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i trapped a racoon but didnt have the heart to shoot it

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brianmanahan said:
they eat my garden plants, so

watch out coons
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If I get around to it, I have a video of a raccoon that was caught at my father-in-law's barn earlier today. Vicious, big raccoon. They had set out a trap for it because of the damage it was doing in their barn, not to mention all the kittens that it ripped the guts out of and ate. It is now an ex-raccoon.

It's somewhat ironic. When I was hunting on his property, I ran across a couple of porcupines. I went down to the house and asked, "there are a couple big porcupines up there. Want me to take up your .22 and shoot them?" "No. Porcupines are good to have around. Lots of old timers have had their lives saved by porcupines - they're the easiest animal to kill for food if you get lost in the woods, and their quills are good for starting fires." About a month ago, a porcupine - probably one of the ones I saw a few hundred yards from his house - chewed up the brake lines on his new camper the night before they were supposed to leave on their vacation.

When he arrived at camp about 6 hours late, I reminded him of what I offered to do. I also reminded him that last year, I saw a huge raccoon up in a tree too close to the barn for comfort, and offered to eliminate that as well. "Noooo. It won't bother the llamas and horses, it'll be alright." Next time I run across something, I'm just shooting it.
 
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