[TheForge] electric "firecracker"??? OT

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

We catchem in a HD live trap as is politically correct, then I use the 
22.......I never miss that way.
Does anybody eat em?

gblacksmith wrote:

> 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
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <TodEstesRN at aol.com>
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] electric "firecracker"??? OT
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>>
>> 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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