[TheForge] electric "firecracker"??? OT

[gblacksmith]

Tod:  We trapped one in the shop a month or so ago.  Even though it wasa 
juvenile, it damn near did the wire 'havahart" trap in.  We managed to 
transport the 'coon, trap and all, to a remote area to release it.  The 
fellas had to carry the trap on a long pole to stay out of the way of the 
little blighter.  Given half a chance, it would have torn us a new one.

I knew of another bloke out on the Sonoma coast in CA who shot three coons 
in his carport, with his bow, with only moonlight to shoot by.  Three 
arrows, three shots, three raccoons.  A master of his weapon.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be another way of dealing with 
habituated raccoons.  Nice shooting.

                                                                             
    Grant
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] electric "firecracker"??? OT


>
> When I was living in Tulsa I had large numbers of Raccoons on rampage. 
> Eating
> the dogs food, garbage, the garden. The city was not going to assist me 
> and
> then I found a mag light mount for the stabilizer on my bow.  I always 
> waited
> for garbage night cause that is when the biggest feast was And the best 
> time to
> bag the evidence. I did try to live trap the little buggers but a full 
> sized
> raccoon makes short work of wire cage. Thought about making larger heavier
> traps but the Bow option was faster.
>
>
> Time enough for sleep in the grave.
> Tod Estes
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