re: A Good Raccoon Hunt

We have always used 22 shorts in an old Marlin model 60. Sometimes it would cycle but most of the time we would have to manually load and eject. Worked great for coon hunting in the neighborhoods when I was younger. We would shine the trees till we saw the eyes, turn the light off,then creep up to the tree. Once we were ready, we would turn the light back on and pop them between the eyes before they turned their head away or put their, creepy way too human, hands in front of their face. Was very effective and got us a better price for the coon and the hide. This was many years ago in Texas where a sharp crack from a .22 short would not even raise an eyebrow from the neighbors.