run across the street a few houses down. After a little while we really began watching for them, and we realized that they were actually walking all around us all the time, but they're sneaky critters so it's real hard to see 'em. We kinda just let them be until we found out that they decided to have some baby raccoons in the neighbor's attic. He complained to us that they kept him awake at all hours of the night, just screaming. So we took action. For about 6 weeks we were out there every night with high-powered pellet guns and 15 million candle-power spotlights. We would just drink beer until we saw one, then one of us would hit it with the spotlight while the other shot at it. Or if we could see it well we would both shoot. We were shooting them out of trees, in the middle of the road, off of houses, everywhere. Sometimes we would look wround and there would be one standing no more than 20 feet away. That's when the co2 pistol came in handy. We actually did kill two of them (we identified the bodies the next day), which is surprising because sometimes even a .22 won't take down a determined raccoon. Eventually the neighbor across the street got tired of listening to us yelling and shooting at his house in the middle of the night and called the police. This happened to be the same night that we decided it was a good idea to have a bonfire in the middle of the road. So we can't drink beer there anymore, but I haven't heard any complaints about raccoons lately.
My advice to you: shoot them. They tend to stay in a given area, searching it every night for food. There's pretty much no way to get rid of them. Whatever you do, look up your state's laws regarding raccoons first. I know in Florida it is illegal to transport live raccoons. Even Animal Control refused to come out and get the babies after we removed them from the guy's attic. They (Animal Control) finally, and reluctantly, came out and got them (the raccoons) after we threatened to shoot them (the raccons, not Animal Control).
My buddy and I used to sit out in his front yard every night and drink beer until around 1 or 2 in the morning. Every now and then we would see a raccon run across the street a few houses down. After a little while we really began watching for them, and we realized that they were actually walking all around us all the time, but they're sneaky critters so it's real hard to see 'em. We kinda just let them be until we found out that they decided to have some baby raccoons in the neighbor's attic. He complained to us that they kept him awake at all hours of the night, just screaming. So we took action. For about 6 weeks we were out there every night with high-powered pellet guns and 15 million candle-power spotlights. We would just drink beer until we saw one, then one of us would hit it with the spotlight while the other shot at it. Or if we could see it well we would both shoot. We were shooting them out of trees, in the middle of the road, off of houses, everywhere. Sometimes we would look wround and there would be one standing no more than 20 feet away. That's when the co2 pistol came in handy. We actually did kill two of them (we identified the bodies the next day), which is surprising because sometimes even a .22 won't take down a determined raccoon. Eventually the neighbor across the street got tired of listening to us yelling and shooting at his house in the middle of the night and called the police. This happened to be the same night that we decided it was a good idea to have a bonfire in the middle of the road. So we can't drink beer there anymore, but I haven't heard any complaints about raccoons lately.
My advice to you: shoot them. They tend to stay in a given area, searching it every night for food. There's pretty much no way to get rid of them. Whatever you do, look up your state's laws regarding raccoons first. I know in Florida it is illegal to transport live raccoons. Even Animal Control refused to come out and get the babies after we removed them from the guy's attic. They (Animal Control) finally, and reluctantly, came out and got them (the raccoons) after we threatened to shoot them (the raccons, not Animal Control).
"In a non sexual platonic sort of way." In High School, we'd shoot rats at night with a spotlight at a buddies dairy farm. We did the same thing with the beer and guns. Some say they dont mix, but its all about the ratio!
Really, I love this guy. A man after my own heart.
Loved the bonfire...and it ain't a party, till the cops show up!
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Originally Posted by jiggle
I would be willing to bet that they weren't just "passing through". I'll share a raccoon experience I had this past winter.
My buddy and I used to sit out in his front yard every night and drink beer until around 1 or 2 in the morning. Every now and then we would see a raccon run across the street a few houses down. After a little while we really began watching for them, and we realized that they were actually walking all around us all the time, but they're sneaky critters so it's real hard to see 'em. We kinda just let them be until we found out that they decided to have some baby raccoons in the neighbor's attic. He complained to us that they kept him awake at all hours of the night, just screaming. So we took action. For about 6 weeks we were out there every night with high-powered pellet guns and 15 million candle-power spotlights. We would just drink beer until we saw one, then one of us would hit it with the spotlight while the other shot at it. Or if we could see it well we would both shoot. We were shooting them out of trees, in the middle of the road, off of houses, everywhere. Sometimes we would look wround and there would be one standing no more than 20 feet away. That's when the co2 pistol came in handy. We actually did kill two of them (we identified the bodies the next day), which is surprising because sometimes even a .22 won't take down a determined raccoon. Eventually the neighbor across the street got tired of listening to us yelling and shooting at his house in the middle of the night and called the police. This happened to be the same night that we decided it was a good idea to have a bonfire in the middle of the road. So we can't drink beer there anymore, but I haven't heard any complaints about raccoons lately.
My advice to you: shoot them. They tend to stay in a given area, searching it every night for food. There's pretty much no way to get rid of them. Whatever you do, look up your state's laws regarding raccoons first. I know in Florida it is illegal to transport live raccoons. Even Animal Control refused to come out and get the babies after we removed them from the guy's attic. They (Animal Control) finally, and reluctantly, came out and got them (the raccoons) after we threatened to shoot them (the raccons, not Animal Control).
My buddy and I used to sit out in his front yard every night and drink beer until around 1 or 2 in the morning. Every now and then we would see a raccon run across the street a few houses down. After a little while we really began watching for them, and we realized that they were actually walking all around us all the time, but they're sneaky critters so it's real hard to see 'em. We kinda just let them be until we found out that they decided to have some baby raccoons in the neighbor's attic. He complained to us that they kept him awake at all hours of the night, just screaming. So we took action. For about 6 weeks we were out there every night with high-powered pellet guns and 15 million candle-power spotlights. We would just drink beer until we saw one, then one of us would hit it with the spotlight while the other shot at it. Or if we could see it well we would both shoot. We were shooting them out of trees, in the middle of the road, off of houses, everywhere. Sometimes we would look wround and there would be one standing no more than 20 feet away. That's when the co2 pistol came in handy. We actually did kill two of them (we identified the bodies the next day), which is surprising because sometimes even a .22 won't take down a determined raccoon. Eventually the neighbor across the street got tired of listening to us yelling and shooting at his house in the middle of the night and called the police. This happened to be the same night that we decided it was a good idea to have a bonfire in the middle of the road. So we can't drink beer there anymore, but I haven't heard any complaints about raccoons lately.
My advice to you: shoot them. They tend to stay in a given area, searching it every night for food. There's pretty much no way to get rid of them. Whatever you do, look up your state's laws regarding raccoons first. I know in Florida it is illegal to transport live raccoons. Even Animal Control refused to come out and get the babies after we removed them from the guy's attic. They (Animal Control) finally, and reluctantly, came out and got them (the raccoons) after we threatened to shoot them (the raccons, not Animal Control).
and I'm still giggling! 
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Originally Posted by Shinesintx
I read it again, and I'm still giggling!
and I'm still giggling! 
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Dude: You brought a f'ing Pomeranian bowling?
Walter: What do you mean "brought it bowling"? I didn't rent it shoes. I'm not buying it a f'ing beer. He's not gonna take your f'ing turn, Dude.
Like everyone else said best bet is to shoot em. The trap thing works as well, but then you need to ditch it somewhere. We had a cat escape and got a raccoon trap to try and catch him at night, we thought he was coming back and eating every night. Set up the trap on the front porch went out for a few hours and had a nice, angry coon in it when we got back. No fun trying to carry this trap with the coon freakin out in it, just picking the thing up was an adventure with the angry claws poking out. Took it around back to the woods and let him go. Haven't seen it again.
Walter: What do you mean "brought it bowling"? I didn't rent it shoes. I'm not buying it a f'ing beer. He's not gonna take your f'ing turn, Dude.
Like everyone else said best bet is to shoot em. The trap thing works as well, but then you need to ditch it somewhere. We had a cat escape and got a raccoon trap to try and catch him at night, we thought he was coming back and eating every night. Set up the trap on the front porch went out for a few hours and had a nice, angry coon in it when we got back. No fun trying to carry this trap with the coon freakin out in it, just picking the thing up was an adventure with the angry claws poking out. Took it around back to the woods and let him go. Haven't seen it again.
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Originally Posted by jiggle
I would be willing to bet that they weren't just "passing through". I'll share a raccoon experience I had this past winter.
My buddy and I used to sit out in his front yard every night and drink beer until around 1 or 2 in the morning. Every now and then we would see a raccon run across the street a few houses down. After a little while we really began watching for them, and we realized that they were actually walking all around us all the time, but they're sneaky critters so it's real hard to see 'em. We kinda just let them be until we found out that they decided to have some baby raccoons in the neighbor's attic. He complained to us that they kept him awake at all hours of the night, just screaming. So we took action. For about 6 weeks we were out there every night with high-powered pellet guns and 15 million candle-power spotlights. We would just drink beer until we saw one, then one of us would hit it with the spotlight while the other shot at it. Or if we could see it well we would both shoot. We were shooting them out of trees, in the middle of the road, off of houses, everywhere. Sometimes we would look wround and there would be one standing no more than 20 feet away. That's when the co2 pistol came in handy. We actually did kill two of them (we identified the bodies the next day), which is surprising because sometimes even a .22 won't take down a determined raccoon. Eventually the neighbor across the street got tired of listening to us yelling and shooting at his house in the middle of the night and called the police. This happened to be the same night that we decided it was a good idea to have a bonfire in the middle of the road. So we can't drink beer there anymore, but I haven't heard any complaints about raccoons lately.
My advice to you: shoot them. They tend to stay in a given area, searching it every night for food. There's pretty much no way to get rid of them. Whatever you do, look up your state's laws regarding raccoons first. I know in Florida it is illegal to transport live raccoons. Even Animal Control refused to come out and get the babies after we removed them from the guy's attic. They (Animal Control) finally, and reluctantly, came out and got them (the raccoons) after we threatened to shoot them (the raccons, not Animal Control).
My buddy and I used to sit out in his front yard every night and drink beer until around 1 or 2 in the morning. Every now and then we would see a raccon run across the street a few houses down. After a little while we really began watching for them, and we realized that they were actually walking all around us all the time, but they're sneaky critters so it's real hard to see 'em. We kinda just let them be until we found out that they decided to have some baby raccoons in the neighbor's attic. He complained to us that they kept him awake at all hours of the night, just screaming. So we took action. For about 6 weeks we were out there every night with high-powered pellet guns and 15 million candle-power spotlights. We would just drink beer until we saw one, then one of us would hit it with the spotlight while the other shot at it. Or if we could see it well we would both shoot. We were shooting them out of trees, in the middle of the road, off of houses, everywhere. Sometimes we would look wround and there would be one standing no more than 20 feet away. That's when the co2 pistol came in handy. We actually did kill two of them (we identified the bodies the next day), which is surprising because sometimes even a .22 won't take down a determined raccoon. Eventually the neighbor across the street got tired of listening to us yelling and shooting at his house in the middle of the night and called the police. This happened to be the same night that we decided it was a good idea to have a bonfire in the middle of the road. So we can't drink beer there anymore, but I haven't heard any complaints about raccoons lately.
My advice to you: shoot them. They tend to stay in a given area, searching it every night for food. There's pretty much no way to get rid of them. Whatever you do, look up your state's laws regarding raccoons first. I know in Florida it is illegal to transport live raccoons. Even Animal Control refused to come out and get the babies after we removed them from the guy's attic. They (Animal Control) finally, and reluctantly, came out and got them (the raccoons) after we threatened to shoot them (the raccons, not Animal Control).
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From: Indiana
Originally Posted by scorpio333
Dude: You brought a f'ing Pomeranian bowling?
Walter: What do you mean "brought it bowling"? I didn't rent it shoes. I'm not buying it a f'ing beer. He's not gonna take your f'ing turn, Dude.
Walter: What do you mean "brought it bowling"? I didn't rent it shoes. I'm not buying it a f'ing beer. He's not gonna take your f'ing turn, Dude.
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Originally Posted by ChrisT
LMAO, great story indeed.... was just laughing out loud in my office after reading that one.
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that one's not bad, but I still like the Racoon story better... just picturing two guys sitting in lawn chairs at night armed with pellet guns and 15 million candle light spot lights pickin off Racoons left and right. That is some funny stuff right there.
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From: Your moms house
Originally Posted by 02XLT4X4
My uncle had one, it was supposed to be about like a cat personalitywise until it started getting older, then I guess it started to get mean and left.
Was the coon fixed?