Raccoon

That is true. They can find their way back from pretty far away. I had one in Maryland that I moved several times, the last two, he had a splash of white paint on his tail to be sure The last time I took him to work with me and dropped him half way around the beltway in Rock Creek Park and he didn't come back. I guess that Montgomery County trash was good enough to convince him to stay.

Here in Florida, I just tolerate them. I made a rack for my trash cans that keeps them from turning them over and they have not been able to get the tops off in the rack.

This guy grew up in my yard

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I thought you were in Alaska, and everyone carries multiple guns, there?

As the racoon making it back, it's a dynamic population. And the guy next over probably moved to fill the void.

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You're confused. I was in Prince Rupert, BC once and you can see Alaska from there. That's as close as I need to get.

Actually, the racoon episode was in Lexington, MA. Emerson's poem immortalized North Bridge in Concord, but the first shots were fired in Lexington where 8 colonials were killed and 1 redcoat wounded. Neighborhood has went to hell since then.

I lived in New Hampshire, which is still a free state, and had been out shooting in the morning before driving down to Boston for a seminar.

Fortunately, the coyotes, mountain lions, and the odd wolf keeps them sorted out around here. I did find a small, dead racoon on the lawn one morning that was a little worse for the wear, so maybe the eagles get into the act too. It's not widely advertised but eagles and ospreys do fumble sometimes. I've found fish on the lawn too.

Gators like them around here but we still have plenty of raccoons. There is enough wild area around here to provide natural habitat. When I put my wildlife cam out, I see more cats, armadillos and possums than raccoons.

I would give a cat a swimming lesson before I would bother the natives.