This Coon Has Got To Go!!!

[freekforge]

Trap him, pop him, and eat him. raccoon jerky is awesome

 

[Trigger Time]

I hate coons! Got some living close bye. At night you can hear them fighting and they are ****ing mean as ****! Can't leave a trash bag on the deck overnight or they'll have it all over the yard. Can't shoot them. I'd say yes to catch and release but they are crafty!

 

[1911ly]

You can kill a nuisance animal. You have to follow local laws on weapons discharge. Rural areas you can use a rifle/pistol. In the city a really well place shot with a pellet gun would do. Trap and release can be iffy from the safety stand point. We used to trap them when I was a kid. My dad used to give them to a guy that sold the furs. We had a real issue with them getting in the house and tearing up things. If you haven't handle a trap or a trapped animal get someone who has. I had a run in with one this fall. Or I should say my dog did. I had to dispatch it. The dog got the better of it. What a mess. The dog is a pit. He is a big baby but when that coon came at him he tore it up! He did not get a scratch. That racoon did not stand a chance. What a mess.

I would not feel bad about dispatching a nuisance animal. Just be safe in how you handle it!

 

[LtScott14]

Had one who wouldn't leave in the daytime. Bad sign as maybe rabid or sick? Dispensed some 20 ga medicine, all deader now. Threw him in the south 20 so the yotes had something to chew on. They can be nasty buggers, and tear you up if your not careful.
Good luck.

 

[SkinNFluff]

As per DNR website,

a trapped raccoon must either be killed or released in the same county as it was trapped in.

I had to deal with this this year after loosing nearly half my chickens and all but one guinea this year. After talking with the DNR i learned that the above is true with an exception. The property that you intend to release it on you MUST have the property owners permission. So state and county parks and such are not a legal option.

 

[Expat]

I trap then shoot with pellet gun.

 

[churchmouse]

WE have (had) possums/coons/some unknown creek dweller (possibly ground hog??) and most have been dispatched while raiding the wifes garden. Suppressed .22 does a lovely job.

 

[selinoid44]

My experience is if you trap them and turn them loose they will come back. It might take them a day or two but they will come back. I hate coons. Kill it!

 

[IndyGunworks]

two tablespoons of granular fly poison and a half a can of pepsi. Set it out if you don't have cats near where you know the coon will be.... it will not make it 20 yards before its dead.

 

[-Jake-]

I recommend a garden shovel

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/break-room/325966-kilt-racoon-shovel.html

 

[comanche]

this was in my cabinet shop Dec 3rd....released about 3 miles from my house in corn field. guess I'm getting soft and hate to shoot something for the sake of shooting...

 

[Gluemanz28]

My ex-wife would love to have them all at her house. The more the merrier

 

[Expat]

I have never understood the mindset of catching a problem animal and then dropping it off on someone else.

 

[possumpacker]

coon season is in now. hides are prime. kill it, skin it, an make a few bucks. the ones in the pic averaged $ 24.00

 

[churchmouse]

coon season is in now. hides are prime. kill it, skin it, an make a few bucks. the ones in the pic averaged $ 24.00

You do not post a lot but this one is quality.........

 

[possumpacker]

thanks churchmouse, coons fear me lol

 

[churchmouse]

Hey look....you got your 50......

 

[patience0830]

thanks churchmouse, coons fear me lol

I know a couple of guys who use an e-caller during the day with some success. Coons in Iowa are HUGE.
More power to you, however you catch 'em.

 

[Expat]

coon season is in now. hides are prime. kill it, skin it, an make a few bucks. the ones in the pic averaged $ 24.00

Now there is a man doing God's work.

 

[indiucky]

I have never understood the mindset of catching a problem animal and then dropping it off on someone else.

You have never married a divorcee have you?????