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Stinkdyr Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 8:52 AM EST
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Crikey. Those critters are freaky. They are not afraid. He just locked his gaze on me and stared me down. He seemed to be saying, "Yep. I am here. And I am not leaving. I can play this game all night if you want. See these beady little eyes behind my bandito mask? Yep, xray super night vision...and it's getting darker by the minute. You wannta piece of me? How do you like your chances, punk?"

I backed down.
DrafterX Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 8:58 AM EST
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did he have a bat..??
fishinguitarman Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 8:58 AM EST
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Rocky raccoon?
Stinkdyr Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 9:03 AM EST
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I am telling you....this guy had ZERO fear in his eyes.

I figure if he is showing his furry face around here, he has to be chasing food or tail. I don't see any sign of either around here.

The little bastid is terrorizing me.
Stinkdyr Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 9:03 AM EST
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http://hollywoodhatesme.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/raccoon.jpg
delarob Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 9:08 AM EST
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Racoons can fall 35 - 40 feet and not get hurt.
DrafterX Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 9:10 AM EST
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I think it was Ram... Ram and Racoon have some of the same letters so it must be him... and the description sounds dead on....
hensed Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 11:15 AM EST
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I've spent a lot of time around tame raccoons and they are truly amazing on what they can do and get into.
bloody spaniard Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 11:36 AM EST
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I was in a 4 story apartment building when a coon walked in off the balcony & peered into my living room where I was watching tv. He had apparently climbed up the brick lattice work to get to my balcony. I chased him backed to the open door & doused him with a bucket of water before he disappeared down the side of the building again. It's a miracle he didn't fall.

Be careful though, a friend had an overly friendly one approach her at her country home. She wacked him with a stick & covered him with her "welcome" mat. LOL When the county showed up the critter was just coming to & it was determined that he was rabid.
dkeage Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 11:42 AM EST
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^Answer your email!
bloody spaniard Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 11:45 AM EST
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LOL! Jimmeny, you're worse than Eve.
Magwitch Offline
#12 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 12:08 PM EST
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A coon used to live under my house. He worked for the railroad and was fond of making fermented squeezings. We used to smoke together but he couldn't be trusted around anything valuable. I chased him away one night with a flashlight and haven't seen him since.
tgronan Offline
#13 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 12:09 PM EST
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A family of them moved in next door to us. They're especially randy beasts and when they go at it, there's enough screeching and screaming to wake the dead. Really blood-curdling noise.
tgronan Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 12:11 PM EST
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I know what you mean Magwitch. I don't think anyone next door had any sort of job though. They're mostly nocturnal except for the rabid ones.
JadeRose Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, Apr 15 2010, 12:12 PM EST
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Used to have a young coon that hung around my house and ate cat food. It was fine until one night my elderly female cat decided she didn't want it eating her food and KICKED ITS AZZ!!! Poor coon never knew what hit it!!! LOL! Never came back.
Stinkdyr Offline
#16 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 3:47 AM EST
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Yikes. So, since I see this one climbing around our building during the daytime...does that mean it is rabid?
fishinguitarman Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 4:32 AM EST
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not nesicelery
teedubbya Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 4:34 AM EST
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9. Author: bloody spaniard Date: 04/15/2010 04:36 PM Reply
I was in a 4 story apartment building when a coon walked in off the balcony & peered into my living room where I was watching tv.



did he try to steal your TV?
bloody spaniard Offline
#19 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 4:44 AM EST
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I don't know whether to cry or laugh.
diverbelow72 Offline
#20 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 5:02 AM EST
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"I am telling you....this guy had ZERO fear in his eyes.

I figure if he is showing his furry face around here, he has to be chasing food or tail. I don’t see any sign of either around here.

The little bastid is terrorizing me".

Dude I saw him banging your dog in another post, WTF?...if anything screws your dog in front of you and shows no fear, RUN, LOL.

http://www.cigarbid.com/...ageDisplay=0000000356516
Stinkdyr Offline
#21 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 6:28 AM EST
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Gawdang 'coon is running the joint now!
diverbelow72 Offline
#22 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 6:30 AM EST
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LOL
jpotts Offline
#23 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 6:33 AM EST
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This is the second year I've had a raccoon crap on my roof.

I catch that little f**ker, he's going to be a cap.
vetman03 Offline
#24 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 6:48 AM EST
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Coons are really nocturnal so if he is out in the daytime he is sick or extremely hungry. Saw one this Spring out in the day as the ground was starting to show after a couple of feet of snow.

Know one family that left the damper open on their fireplace. Coon came down the chimney and was found the next morning inside destroying the house.

In PA if you hire an exterminator to catch it they are required by law to drown it. A .177 caliber air rifle even at 60 feet makes sure they do not come back. Same end result but cheaper and good target practice.

If you corner it, like any other wild animal, it will rip you apart to defend itself or protect its young. Too many people get caught up in how cute they can be forgetting the are still a wild animal.
Stinkdyr Offline
#25 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 7:08 AM EST
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^^ I like your air rifle solution.

Maybe I will just dust off my old wrist rocket. I could get accurate with some target practice.

http://www.amazon.com/Saunders-Folding-Falcon-Rocket-Slingshot/dp/B000HE5DTM/ref=tag_dpp_lp_edpp_ttl_ex
Stinkdyr Offline
#26 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 7:12 AM EST
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say hello to my little friend....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWsychxLAco
Stinkdyr Offline
#27 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 8:03 AM EST
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oh, Mr. Rocky.........I have a surprise for you....


http://stores.slingshotsusa.com/-strse-594/PS-dsh-52-Laser-Slingshot-with/Detail.bok
grmcooper Offline
#28 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 8:12 AM EST
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I have a live trap. I love to torment them then shoot the damn thing.
vetman03 Offline
#29 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 8:22 AM EST
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When they are ripping things up in the yard at night I also use a live trap and then in the morning end their misery with point blank pellets to the head.
GreenWolf70 Offline
#30 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2010, 8:25 PM EST
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Next time that coon stares you down, just look him in the eye, grin and say, "Mr. Coon, you do look like supper." He'll take off. If he doesn't, eat him. Marinate him in vinegar to get the gamey taste out. Coon, collard greens, peas and cornbread makes a good Southern meal.

If you are just looking to scare him away, paint ball guns are great for coons, opossums, stray dogs, cats, or whatever. They rarely come back after you've popped them a few times with paintballs.

Kill him with a pellet rifle in town, or a 22 rimfire if you live outside of town. We used to hunts coons a lot when I was a kid and we always carried either a 22 RF or a 20 gauge single barrel shotgun. You didn't want to tote anything heavy through the woods at night and if you coon hunt you are going to do a lot of walking.
Stinkdyr Offline
#31 Posted: Mon, Apr 19 2010, 5:15 AM EST
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I fixed his wagon.

I went to HomeDepot and the guy sold me a spray bottle of Critter Ridder. Some sort of nasty pepper spray.

I spotted Rocky doing his daily climb up my fire escape. So I knew I had him in a temporary, vulnerable position. I leaned out the window, and blasted him in the face for a full 10 seconds or so. He was hating life during that encounter.
dankpharmacist Offline
#32 Posted: Mon, Apr 19 2010, 5:42 AM EST
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Probably rabid. If it does it in the day put 2 in its little noggin. Never good having rabid animals roaming.
Stinkdyr Offline
#33 Posted: Mon, Apr 19 2010, 5:46 AM EST
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I don't think he will be back.

Easier for him to move on down the 'hood. Easy pickings of city trash everywhere. Nothing really special (worth a face full of pepper spray) for him on my roofdeck.
vetman03 Offline
#34 Posted: Mon, Apr 19 2010, 5:54 AM EST
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This weekend I noticed some damage to the bird feeders that looked suspiciously like I had another coon around. Set the live trap yesterday. This morning I had a masked bandit staring out of the cage. He saw the light....and it was not the sunrise. He won't ever be coming back.
bloody spaniard Offline
#35 Posted: Mon, Apr 19 2010, 5:55 AM EST
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"...I spotted Rocky doing his daily climb up my fire escape..."



Stinky, you live in the ghetto? You a Shark or a Jet?
Stinkdyr Offline
#36 Posted: Mon, Apr 19 2010, 6:17 AM EST
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^ Yep. I dwell in da hood.

And Rocky isn't the only flea-bearing bandit around here!
bloody spaniard Offline
#37 Posted: Mon, Apr 19 2010, 7:02 AM EST
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LOL!!
You know sometimes we forget how versatile racoons can be whether it's countryside or urban setting- same with coyotes & to a lesser degree bears, moose and deer.
grmcooper Offline
#38 Posted: Mon, Apr 19 2010, 7:07 AM EST
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I'm going to shoot something while I'm home for sure.
Taps86 Offline
#39 Posted: Sun, Aug 4 2013, 9:31 PM EST
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Magwitch wrote:
A coon used to live under my house. He worked for the railroad and was fond of making fermented squeezings. We used to smoke together but he couldn't be trusted around anything valuable. I chased him away one night with a flashlight and haven't seen him since.


I can't stop laughing at this. Holy Hell.
TWhitcombe3 Offline
#40 Posted: Sun, Aug 4 2013, 9:38 PM EST
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Taps86 wrote:
I can't stop laughing at this. Holy Hell.


lmfao...
banderl Offline
#41 Posted: Sun, Aug 4 2013, 9:41 PM EST
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Taps86 wrote:
I can't stop laughing at this. Holy Hell.

Poor Magwitch, heard he was banned.
Taps86 Offline
#42 Posted: Sun, Aug 4 2013, 9:46 PM EST
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I can't stop laughing. Wow.
PorknBeans Offline
#43 Posted: Mon, Aug 5 2013, 12:00 AM EST
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dont be skared o no coons, look em right back in those beady little eyes iffin yous man nough he be runnin away mighty qwick.
05busa Offline
#44 Posted: Mon, Aug 5 2013, 12:29 AM EST
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I had a possum a few weeks ago jump out of an alley and start hissing at me. I hissed back and it played possum
DadZilla3 Offline
#45 Posted: Mon, Aug 5 2013, 5:43 AM EST
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My neighbor had a coon rummaging around in his garbage can last week. He'd been having trouble with his garbage being scattered around for awhile. Good guy but apparently he's never figured out that if you keep the lid on your garbage cans, it's a lot more difficult for a relatively small animal to get in and scatter everything all over the alley.

Anyway a local cop came and shot the critter. It was broad daylight so they figured it might be rabid. The neighbor was relieved but wasn't too happy that the cop put three holes in his garbage can.

So that was my excitement for last week. So far at least gunfire is rare in this neighborhood, even in the county housing project across town. Beer
Palama Offline
#46 Posted: Mon, Jan 1 2024, 3:36 PM EST
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frankj1 Offline
#47 Posted: Mon, Jan 1 2024, 3:50 PM EST
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got to herf at my hut once wif stinkdyr (Ned?), Bucky, tailgater, edin508, Rman, fiddler, basicpatrick, mandobro and Joan,...forgot who else.
Partly catered by you, Conan, along with some Hawaiian music from the same 100lb box
Palama Offline
#48 Posted: Mon, Jan 1 2024, 4:25 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
got to herf at my hut once wif stinkdyr (Ned?), Bucky, tailgater, edin508, Rman, fiddler, basicpatrick, mandobro and Joan,...forgot who else.
Partly catered by you, Conan, along with some Hawaiian music from the same 100lb box


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