Raccoon Pellet Choice/Tune (vs plinking)
- Thread starter Jalan
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nice camo on the stock and shooting stick looks good. big coon!Raccoons can be very large and difficult to put down, even much more so than coyotes.
Skunks can take punishment. I usually try to get a body shot on the skunks, head shot on the raccoon. I use the .25 JSB 34 as preferred. I am not against a Texas Heart Shot if it turns on me.
Rabbits (diggers) go much easier but at least a .25 Hades will surely put the smackdown on the hole digging b-tards.
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You guys make me wonder how lucky I got as a kid just shooting raccoons with pointed pellets from a pump benjamin 392 in the lungs and having them tip over.
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I'd try the Predator Polylmags, they're accurate and deadly, too bad they don't make the Metamags in .25 because those are even better.
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Different world. I can't risk a wounded coon staggering into some tree huggers yard and them taking it to a vet to save it.
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I go for head shots only. It has to be a one shot lights out shot. When I head shoot, I want penetration, not expansion.
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Dog proof traps. Even if a cat does get in one it can be released unharmed. Might not be a happy camper though!Haven't seen? This is what I'm wondering. If I get the rest of them, will I be ok at least till the next breeding cycle?
They are so comfortable here right now. The first 2 were always here early, 10 pm. Now they're gone, the cam saw nothing till nearly 1:30 am when the next showed up. I can't be sure but I think there's a mother/cub and one other loner.
We really are terrified what these things could do to the chickens. We've heard a million horror stories. I have no love lost for these monsters. I'm hopeful to end it at least for a while.
Traps are mostly impossible because the cats will end up there. Also, what fun would that be
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Unharmed? I doubt it. May have broken bones inside the leg, or at least severe bruising. Put you finger inside, set off the trap and tell me your unharmed. However it's unlikely the a cat will trigger it unless its claws are long and hooked like a skunk. I extend the barrel of a cuff trap so that the skunks wouldn't get caught. Still caught one. That skunks back foot triggered the trap when it stood up on the trigger sear.
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Apparently nobody has seen the racoon handcuff traps. If a cat were capable of getting it's arm in it, it wouldn't bother me.
I'd play to raccoons tendencies and capabilities vs other animals for traps.
Put the trap in a trashcan
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I would suggest before removing any live animals from cuff traps, give it lead poisoning first! A hurt pissed off animal with teeth and claws can be dangerous to your health.
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