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A Good Raccoon Hunt
Posted on 9/26/13 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 9/26/13 at 2:27 pm
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.
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.
This post was edited on 9/26/13 at 7:28 pm
Posted on 9/26/13 at 2:31 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
How load are those loads?
Posted on 9/26/13 at 2:41 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
Nice. I usually just chase them off the porch with a broom.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 2:43 pm to JAB528
I know that story is a lie because there is not such thing as .22LR ammo.
Sounds fun.
Sounds fun.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 2:55 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
How'd he eat? That looks like a good young one, them older ones can get a little tough.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 3:53 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
We snare them all the time down at the ranch, this was last weekend. Didn't work out so well for the coon
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Posted on 9/26/13 at 4:08 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
You can use a silencer on "nuisance quadrupeds" in Louisiana.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 4:35 pm to TBoy
How loud are the .22 subsonic?
Also where did you find the ammo? I have been looking...
I have some nuissance critters I need to dispatch with extreme predjudice at my house.
Also where did you find the ammo? I have been looking...
I have some nuissance critters I need to dispatch with extreme predjudice at my house.
This post was edited on 9/26/13 at 4:40 pm
Posted on 9/26/13 at 6:41 pm to LSUballs
quote:
Nice. I usually just chase them off the porch with a broom.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 6:51 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
I had a nice and truthful response typed out and it was nothing but truth. But, we're in the middle of football season and I guess I want to continue to keep posting, so I back spaced over it....
Now I feel like an old shriveled puss....
Now I feel like an old shriveled puss....
Posted on 9/26/13 at 6:54 pm to Ole Geauxt
My dogs kill them on sight.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 6:57 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
You really meant "A" good raccoon hunt. I was expecting to see a pic of 10 or so and a dog who'd sent them up a tree.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 7:31 pm to Slickback
I've chronographed a number of subsonic loads (CCI, Winchester and Rem). They all run about 1000-1050 fps. These ran 1040 fps. I have them only because a hunting buddy gave them to me last year. All the subsonic loads I've shot are only minimally less loud than are the regular high velocity loads.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 7:35 pm to Clyde Tipton
quote:
How'd he eat?
That's the interesting part. I think they come into the pen, move the bowl to the edge of the fence, go back outside and then leisurely eat through the fence from the outside!
The dog is old and has bad heart failure. Even if healthy, he'd prolly be no match for a coon.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 7:38 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
quote:
That's the interesting part. I think they come into the pen, move the bowl to the edge of the fence, go back outside and then leisurely eat through the fence from the outside! The dog is old and has bad heart failure. Even if healthy, he'd prolly be no match for a coon.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 7:40 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
You do realize he meant how'd he taste
Posted on 9/26/13 at 7:40 pm to eng08
quote:
I have some nuissance critters I need to dispatch with extreme predjudice at my house.
The "quietest" I've shot is the CCI "Quiet 22LR". It's much more quiet than subsonics and a little more quiet than 22 shorts. 22 shorts won't cycle from the mag of a 10/22; subsonics will usually cycle the bolt of a 10/22, but the others won't. "Quiet 22LR" and shorts hit a good bit lower than regular high velocity. Given all that, I shot the subsonics since I didn't want to risk wounding the coon.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 11:26 pm to 007mag
quote:
You do realize he meant how'd he taste
HaHa!! Nope, missed that.
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