A Good Raccoon Hunt

Hey guys,
We've had problems w/ raccoons stealing our dog's food for a couple years. Didn't want to disturb neighbors w/ gun fire so we live trapped them. My son caught 15-20 raccoons the first 1 1/2 years. Recently, coon problem recurred, but we were unsuccessful trapping. I decided to put an end to the offending raccoons, once and for all.

The dog starts backing heavily when the coons show up. I tried to stalk the coons a few nights, using his barking to alert me of their presence, but was unsuccessful. I decided to ambush them. I felt I had a good idea of what time they were feeding. I set a honey bun out for bait, about 15 yds from the dog pen. I sat in a children's tree house overlooking the bait and the dog pen. I'd been on stand about 15 minutes when the dog went crazy w/ barking a growling. I put the green flashlight on the dog pen and saw a large coon coming down the inside of the dog pen fence. Once he got to the ground and moved away from the dog, I found an open spot in the fence and shot. I hit hem, but he crawled up the fence to the top. A second shot ended the hunt. The Winchester 22LR "Subsonic HP's" worked find. The green flashlight and pressure switch did well.

I've monitored the dog pen a few more nights but haven't seen another coon.