On 4/25/2010 7:02 PM, Dave Bugg wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> On 4/25/2010 6:04 PM, Dave Bugg wrote:
>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Like the people who hear a noise in the back yard and go out with a
>>>> gun to investigate and it turns out to be a raccoon in the garbage.
>>>
>>> Nope. That doesn't go into the stats. Besides, racoons have fingers
>>> and thumbs and may very well be armed. And they wear masks to boot.
>>>
>> The raccoon I saw at McDonald's yesterday morning about 0815 surely
>> was. Rarely see a healthy coon out after daylight and this one wasn't
>> near the dumpster, he was under my truck.
>>
>> Went back in the diner and had them call animal control while I kept
>> an eye on the coon. Animal control called me today and verified what I
>> thought, a rabid raccoon, armed and very dangerous. Now a very dead
>> and cremated raccoon. Animal control guy said they would be on the
>> lookout for others nearby as this was possibly a yearling coon as
>> near as they could tell.
>>
>> Note: This McDonald's is surrounded on two sides by heavy woods. YMMV
>
> I make two aggressive attempts to get rid of racoons so they leave my
> property voluntarily under their own steam. The third time involves a .22
> Ruger.
>
The guy who owns the McDonalds here would have no objection but,
unfortunately, the city fathers (read idiots)have a no shooting of any
kind of animal, we're living in a "Wildlife Preserve." May be why tree
rats and sky rats abound here.