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I am short 5'10..... but make no mistake these were big raccoonsSmile maybe a combo of both??

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(04-15-2017, 06:31 AM)steeleshaves Wrote: So these two have been a pain in my a#% for three weeks.... setting off my traps not meant for them.... then they proceeded to get into the pole barn and make a mess of some horse feed.... last straw
If the prospect of making dinner out of them doesn’t sound too appealing, how about trying for a raccoon hair shaving brush? Smile

(04-16-2017, 04:17 AM)ShadowsDad Wrote: Woodchuck is supposed to be good too, but has anyone ever considered trying to dress one out? I couldn't do it. They're just nasty animals. Crawling with something tiny. I wouldn't get close enough to it to make the first cut with my knife, and it stank. I didn't want whatever was crawling on it jumping onto me even if I could get over the stink.
Some years ago, a neighbor and I were trying to foster three tiny baby squirrels that had lost their mother. Such adorable little animals, but they, too, had those creepy little crawlers on their skin. Every now and then, you would see these black dots appear on the surface, only to vanish back into the fur. I made sure to wash my hands very well each time after handling the squirrels. Sadly, none of the squirrels made it past a few days.
Whenever I go to shave, I assume there’s someone else on the planet shaving, so I say “I’m gonna go shave, too.”
– Mitch Hedberg
#13
Nature has winners and losers on individual and species levels. Many animals have expanded their range and numbers along with this rather obnoxious primate. Coyotes AKA God's Dog were originally confined to roughly the four corners region and are now in Alaska and moving down to Central America as we eliminate other alpha predators ( mainly wolves) and provide migration corridors with development ( mice and roadway.) Raccoons are particularly aggressive and a pack was attacking pets and people up in Washington recently.
My ethics call for recovering the spent bullet if in situ ( we lose most of our California Condors to Brown Eagles, power lines and ingested bullets releasing lead in their gizzards) and gifting them back to the food chain. I am not a direct participant in said chain. I prefer pizza and a beer to raccoon ( I've tried it, tastes like my Missouri grandmother's cooking lard,lard,lard with a little meat and potatoes) anyday.

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Now what you could do, depending on your Appalachian American heritage, take wire cutters and snip the tails off at their base. Then with vise grips or pliers, pull the bony part of the tail out. Then throw it up in the rafters of the barn for the summer to dry. Next fall, poke a hole through the hard leather near the base and slip it over the end of your CB antennae on your truck, and zip tie it for good measure. I did this with the tip of a cow tail, of a heifer I had butchered.

Traffic parts like the Red Sea. It demands your respect.

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