Should I let them grow larger?
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You know you can eat those. They are not tough and taste a whole lot like squirrel. I'd let them grow until they became a problem. Then I'd harvest them one at a time and put them in the freezer. Don't name them if that is your plan.
Jus' sayin' it's hard to eat a friend.
Jus' sayin' it's hard to eat a friend.
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You know you can eat those. They are not tough and taste a whole lot like squirrel. I'd let them grow until they became a problem. Then I'd harvest them one at a time and put them in the freezer. Don't name them if that is your plan.
Jus' sayin' it's hard to eat a friend.
Are the young one more tender and better tasting? I've read that the fat has to be removed as it has a foul taste. Maybe the young ones don't have much bad tasting fat yet.
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Kill them all, let G D sort them out.
I hate rats
ooh there Raccoons, in that case
KILL THEM ALL LET ect.
I hate rats
ooh there Raccoons, in that case
KILL THEM ALL LET ect.
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If you kill them ALL, you'll have nothing to hu t later.
Buffalo hunting has been real slow in my area.
Buffalo hunting has been real slow in my area.
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You know you can eat those. They are not tough and taste a whole lot like squirrel. I'd let them grow until they became a problem. Then I'd harvest them one at a time and put them in the freezer. Don't name them if that is your plan.
Jus' sayin' it's hard to eat a friend.
So I have heard or rather learned from watching Bushcraft / Catch and Cook videos on the U Tube.
Due to the fact that raccoons will eat anything. It is advertised to not eat raccoons that live in residential areas. Not only will they taste bad. They pick up all sorts of parasites and diseases.
So unless you capture a raccoon that lives way out in the deep woods. It’s not recommended to eat them.
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I would NOT eat any urban trash pandas!!!!
the first raccoon looks like the mom, I would shoot one at a time so you don’t have a large amount of bodies to get rid of. Their adaptability made them very numerous/over populated in urban environments because all the food we discard. They will attack pets and carry a lot of diseases so I would get rid of them especially if they are on your porch, I’ll cut them a break if they don’t get near the house though.
the first raccoon looks like the mom, I would shoot one at a time so you don’t have a large amount of bodies to get rid of. Their adaptability made them very numerous/over populated in urban environments because all the food we discard. They will attack pets and carry a lot of diseases so I would get rid of them especially if they are on your porch, I’ll cut them a break if they don’t get near the house though.
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I took pics of 4 baby raccoons on our fence several summers ago. I gave them a pass as they looked cute and harmless. That winter and the next, and the next, and the next, I was constantly cleaning up garbage from our knocked over cans. Eventually I placed the cans in the garage and then our bird feeders were targeted. One fall night we were out around the fire pit and left the back door to the garage open. We found 2 raccoons in there and they had gotten into the garbage and made a huge mess. That's when I bought my first "real" air rifle. In the past 4 years I've taken dozens of raccoons from our yard. Last week I gathered the wrecked bird feeders for repairs and they total 11.
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The younger ones should be really tender eating. Just wait till they break into your house you will want to kill every single one of them even the babies.
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I have a buddy that lives in the suburbs, not too far from a local golf course. One Saturday morning he opened up his garage door, letting the beauty of a nice sunny day come in. He goes in the house to get breakfast, leaving the garage door open.
He comes back out and as he was getting ready to wax his car, in a corner of the garage he heard a noise by the furnace. He looks over and sees a big boar coon. He tries to “shush” it away, and it got up on its hind legs like a bear would and just gave him the stink eye along with a few long growls.
My buddy ended up throwing his golf shoes at it to get it to run off, which it finally did. He watched it run into a sewer pipe leading into the golf course.
If that same situation would’ve happened and it was a child that went out there, it could’ve gotten nasty.
He comes back out and as he was getting ready to wax his car, in a corner of the garage he heard a noise by the furnace. He looks over and sees a big boar coon. He tries to “shush” it away, and it got up on its hind legs like a bear would and just gave him the stink eye along with a few long growls.
My buddy ended up throwing his golf shoes at it to get it to run off, which it finally did. He watched it run into a sewer pipe leading into the golf course.
If that same situation would’ve happened and it was a child that went out there, it could’ve gotten nasty.
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'coons are my neck of the woods love planter boxes, citrus trees and garbage cans.
Before jumping into springers and PCP, my BowTech with 1.25" expandables helped "cull" the critters down.
Before jumping into springers and PCP, my BowTech with 1.25" expandables helped "cull" the critters down.
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How fast did the expandables arrows anchor the coons, how far did they walk off? They look pretty nasty going through a small animal.
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