Raccoon Problem

[Stormin Mormon]

Shoot the cat; stop put out cat food. Problem solved.

[HeyBub]

So, get a gun.

[mike]

Yup. They sell some very nice .22 caliber spring-air pellet guns these days.

[Rob Mills]

these days.

[mike]

Ammonia works well. For future reference, it's easier to hunt nocturnal nuisances if you install motion detecting lights, and it's a good home security addition to boot.

While I'm sure you can find a .22 pellet gun quieter than a standard .

22 firearm (and certainly quieter than a 357), I don't pretend to know which one is the quietest. Subsonic ones probably have an advantage for noise.

[Rob Mills]

[Phisherman]

Bow and arrow is very quiet.

[HeyBub]

Think mines.

[Bert Byfield]

And I think you can get a crossbow without too much trouble, which is easier to operate.

[mike]

The thing about arrows is that if you get a non-lethal hit, the neighbors/press will get nosy about who is shooting "wildlife" with arrows. An arrow sticking out of an animal is pretty visible.

[Dan Dangerous]

Put Cyanide on the tip.

Dan

[Frank]

As an old bow hunter, I can tell you that an animal rarely carries around an arrow sticking out of it. If arrow does not penetrate completely and pass through, it will either fall out or break off.

What ever op does, he should do surreptitiously as local regulations vary all over the place. I've been trapping and releasing. Even released a squirrel once in front of a county cop. Now I find regs say you can trap but not release. You could trap a non game animal around here and legally kill it but game animals are controlled by fish and game people. Some laws make no sense.

Also forget poison - that's asking for trouble.

[ds549]

i too use a havaheart trap and relocate them ..btw, i know they hate moth balls

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