Coons

I have 2 Pyrenees dogs that guard my goats and they usually nail the coons.

Don't get me started on bats. I live in an old house and I hate the little rabid f'ers!!

Usually I just kill them with the broom but they have scared and surprised me so many times I can't tell them all.

One time one was in the upstairs and I hunted it and couldn't find it. "Must have got out" I thought. The next day I was looking for my wallet. Thinking I must have left it upstairs I went up the steps and saw it laying on an old fruit crate we used as a table stool. Imagine my shock and outrage when about the time I came up the steps at eye level with it, my "wallet" screeched and flew at me! The little bastard!!! I nailed his ass with a broom after retreating downstairs and arming myself.

A hopeful sign is my kitty Miss Kittyangel has been killing them and apparently it has driven them out of my home. Last summer was the first summer ever that we didn't have any bats:thumbup:
 
A lot of people don't know that when the mice grew wings to hunt food, they also developed a little bit of an attitude. No, they aren't Tasmanian Devils, but they can give you a nip.



munk
 
Psycho Killer Raccoons

Psycho Killer Raccoons Terrorize Olympia, Devouring Cats, Attacking Dog, Frightening Residents


OLYMPIA, Washington Aug 22, 2006 (AP)— A fierce group of raccoons has killed 10 cats, attacked a small dog and bitten at least one pet owner who had to get rabies shots, residents of Olympia say.

Some have taken to carrying pepper spray to ward off the masked marauders and the woman who was bitten now carries an iron pipe when she goes outside at night.

"It's a new breed," said Tamara Keeton, who with Kari Hall started a raccoon watch after an emotional neighborhood meeting drew 40 people. "They're urban raccoons, and they're not afraid."

Tony Benjamins, whose family lost two cats, said he got a big dog a German Shepherd-Rottweiler mix to keep the raccoons away.

One goal of the patrol is to get residents to stop feeding raccoons and to keep pets and pet food indoors.

Lisann Rolle said she began carrying an iron pipe when she goes outside at night after being bitten by raccoons when she tried to pull three of them off her cat Lucy. She obtained rabies shots afterward as a precaution.

"I was watching her like a hawk, but she snuck out," Rolle said. "Then I heard this hideous sound a coyote-type high pitch … It was vicious. They were focused on ripping her apart."

The attacks have been especially shocking because raccoons came within five feet (1 1/2 meters) of cats without any problem in previous years, Benjamins said.

"We used to love the raccoons. They'd have their babies this time of year, and they were so cute. Even though we lived in the city, it was neat to have wildlife around," he said, "but this year, things changed. They went nuts."

In one case five raccoons tried to carry off a small dog, which managed to survive.

The attacks, all within a three-block area near the Garfield Nature Trail in Olympia, are highly unusual, said Sean O. Carrell, a problem wildlife coordinator with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, adding that trappers may be summoned from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to remove problem animals.

"I've never heard a report of 10 cats being killed. It's something were going to have to monitor," Carrell said.

Meanwhile, residents have hired Tom Brown, a nuisance wildlife control operator from Rochester, Washington, to set traps, but in six weeks he has caught only one raccoon. He and Carrell said raccoons teach their young and each other to avoid traps.

Brown said he had seen packs of raccoons this big but none so into killing.

"They are in command up there," he said.
 
Heh. Sounds like the perfect chance to get some action in with the khuks! Five at once sounds like fun! It's been a while....
 
Must be the water....

There's a worm in the feces of a Coon that is airborne when the scat is disturbed.... right?

Time to shoot a few Coons in Olympia.


munk
 
We used to love the raccoons. They'd have their babies this time of year, and they were so cute. Even though we lived in the city, it was neat to have wildlife around," he said, "but this year, things changed. They went nuts."
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I'm sick. This made me laugh out loud.:o
 
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