Marauder .25 does a mercy kill.

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This is WEIRD. My wife and I were sitting on our covered patio enjoying the much cooler weather that has finally gotten here (only in the high 80's instead of 103) a few hours ago at a table in the middle of the span which is 45 feet long. I glanced to my left and saw a furry object between the house foundation and a large pot of mint my wife is growing there. My mind instantly thought it was my cat but he was inside my shop at the time eating his afternoon can of food. Second guess was dead raccoon so I crept towards it and saw a fairly emaciated critter that was breathing very shallow and slowly. Well I thought what ever it is it is sick and needs to be put down. Went into the house quickly and retrieved my Marauder. I the took a shot through the throat into the cranium and to my surprise the "Badger" got up and stumbled a few steps where I took a follow up shot behind his ear and he expired. It was time then for rubber gloves and disposal of the carcass and a quick wash down of blood. I still don't know if "HE" was sick or just really old but I don't take chances since rabies in skunks and coyotes is not unknown here. Not a fun or wanted kill since I like badgers and rarely see one but it is how life on the ranch is sometimes.

Thurmond
 
I hear you Thurmond. I was deer hunting 20yrs ago and I heard a rustling off to my right and coming towards me. It kept getting louder and my breathing increased and my heart pounded. I was deep in the woods on the river on our 600 acre farm. It sounded like a buck thrashing as it came through the brush and I fully expected a 150 class or above to come into the oak flat. I was shocked to see a Red fox leaning hard and walking with his front legs, but dragging his decaying hind quarters and legs. I quickly put a .243 nosler partition through his neck and ended his misery. He had been spine shot and crippled on the back end. Emaciated, he was struggling and I couldn't believe that he was alive with the rot he was dragging behind him. I boiled out his skull and donated it to my daughters biology class. I also harvested a doe that year that whose front leg had been blown off by someones reckless errant shot. I took her with a Thompson contender 7x30 waters pistol.
 
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"fsa46"You did the right thing Thurmond. imho. I'm concerned whenever I see a nocturnal animal in the daytime. Raccoon, skunk and fox are the main rabies concern here in the Northeast.
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You are correct about seeing animals that are nocturnal in the day time.. They should be put down. I am not saying seeing one that is running away from you, its the ones that are walking g around without a care in the world during the day
My wife came home about a month ago and she seen a raccoon around 50 yards down the road, I told her that is not normal. By the time I went down to investigate the situation he was gone.. But seeing a skunk or coon, fox they may have rabbies. It is in our local news every week that a child was bitten by a fox or racoon. When I See them duting the day , I put them down........You did the right thing Thurmond
 
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"Cherub1290"It's actually false that every nocturnal animal that's out during the day is sick. Raccoons will often go out in the daytime in search of food, especially young ones.
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http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/raccoons/tips/raccoon_health_concerns.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/

You are correct but 99% of the times a racoon is walking around the Mountains where I live is not normnal. I can see them in the surburbs walking around during the day but not here where everything is wild and runs when it sees a human
 
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I have a family of 4 come to my feeders and they show up around 1 in the morning and leave around 3. I have a game camera taking pictures and they are very comical and they use those paws like hands, and they are smart. I do not shoot them. I actually have a red fox, the 4 raccoons, opossum, 3 deer and 2 turkey coming to the feeders and some flying squirels popping up here and there. They all feed at night, early morning. I may see the turkeys in the morning but all the rest of the gang go do what they do. I just do not see a need to shoot them all, unless they screw up and show themselves during the day. I lived here for 35 years in the mountains and I only ever seen one raccoon during the day and he was sick
 
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Feral cats are indeed a sink for the rabies virus. Sadly many people will put out food for stray cats but don't have the grace to actually bring those animals to a shelter or adopt them. This results in a LARGER stray animal population because the strays now have food. That food encourages reproduction. Reproduction of animals which become strays. Once there is a significant population of stray cats they compete with the native fauna for resources. Eventually one of the cats will contract rabies from a fox or racoon or skunk and transmit it into the local cat population. Then you have a problem because their population becomes a sink for the virus. They then pass the virus back into the native animal population and the circle is complete. My daughter was bitten by her pet cat years ago. He was a house cat that was allowed to roam as we lived in the woods. Cat had to be put down, very disappointing for a 14 year old girl. Child had to get rabies shots... I wish people with tender hearts would take a little more time to understand the results of their actions, sometimes.
 
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