12-23-2004, 15:07
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Animal control should be able to help you out. I do not know what the rabies situation is like where you live but you definitely need to be a little careful about popping them and then handling them. Skunks will also tear up grass and sod looking for grubs.
If animal control won't help you can always drop a hint that someone is in your back yard rolling "grass". Maybe some of the competeing hoods will stake it out for you to see what the competition is.
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12-23-2004, 15:25
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If animal control won't help you can always drop a hint that someone is in your back yard rolling "grass". Maybe some of the competeing hoods will stake it out for you to see what the competition is.
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LOL. Good tip, sir! RL ignites "turf war!" 
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12-23-2004, 16:11
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No, but I can get one!!!
Probably have to deal with a waiting period in my damn state, though . . .
So the primer generates enough velocity to take down a big raccoon? Some of them are pretty big . . . |
You have an AR-15 already, just order the Ceiner .22LR conversion kit.
Use the 30 round mag (or a pump or lever gun), cycle the rounds by hand, and keep shooting till he leaves. Rinse the blood trail down afterwards, BTW.
Get a video of it by setting up a surveillance camera, if you can. 
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12-23-2004, 16:16
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Get a video of it by setting up a surveillance camera, if you can.
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LOL!
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12-23-2004, 16:57
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if you can
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12-23-2004, 22:36
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RL - Thanks for finding and Avatar-worthy Pic of Bill Murray from Caddyshack.
About the rodents, if you have cats or dogs that you have to worry about, this is a bad Idea, otherwise; a shot of antifreeze in the bottom of a yoplait yogurt container (the cone shaped ones with the little peel off foil tops) left around the yard is perfect medicine for skunks and most other varmints. That is if unrestricted chemical warfare is the order of the day.
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12-23-2004, 22:54
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Crossbow could work too.
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12-23-2004, 23:02
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Crossbow could work too.
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Probably illegal in PRK a Blow gun like the ones from Cold Steel would work like a champ too but once again, probably illegal in RL's world
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12-23-2004, 23:15
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Fair enough.
A think a slug (pellet) gun is probably the answer. Dirt cheap and silent. Metal tipped slugs should take 'em down.
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12-23-2004, 23:17
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Get a video of it by setting up a surveillance camera, if you can.
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Have better luck getting the 'coons to take video of him. I hear it only takes about 6 months to train them for movies.
RL, living out there in the land of fruit and nuts, call animal control or one of those groups. Hell, they might even give you an award or something.
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12-23-2004, 23:18
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Fair enough.
A think a slug (pellet) gun is probably the answer. Dirt cheap and silent. Metal tipped slugs should take 'em down.
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Good thoughts, but I beg to differ on the pellet gun
Any one powerful enough to kill a raccoon will be as loud as a .22
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12-24-2004, 00:12
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Loud as, yes, but the report would be different and wouldn't sound like a rifle being fired. In my experience.
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12-24-2004, 01:19
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Blowguns are (of course) illegal in California. Having seen one of the larger racoons absorb 4 rounds of .22LR (not head shots of course), I'd love to see someone try to take a racoon out with a blowgun.
I can see it now, RL with his Ghillie in a belly scratch hide site armed with a blowgun with an AN/PVS-14 and Aimpoint combination mounted on it, puffing little darts at it. Every time it gets hit, the racoon just kind of looks around like "HEY! What the hell is that!?"
City racoons, while smaller than the variety you find out in the sticks, are hard core, tough little bastards. My dad refers to them as "NVA". City racoons eat things that their country cousins couldn't handle, and while that makes baiting them easier, it makes using repellants a little less effective. There are only so many places they can go without running into dogs / drunks or other dangers, so as soon as the repellant is dissipated enough for them to be able to move through the area again, they will be back.
They're fairly smart little bastards too. Things like automatic lights scare them a bit at first, but when they don't see any other threat, they begin to ignore them.
Traps are the best option, followed by .22's. At least with the traps, you don't have to stay awake all night waiting for them to show up.
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12-24-2004, 04:43
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Canned Cat food mixed with D-Con. 1 can to about a quarter cup of D-Con.
Put it out after the kids go to bed, pick it up before the kids get up. Best part is the little bastards die somewhere other than your yard.
Worked where I grew up. It got ride of Skunks, Racoons, and any other Vermin that wanted a hit on dad's home brew.
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01-06-2005, 18:30
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This stuff does not work. At least not on these ^%$^%$&^%$ raccoons.
Now I'm really mad!  LOL
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