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>>85362 Hey, I tried different methods to keep the damned things away. We reinforced fence, had noise makers, dogs, etc. No go. They literally ripped apart the fence, taking wire and everything apart. They ate kittens..yes ate them. Caught in the act. They've tried to take off with my full grown maine coon. I didn't appreciate walking out and finding my rooster covered in blood, the pen a gory scene, and my pet silkie hen headless. I've had them chase us into the house on a couple of accounts.
I realize another is going to take the place of the old one. But if I take out the big guys I don't bother with the small ones simply because they generally aren't as brave. Nor or they big enough to take off with my cat or pomeranian.
I have a nature loving hippy friend that tolerated coons until they became overly destructive. She took the gun to them too. This was the woman screaming at us for offing a coyote trying to take on a draft cross horse with its herd of six other horses (all large might I add). Personally I would have had it rabies tested if the damned neighbor hadn't taken it before the lousey warden got there. But besides the point. Even someone of a similiar opinion of you extreme no kills too up the rifle.
I like animals, I like to sit and watch the deer graze (even if they eat the magnolia trees), the groundhogs(even though they dig tunnels that collapse), cottontails (even though they eat my veggies), the birds, the occasional fox or bobcat scurry acrossed the yard. I've helped my share of wild animals, they all have their minuses. But they're mild irritations, I can easily overlook them for their beauty. Coons are just destructive, aggressive, and have no reason to be on my porch when they have 92 acres to roam. We've Never fed them or had food there. They're cute as fuck, I'll give them that..but that's about it. If I find one on my porch or near my coop it better run like hell and be able to dodge.
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