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Stupid raccoon...

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malbojah

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Came home late last nite and found one of my cats outside (no suprise, likes being outdoors at nite). Bring her into the basement (walkin basement) to feast on the bowl of food, and I hear a rustling next to the cooler. I thought it was one of the other cats that I had startled, but it was a raccoon crawling up some shelving and trying to hide on top of the cooler. The sucker came in through the cat door (has done this before, found the bucket of cat food tipped over in the moring with almost no food left).

Needless to say, no more raccon :;. I can finally get a good nite sleep without hearing it scurry up a tree while the cats fight about it and my sister's dog has a heart attack over it.
 
Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Whoa!

You could have a my excellent compatriot skin helmet!
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Actually, my parents disposed of the body by the time I woke up this morning.

Ironiclly, I put the body into an empty cat food bag
 
Originally posted by: WhiteWonder
there is only one?
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Not anymore.

I'd come up with some cool Highlander quote, but it's just not coming out right in my head

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
How did you do the deed? Did you use your piece?
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Yes, took 2 shots to end the suffering. First one was while he was ontop of the shelving, second one was while he was on the floor. Had to be careful of a ricocheting bullet. 3 minutes later, problem solved
 
Originally posted by: MarklarMarklar
You better pray the animal lovers in this thread don't read about this.
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I got no problem with snakes. Been bitten on the hand before by a grass snake. If I found a snake in my yard, I'd simply relocate it (in a humane way) to the woodland perserve that borders my yard
 
While I think raccoons are cool, and I'd probably try to avoid killing it, but I have no objection to what you did. Out of curiousity, how'd it go down?
 
Originally posted by: So
While I think raccoons are cool, and I'd probably try to avoid killing it, but I have no objection to what you did. Out of curiousity, how'd it go down?
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Quickly and quitely. I thankfully remembered to have some ear protection while firing in an enclosed space. Heck, my sister didn't even hear the gunshots, and she's only 2 floors up
 
Be happy it ate the catfood instead of the cat.

Reminds me of while driving home from work I was coming to a stop sign, only to see an object in the road. As I drove closer and my lights brought it into view, I saw the object moving. Thinking it was a garbage bag or something of the sort, I kept at my speed. About 20 feet prior to going over it I made out the image before me--a racoon flopping around on the pavement wildly in a pool of its own blood.

I thought I should hit it good to put it out of its misery and provide some entertainment for me, but on second thought I decided not to get any racoon blood on my car.
 
you just killed your cat and dog's play buddy. the racoon wasn't stealing your cat's food, the cat was sharing it with him.
 
Originally posted by: hjo3
So you're old enough to own a gun but still live with your parents?
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I never realized this until I got to college, but for a lot of people a gun is another tool. A couple of friends of mine were talking about when they were in grade school they had to learn how to learn a rifle because the crows got smart enough to stay out of shotgun range. From asking around apparently this is not an uncommon thing.

-Chu
 
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