This guy has been terrorizing our duck-no more! We watch this show on Animal Planet "I was Prey" Rabid raccoons or not, can be vicious ! He was a bigun 30lbs
Fish food with sardine gravy was the bait, caught 1st night.
Vermin, where I live they get shot on sight.
I transported him Humanely to another place ::)
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I have moved skunks into town where they have more resources and less coyotes, raccoons all get exterminated. Smart, cute and evil.
Zero tolerance at my house too, trap and drown them, the neighbors complain about gun shots
2 episodes on "I was Prey" ladies were attacked by Coons,one even had her arm broken, one said it was going for her jugular vein.Nothing to play with.
Now it's a good raccoon.
Those basterds use to rein hell on my Koi Pond. When they'd catch a $100 Koi, they'd eat it's head off and go catch another one. Wife and I came back from a weekend trip and 75% of our headless Koi were all over the yard.
That's when I decided to make the pond 4' deep, problem solved. Now I just have Green Herons to hate on.
Can't shot real guns where I live but there are some resident Coon's with .117 pellets in various parts of their bodies...
the cat's both tangled with the raccoons. non-lethal chemicals worked well. the raccoons haven't come back. even with vet insurance, the bills still totaled over $1k.
#2 on my list of kill on sight vermin, 20 dead starlings this morning.
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Quote from: alantani on January 25, 2025, 05:18:01 PMthe cat's both tangled with the raccoons. non-lethal chemicals worked well. the raccoons haven't come back. even with vet insurance, the bills still totaled over $1k.
We had a pregnant ewe torn up by a trash panda and the total vet bill was close to $2000.
They have to be transported at least 15 miles and preferably across a river or large creek or they will find their way back in only a couple of days. The best form of dispersal is with a Crossman, or similar, air gun with a pellet or two right behind the ear. They're quiet enough to do the job right in the middle of town or populated areas. I've used mine often. Certain varmints are a real rabies problem nowadays, so, dead ones no longer pose that problem. 👍
I transported him to the next galaxy with .22 short humanely of course,he had a great last meal.No fish food left & a hole below the cage no leftovers
Davy Crockett knew what to do with a racoon
I saved the tail heard the rings mean somethin' or is that a tree :o gotta google it
Quote from: Keta on January 25, 2025, 05:30:31 PM#2 on my list of kill on sight vermin, 20 dead starlings this morning.
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Learn to skin and dry those birds. That pile is worth at least $200 to fly tiers.
I have eaten bbq coon once,greasy but was pretty good with hot sauce/&beer...
Quote from: akroper on January 25, 2025, 09:41:27 PMQuote from: Keta on January 25, 2025, 05:30:31 PM#2 on my list of kill on sight vermin, 20 dead starlings this morning.
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Learn to skin and dry those birds. That pile is worth at least $200 to fly tiers.
Never thought of that. I will skin a few, salt them and see if I can find buyers. I kill between 100 and 300 a year.
Quote from: jgp12000 on January 25, 2025, 10:08:09 PMI have eaten bbq coon once,greasy but was pretty good with hot sauce/&beer...
It would take an awful lot of beer(s) ;D for me to eat coon, opossum, beaver, muskrat, etc. :P ::)
Beaver and muskrat are not bad, raccoon is greasy.
Coworker grew up poor,his family had a gov issued out house,if anyone remembers them, maybe it was a southern thang.
He actually hunted possum for supper,it was his job to do so.
Most of us never had to & I am glad I didn't :d
In Trinidad their local form of possum, and armadillo, are considered a Christmas delicacy... That a lot of people don't want. But it still shows up in songs etc.
Something ate something on my back deck a couple nights ago. Blood trail and all. Betting it was a trash panda the birdbath the wife keeps for the birds was red with blood. We had a family of them close because they were a nightly occurrence. Coyotes hopefully had a belly full for dinner. At the prison I watched a stink cat and trash panda go at it. Wasn't sure who to root for. In the end they called it a draw, one stunk to high heaven and the other was a little off worse for the wear.
Quote from: Keta on January 25, 2025, 10:54:38 PMQuote from: akroper on January 25, 2025, 09:41:27 PMQuote from: Keta on January 25, 2025, 05:30:31 PM#2 on my list of kill on sight vermin, 20 dead starlings this morning.
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Learn to skin and dry those birds. That pile is worth at least $200 to fly tiers.
Never thought of that. I will skin a few, salt them and see if I can find buyers. I kill between 100 and 300 a year.
Buy one on eBay to see how they are skinned, wings attached. The best skins are pinned out flat and dusted with borax. I use a couple a year.
Hungarian partridge is another desirable skin. I've seen prices up to $40. Wood duck drakes are also valuable.
Squirrel skins, muskrats, mink, snowshoe rabbit feet, turkey feathers, all have a market to fly tiers.
Another lucrative market is the pow wow/dance regalia market. You'd be surprised what people will buy and the prices they'll pay.
Drying them should be pretty simple, probably not that much different than drying fur pelts. Pin them out flat, scrape off any fat and let them air dry.
#2 this a.m. saving all the tails.Tried 36g stinger .22,not as good as shorts with heavier bullet? He was growling at me beforehand,he would have definitely tried to hurt me-no doubt.
My daughter & fam have a blue tick hound. I took them 3 coon tails to train him to track down these guys,maybe get some hats or supper out of it ;D