Treed racoon, dark night, .22 rifle

[Sergeant Bob]

Necro Bot!

[vaskidmark]

I was travelling in Bangladesh and there was a forest with called SundarBan and it is the largest mangrove forest in the entire world. I was inside the jungle and suddenly the whole sky become black and i was quite lost at that very moment as well. I have found something not regular. You know what i mean..

Well, actually - No.  Tell us more.

stay safe.

[BlueStarLizzard]

*chuckle* you know, a lot of time when these old threads pop up and it shows I posted, I have to look and see what it was.
But this one, I knew exactly what it was.

Good ol' Northwest, the one and only Possum hound. Me and Dad where talking about him just today. :)

[RoadKingLarry]

*chuckle* you know, a lot of time when these old threads pop up and it shows I posted, I have to look and see what it was.
But this one, I knew exactly what it was.

Good ol' Northwest, the one and only Possum hound. Me and Dad where talking about him just today. :)

I do that with threads I posted in 10 minutes ago

[lupinus]

I do that with threads I posted in 10 minutes ago

Well, memory is one of the first things to go 

Now what were we talking about again? I forgot.

[birdman]

Apparently raccons are tougher then possems. Dad must have taken out a dozen over the course of several years.
His dog, Northwest, would roust them from under the trailer amd tree them. Dad would shoot them with his AR-7 and when they fell, Northwest would walk over and lift his leg on the things.

Dads other weapon of choice was a shovel upside their heads.

My dad took out one with a 5lb mini-sledge once, tossed it like Thor and hit the bastard from like 20ft away.  At that moment, I swear, there was a halo of light around the man.

That being said, if I lived where I could shoot them, weapon of choice would be a suppressed 45 carbine/SBR.  Quiet, and a 45 JHP is pretty sure to put down a raccoon.

[TechMan]

[Pharmacology]

My dad took out one with a 5lb mini-sledge once, tossed it like Thor and hit the bastard from like 20ft away.  At that moment, I swear, there was a halo of light around the man.That being said, if I lived where I could shoot them, weapon of choice would be a suppressed 45 carbine/SBR.  Quiet, and a 45 JHP is pretty sure to put down a raccoon.

I hit a possum full on with a splitting axe once, and it flew about 4 feet, and it hit my mom's dog square in the side.  Poor pup thought she was being attacked by a demonic ninja beast, and hightailed it outta there. LOL 

[Sergeant Bob]

I usually go at them with a 22WMR and it usually does the trick. Actually, would rather wound them real bad so they crawl off into the bushes and die somewhere away from the house, so I don't have to dispose of the carcass.

Took out 7 in one night (all dead) one time. 7 good raccoons!

[Jamisjockey]

Nothing like some thread necrophilia to get things kickin.

[French G.]

Coon hunters around here use .22LR or .22WMR. Headshots are the deal. I don't get coon hunting, not going to eat them and pelts sell for not much, I guess it's just a good excuse to center dogs, trucks, guns, alcohol, and being away from the missus around one activity.

[lupinus]

Also as been said, there's a big difference in 22 ammo made for shooting critters and bulk plinking stuff. Plinking stuff works fine for squirrels and gophers, anything bigger steps into dedicated hunting ammo IMO.

[JonnyB]

Since posting this a year ago, I have allegedly whacked two more. One was a one-shot kill with the .22 - daylight head shot. The other was an early morning half-awake experience. Mrs. B woke me from heavy slumber, having treed the beast. I grabbed the M-4gery and dispatched it with a 62-grain hollow-point in the neck.

I do have to add that the thing that woke this thread from the dead was a bit odd...

jb

[TechMan]

Since posting this a year ago, I have allegedly whacked two more. One was a one-shot kill with the .22 - daylight head shot. The other was an early morning half-awake experience. Mrs. B woke me from heavy slumber, having treed the beast. I grabbed the M-4gery and dispatched it with a 62-grain hollow-point in the neck.

I do have to add that the thing that woke this thread from the dead was a bit odd...

jb

What was Mrs. B doing outside treeing raccoons? 

[lupinus]

What was Mrs. B doing outside treeing raccoons? 

Earning her biscuit and a pat on the head?

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[TechMan]

Earning her biscuit and a pat on the head?

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Thanks for knocking my setup down. 

[Tallpine]

Nothing like some thread necrophilia to get things kickin.

I was going to avoid touching it, but ...

I'm a little nervous about shooting a .22 up into a tree, let alone a center fire rifle 

One time I did shoot a porcupine in a tree with a 30-30 but I aimed so the trunk was a backstop.  It took a pretty big chunk out of the tree after whacking the prickle-pig.  (just to be clear, it was the porcupine in the tree, not me - and I had the 30-30, not the porcupine  )

I'm thinking a shotgun for this sort of thing.

[Sergeant Bob]

I was going to avoid touching it, but ...

I'm a little nervous about shooting a .22 up into a tree, let alone a center fire rifle 

I'm thinking a shotgun for this sort of thing.

Mythbusters proved that when shooting up into the air, the bullets don't return at a high enough velocity to really hurt anyone. Much like dropping a penny off the Empire State Building.

[Tallpine]

Mythbusters proved that when shooting up into the air, the bullets don't return at a high enough velocity to really hurt anyone. Much like dropping a penny off the Empire State Building.

Isn't that for shooting straight up only

For a 30-45 degree ballistic trajectory the velocity is likely to be a lot greater.

You are responsible for every bullet you shoot 

[Sergeant Bob]

Isn't that for shooting straight up only

For a 30-45 degree ballistic trajectory the velocity is likely to be a lot greater.

You are responsible for every bullet you shoot 

Don't miss!

[BlueStarLizzard]

Mythbusters proved that when shooting up into the air, the bullets don't return at a high enough velocity to really hurt anyone. Much like dropping a penny off the Empire State Building.

This is not what they taught us at shooting camp...

However, I'm pretty sure they intentionally taught us a few things wrong anyway. Sometimes, answering "Why?" with "Because I say so!" just isn't enough.

[Tallpine]

Don't miss!

Well, that's a good point with a rimfire 

Anything bigger - well, centerfire bullets usually go right through deer so I don't think a coon is a backstop.

[lupinus]

Isn't that for shooting straight up only

For a 30-45 degree ballistic trajectory the velocity is likely to be a lot greater.

You are responsible for every bullet you shoot 

So stand directly under the little bugger when shooting. Just get out the way real fast unless you want a new coonskin cap.

[MechAg94]

Never did much raccoon hunting but there were times when I wish I could have.  One apartment I used to live at bordered an undeveloped nature preserve/park.  I went to throw my trash in the dumpster once barefoot in a tshirt and shorts.  As soon as the bag hit the dumpster, about 8 big, chubby raccoons pilled out of the dumpster.  They just hightailed it across the fence.  They probably were back in 5 mintues.  Barefoot with no weapon, I figured if they would have showed their teeth and came at me, I would have run away pretty quick.  No shooting in the parking lot so there wasn't much I could do.  

[Marnoot]

Yeah, the Mythbusters thing only proved that a bullet shot straight up didn't have enough velocity on the way down to do anything. The lower the angle shot, the more likely it would do some damage. I think they referenced several cases of people being killed by "celebratory" shooting.