[TheForge] electric "firecracker"??? OT

[Aaron Silver]

I have had 2 'coon incidents within the first year of living here... And 
then none.

The first was when I found one of our garbage cans full of water and what I 
thought was my cat face down in it... I was wondering how I would tell the 
kids as I extracted it only to find that either my cat decided to rob banks 
with a mask on, or this wasn't my cat.

A while later my dog cornered one in an outbuilding. Without a lethal 
remedy I turned to my trusty paintball gun. By the time I let the coon go 
he was a nice chartreuse. I figure the combo of either not coming back or 
having to explain the strange fur coloration to your mate was enough to 
have them spreading the word that the ol' Silver place was not a five star 
restaurant.

Aaron

At 01:03 AM 11/14/2004, you wrote:
>I always figured that deer that raid the garden are really there to 
>volunteer for the freezer.... and they know that by raising one's 
>territorial ire, that they have relieved us of the attendant guilt   of 
>doing them in.
>Also, figuring that one deer is generally enough, I drag the offal around 
>said garden for a while to establish a lasting scent. That seems to 
>last  till the freezer's empty again.
>Now racoons are another story....not nearly so sensitive and a lot harder 
>to keep out.        Pete F