Racoons gone bad

[BobR]

In Seattle a pack of racoons is terrorizing the locals. It has gotten so bad the state DF&G has had to step in and issue guidelines.

To avoid encounters, Chandler said, the department generally recommends not leaving anything that raccoons could consider food — including small children, pets or pet food — alone, especially during summer.

I wonder how they acquired their taste for small children? 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018878692_raccoons09m.html

bob

[lee n. field]

Greenquist, who lives just north of Green Lake, doesn't marvel at raccoons' humanlike hands or banditlike masks, but he doesn't carry a grudge against them, either — despite the attacks on his easygoing Labrador, Hank.

When they start using their humanlike hands to knapp flint into miniature Folsom points, he might change his tune.

[Sergeant Bob]

I made another "good raccoon" today.

[Northwoods]

Typical Seattle idiots.

[Phyphor]

Hey, I love all of gods critters, but when they start becoming a fricking terroristic kind of problem?  It's Buckshot Time, Baby.

[Jamie B]

Their little fingers smell like Oreos! 

[Harold Tuttle]

[Tallpine]

In Seattle ...

That pretty much explains everything 

Pity, too - it was once a respectable place full of drunken loggers and whores 

[grampster]

Large livetrap.  Veggies, peanut butter and bird seed.  Relocate the POW's to the mayors neighborhood.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

trapping them "electrically" works.  when the lights flicker or the breaker trips you got one

[TommyGunn]

Racoons gone bad

  Where they ever good? 

[MillCreek]

That pretty much explains everything 

Pity, too - it was once a respectable place full of drunken loggers and whores 

I like to point out that I live 25 miles north of Seattle.  And when I read that article, my first thought was a few .22 HP to the brisket would fix Mr. Raccoon up just fine.  I am not going to stand by and wring my hands while they tear up my dog or kids.

[BobR]

  Where they ever good? 

Well, back when I was just a youngster, I hunted on an old guys land and he thought they were just fine. In fact, you could say they were his passion, every night he was out chasing them down with beagles. I was offered raccoon made into food more than once. He even gave me a great, lemon spotted beagle so I could do it also.  She did much better with rabbits than raccoons.

And this guy in Detroit is probably thinks they are good.

When selecting the best raccoon carcass for the special holiday roast, both the connoisseur and the curious should remember this simple guideline: Look for the paw.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20090402/metro08/904020395

As far as those terroristic raccoons, a suppressed .22 should work just fine.

bob

[Lee]

This reminded me of a time I took my kids to Southern Ohio for a weekend at a State Park.  They are twin girls, and were 6 or 7 at the time.  They asked me if there were any bears there.  I told them no...but that there had been occasional and very rare sightings of lone black bears in that area.  We took a walk to the lodge one night, and while passing some dumpsters, several racoons hopped out and ran in our general direction.   Both of the girls screamed, shouted BABY BEARS, and took off running.  I laughed so hard I could barely stand.