Unwelcome Visitor
 

Well I had a visitor tonight. It was a giant racoon that has been raiding my fishpond. I was watching Raw Deal and I look out the back padio doors and I see it. I walk over to the gunsafe and take out a .223 rifle. i crack open the padio door and took aim right between it's beedy little eyes. I then put the rifle back and shut the door.

Unfortunatly while the animal is a nusence I'm in an urban area and I don't have a way to properly dispose of it without disturbing the neighbors. I could try driving it off with an airsoft gun but i don't want to just piss it off.


Now If i was living out in the country evryone would be getting a nice photo of me showing off a nice point blank kill.

Some air rifles get mean velocity look at a few of those.

Some of the high end Airsoft do go higher than 400 fps. I've seen rifles capable of doing 700 FPS

Even something in the 200 to 300 FPS range would likely be more than enough to teach any little rodents to stay away.

Just hope none of your neighbors are PETA members/supporters. You do NOT want that shit complicating your life. Believe me on that... :mad:

My friend killed a fox with a pump up air rifle try one out

If you use anything other than a bullet to kill a raccoon, make damn sure it's dead in one shot. They're small but they're tough little bastards and they get really pissed off when you shoot them. One customer was telling my dad how he shot a raccoon with a .177 and then later in the night the same raccoon tried to break into his bedroom window just to attack him. Aim for the eyes or something soft to make sure you hit vitals.

You could always just shoot it anyway and say your rifle had an accidental discharge on your lawn. Hide the dead raccoon first of course. ;)

Is there any way you can get rid of your moocher of a guest without killing it ( I think the only time you should kill animals is if they have rabies or if you're hunting)?

You can get a dog

Here's an idea that doesn't involve hurting the racoon: you leave a big pile of food out for it, and while it's busy eating, drop a net on him.

Get this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_djlYMFK6s

I remember doing that when I was young. Most of them are too smart for that. Or maybe they dont like tacos. I'd suggest using a paintball gun. They're a pretty large caliber, but if they climb through your window to get revenge you might want something a little more permanent.

Set a non lethal trap, wait until you catch the little bastard, take him out somewhere secluded and then execute his ass gangland style

^lol

what you do is you get a jar that you think a racoon can just barely stick his flat palm in but it will be a little squeeze. then you stick shiny mettalic objects, such as coins, nails, etc with some food.

the poor bastard will reach his hand in to grab it, but his palm will be clenched in a fist trying to get the objects out. racoons and generally most animals are too damn stubborn to take their hand out. so they will sit there while you can sneak up, and club him like a seal, or shoot him or whatever you want to do. and he will not let go!

Seriously? Unless it's actually legal to discharge firearms where you live, you're just setting yourself up for a huge legal hassle that could end in confiscation. If you can't call animal control, just use a trap.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...box.jsp.form23

But still, a high power airsoft and a garbage bag will save you the trouble.

For the love of God, don't kill the racoon. If you do, you'll be targeted by the animal worshiping lunatics that try to stop animal testing, leather and fur, production, and meat production. There name is . . . PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). If you ask me, I think they're a division of the ETA (like the Provisional IRA is a division of the IRA).

Yeah seriously, PETA people care more about the animals than their own fucking species. Sure I agree that animals should be messed with. You either kill them quickly and efficiently for food or kill them because they could threaten your life. If a dog likes me and wants to live around me to feed him, I'll do that. I'm not going to beat it up. I might send it away or something, but if it's between the life of a good person over a dog. I'd pick a person. I mean, PETA wants us to free all animals that are in "captivity" into the wild. That's thousands of animals that'll cause us problems and they don't care about humans. They rather protect the animals out there.

Lol, it looks like Peta is a big problem for all of us, thanks god nobody supports them here. I kill pigeons and parrots everyday (they destroy my organic crops and damage my lemon tree) with my air rifle, but there´s no other animals around here, the only exception is a beaver that appeared near home, but nothing else.

Did you know that PETA once suggested to Ben and Jerry's to make ice cream of of human breast milk? That is Disgusting!

then i'd want to work at ben and jerrys!

Take that, PETA. You suck, just like the ACLU.

(Sidenote: Rabbits will be the only animals I will hunt, since they repopulate so quickly [hence the Playboy Bunnies])

I think Wolves need to be hunted too. They also repopulate pretty fast

I agree. I really want a Wolf Pelt.

Wolves and Coyotes

Wolves can be left alone as they are not a nusance predator due to low numbers. Coyote and Coyodogs on the other hand can legally be shot 24/7 for a good reason.

Frankly my neigborhood racoon has done about as much damage to my fish as he's going to do and now the worst he does is beat up the cats that the neighbors let run loose throughout the neighborhood.


PS: Google Penn & Teller PETA and find the episode of Bullsh*t. The sad thing is that it's all true. PETA kills pets.

I love Penn and Teller mostly because they do tell some truth and make us chuckle while telling us

OR you could man up and hunt deer, thinning the heard so that there isn't overpopulation.

Hell, us hunters take more care of animal life than those PETA dumbasses

get them drunk….

I need a .17HMR!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCoRnRw8l64

That is alot of scope for such a low caliber gun

I´ve seen bigger scopes than that in air rifles...

It's longer than the glass on my hunting rifles...

Remember that the video is from Australia.

Australia = Gun control ...

I don't care. I wish I had a scope like that for my Winchester 88. I'd be able to see the ticks on the deer's ass!

i thought you were supposed to shoot him in the heart, not the ass....wait...why are you staring at a deers ass????

You're not a hunter, you wouldn't understand :D.

It means, if I fucking felt like it, I could count the number of parasites on the deer's body