Raccoon!

[gonepecan]

We had a ton of leftover bread, so my GF and I went over to City Park to feed the ducks. While getting mauled by ducks, geese, and swans, we both turned around to see this little guy standing up begging for some bread. He reminded me of my daschund when he stands up and moves his paws around begging for food.

I forgot the camera, so all I got was some crappy cell phone pics.

 

[oleheat]

You haven't been truly bitten until you get bit by one of those little bastards. Beware!

 

[Guate_shooter]

You lucky that ****er didnt chace you down, they got some sharp teeth!

 

[Yrdawg]

Good cell fone pics

I fell sorry for the animals over run by US...

Dawg <---------Learn'n to eat coon soon ( 4 leg )

If the economy runs the course we are afraid of, this might be lunch on the hoof

Glands on rear legs.....then cook like rabbit...so I hear

 

[madmax4x4]

I have three that come around the backyard to get catfood all the time lol

 

[gonepecan]

You haven't been truly bitten until you get bit by one of those little bastards. Beware!

Yeah, that's why I kept my distance.

Although, it was the freakin' swans that were trying to bite/peck. They are ornery little suckers.

 

[LACamper]

Those swans are vicious. I had one chase us down while we were in a canoe. It got a bit territorial I think.

Better raccoons than possums. At least raccoons are cute!

 

[JLouv]

Dude, you're lucky that coon didn't shank you and take all your stuff while you bled out.

They're all cute until they rip your arm off. LOL

 

[madmax4x4]

Look pretty tame, they eat next to the trap Here kitty kitty

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[gonepecan]

I was surprised he even came out. There were people all around us, as well as about a thousand ducks.

 

[charlie12]

Watch those coons you see out in the daytime could be rabies. I've been seeing alot of little coons with their mama's the last week at night.

 

[oleheat]

My dad and uncles swore they once witnessed a large coon hold a coonhound under the water and nearly drown him. I've been bitten by one once, and that was more than enough.

And if you've ever thought about trying to swipe a little one from "mama" in a cow pasture ("guilty"), I'll offer this small piece of hard-earned advice:

Don't.



(Not one of life's most proud moments, but hey- we've all done our share of stupid things, right?)

 

[charlie12]

My dad and uncles swore they once witnessed a large coon hold a coonhound under the water and nearly drown him. I've been bitten by one once, and that was more than enough.

And if you've ever thought about trying to swipe a little one from "mama" in a cow pasture ("guilty"), I'll offer this small piece of hard-earned advice:

Don't.



(Not one of life's most proud moments, but hey- we've all done our share of stupid things, right?)

Are you tying to say you haven't always been as smart as you are now?

 

[Sin-ster]

My buddy's APBT got into it with a momma coon and an unknown number of babies and had its face laid completely open so that one side of the muzzle flopped completely over the snout. Of course, he didn't know the difference and sat there covered in (raccoon) blood with his tail wagging for at least two minutes before anyone noticed.

We tried to count tails and limbs to get an accurate idea of how many raccoons were destroyed, but... It was mostly just blood and gore.

My own pit chased two full growns off my parent's sea wall in Florida and would have gone in after them had I not been outside to give commands. Just recently, at the same house, my parent's miniature pinscher got into it with a juvenile and came out unscathed. He's an amazing little bugger, though-- kills citrus rats and other rodents all the time.

 

[oleheat]

Are you tying to say you haven't always been as smart as you are now?

Even now, I'm a work in progress.

...but I haven't always been as old as I am now.

 

[themcfarland]

racoons are tough little buggers.. they are good with bbq sauce though

 

[my-rifle]

You haven't lived until you've gone out at night to dump the trash and bumped into a can full of raccoons. I'm pretty sure I crapped when they cut loose.

 

[Ragin Cajun]

Had one for a pet when I was a kid. Awesome pets...right up until your mom goes on the rag and it goes crazy.

 

[pntbllr228]

Meat is a little stringy, not too bad though. Just dont forget to remove the glands.

 

[Cat]

Specularius rescued a baby that looked like it had either fallen out of a tree or was hit by a car, while we were dating. It wasn't ever snippy. But it did eventually wander off for longer and longer stretches.

We had three on our outside cat tree last night. Each one peering into the house at different eye levels.