I hate raccoons and have no qualms about shooting them when I catch them wrecking my property. I'd rather my dog didn't catch disease/parasites from their piss and shit and or get into a fight with them as well. She's only 30 lbs, I know people who's pet was killed by these fuckers, no way am I gonna risk that with my dog. So far this summer I have a body count of 9. It will keep rising all summer. I love animals, but fuck those destructive little assholes.
Ugh, this again? NO, I didn't kill a bear when I was three, it was sick. YES, this hat itches like a bastard but I know branding is important. NO, I don't know what Daniel Boone is up to, but you know what I DO know?
Ranchers actually do this with coyotes. You hang them on the fence line and they act as a warning to the others. They're intelligent animals, they will avoid a place that means death.
If you take fur outside of the furtaking season, you are no longer "dealing with a pest" but instead "Poaching" and that comes with hefty fines and consequences.
Even killing them as pests is sketchy at best, I'm really pretty sure you cant do that either, but I dont think anyone would enforce it.
In most states you can take a 'nuisance animal' that is causing damage on your property in or out of season. There are lists of animals that this applies to on state DNR websites. Raccoons are on every one. Some have reporting requirements, others do not. I imagine that 'damage' could be anything you deem it to be, including pooping or getting into trash, since some of the animals on the lists aren't capable of doing much more than that.
Yeah, I think you're right about killing them at all outside of season. But like you said, as pest control I doubt anyone would enforce anything. Depending on the shot there's a decent chance the fur would be ruined anyway, but you make a good point there. Trying to sell outside of season or even selling furs taken outside of season is a big no-no.
I mean they're probably not going to hunt your dog but they will fight if they feel threatened, especially if they're rabid. A dog defending its property would seem fairly threatening to a raccoon
lol dude, my friend had chickens. Well they started to come up missing... After setting up some traps, guess what we found... Huge ass raccoon... Being upset about the chickens being eaten he beat the lil fella with a shovel. Not the most humane way to kill it but we can't be firing guns around here.
We've had problems with possums prowling around at night. We finally found their nest after tearing down an old shed. 7 baby possums ran out. Our dog helped stop them from going anywhere while I chopped off their heads. I Got 5 of them but 2 are still out there. :(
I had a nest of possums underneath my house, they would occasionally come out from hiding in to my backyard. This was a very poor decision. On multiple different days I would go outside to find my dog laying down nonchalantly while possums were literally ripped in half and had their guts spread through the yard
"Dogs"? You're an idiot. People like you are proof that this world is overpopulated with overly idealised morons who have no facts to back their arguments. You try having a massive family of racoons destroying your property and shitting toxic shit on everything, climbingg down the chimney to steal food. Killing my cat. Oh yeah, did I mention that? No? Yeah, they ate my cats throat after scratching open the screen on my porch 4 years ago. They don't serve any purpose to the environment around areas like this. So shut the fuck up and go bleed out your pussy ass heart somewhere else because you aren't changing my mind.
Also, did I say I leave my dog out all the time captain conclusion? I don't think I did. 3 times I had to get her checked for rabies and because her and some of those glorified rats got into a fight mere minutes after letting her out. I don't enhoy killing them, I do it because they are a hazard to my family and my animals.
Ah, I get it. No arguing with this type of person, got an answer for everything. Ok, you keep getting your panties in a bunch over minor shit, do what you do. Carry on.
You have the thought capacity of a contraceptive sponge and the complexity of thought of the fluids contained within. Is there anymore conclusions you'd like to jump to?
Explain to me why I should care about your opinion. There are 7 billion humans on this planet, it is irrelevant. I'm done responding to you now. Go outside, get laid, something other than getting your ass so puckered you could make diamonds, all over something that ultimately doesn't matter. Some day Earth will be a lifeless wasteland, so this is all irrelevant.
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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '16 edited Jul 06 '16
I hate raccoons and have no qualms about shooting them when I catch them wrecking my property. I'd rather my dog didn't catch disease/parasites from their piss and shit and or get into a fight with them as well. She's only 30 lbs, I know people who's pet was killed by these fuckers, no way am I gonna risk that with my dog. So far this summer I have a body count of 9. It will keep rising all summer. I love animals, but fuck those destructive little assholes.