OT: raccoon control weapons

Anonymous-0 · Jun 4, 2012

As mentioned below we are being overrun with raccoon. (IN) When they were supposed to be hibernating this past winter they were apparently instead doing something else from the looks of our population this summer. What is the smallest caliber handgun that you guys have had any success with in plinking them at close range. I mean most likely less than 40-50 ft shot to critter. Will.22LR ammo take them out at that range. Also will what barrel length do you use. What has been your experience.

brian brooks · Jun 5, 2012

22 works fine as far away as you can hit them

Fullers Farmalls · Jun 5, 2012

IT has been my experience with a handgun at .22 cal you won't hit much of anything at 50 yards. I have a .22 long rifle and I'm pretty good at 50 yards with open sights. but at about 200 yards there is over a 3 foot drop

2x4 · Jun 5, 2012

some 22 LR ammo is better than others. Hollow points with a good supply of powder will easily do the job, while solid-nose low powder charge round (cheapest ammo) may only wound. My best experience is with Fiochhi (sp?) hollow points. A very accurate round that hits hard at long ranges.

Detmurds · Jun 5, 2012

I somehow crack up how everyone says, 22, when it comes to killing coons. Just because it seems to be the thing to say?!:lol:

Pete76NY · Jun 5, 2012

Wellllll...what IS wrong with a .22 for coons? If ya tree 'em a .22 handgun is fine, or if you don't care about the hide use a .410, or 20 gauge or heck 12 or 10 if ya feel the need. If ya can get a good shot when ya can see 'em and they aren't treed then I am not ashamed to say my 10/22 will do fine out to 100 or 150 yds, above that I might break out the .17HMR, or the .22 Hornet, .223, .243, 7mm-08, .308...what ever...they all work but there's no shame in usin' a .22!

Pete76NY · Jun 5, 2012

...of course I assume you mean the one's found in rural areas. When they are the urban type, I think either my .357 Ruger Security Six, the 1911A1, or 870 12 guage would be best!

Anonymous-0 · Jun 5, 2012

(quoted from post at 21:32:34 06/04/12) As mentioned below we are being overrun with raccoon. (IN) When they were supposed to be hibernating this past winter they were apparently instead doing something else from the looks of our population this summer. What is the smallest caliber handgun that you guys have had any success with in plinking them at close range. I mean most likely less than 40-50 ft shot to critter. Will.22LR ammo take them out at that range. Also will what barrel length do you use. What has been your experience.

22 is just fine.. And at those ranges, shorts would be quieter and much safer. Just shoot them between the eyes and be done with it........

wisbaker · Jun 5, 2012

If you can use a big enough caliber you can kill and vaporize them in one step, not have to worry about the body, and be careful coons are a good source of rabies.

Traditional Farmer · Jun 5, 2012

What do you use on coons a 30-06?

Lumpie · Jun 5, 2012

Coons don't hibernate, they're active year round. With the mild winter we had, there will be a lot more that survived and thrived.

Ktheo1 · Jun 5, 2012

I don't have a problem killing them with a .22. Of course they are still in the live trap when I do.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 5, 2012

Duke dog proof coon traps is what I use, it is a front leg hold trap, doesn't break its arm, and he can't chew it off. Bait with a sardine, then a stale marshmallow to pack it in. Use some of the sardine oil, and make a trail, on trees, about 3' off the ground. Anchor your trap with a tie out stake, and a screw type carabener. Check morning and evening. Shoot coon with whatever size gun turns you on! Never try to handle or tame a coon, they carry rabies, and fight like a bear! Google duke dog proof, if you want to see how.

kyplowboy · Jun 5, 2012

What do the coon hunters in your area use?

Dave

Goose · Jun 5, 2012

Same here. Catch them in a live trap and pop them with a .22 auto.

Running loose, I wouldn't use anything smaller than a .30-.30. or a 12 guage. They can be kinda hard to kill, sometimes, and you don't want a wounded one to get away.

GeneMO · Jun 5, 2012

You'll go nut trying to thin them out with a handgun. If they are in a trap fine, but even the best handgun shot can't consistantly get them at much over 30 or 40 yards.

A good live trap will work all the time. While you are sleeping, eating breakfast, watching TV, it's on the job.

Get several. Bait with a good, smelly dog food.

Gene

Mike M · Jun 5, 2012

Set a pan out and they won't get ten feet away.

rustyfarmall · Jun 5, 2012

(quoted from post at 06:19:15 06/05/12) Set a pan out and they won't get ten feet away.

Exactly. Works for possums also. Just toss 'em over the fence and wait for the clean-up crew to arrive.

JOHNNYfromMI · Jun 5, 2012

Seen lots of deer killed with the old 22. Dont understand why it wont do a number on a little coon.

formenwhogrow · Jun 5, 2012

Just get a few live traps and pick em off a few at a time. I took out 30+ coons in a matter of weeks with 3 cage traps and some peanut butter crackers.
OR if you don't have any other critters (dogs or cats) just set out a few pans of Golden link_disallowed fly bait mixed with coke. You will have more dead coons than you know what do do with.

Tony in Mass. · Jun 5, 2012

Do you have a 3rd generation night vision on your 22 revolver? Must get heavy. Do Indiana racoons go by the eastern or central time zone? Yes, I am corny, and they are rabid. Otherwise you wouldn't see one before dark. If you can get close enough in daylight for a 22 pistol, it isn't a healthy one. If you do shoot one however with whatever, wear latex gloves before you deal with the carcass- and tell the town or state.

jose bagge · Jun 5, 2012

The Golden link_disallowed in soda will drop them face down in the pan...much more effective although maybe no as fun as the .22

36 Coupe · Jun 5, 2012

I have shot wood chucks at 100 yards with a scoped 22 rim fire.Much safer than a center fire rifle.A 50 caliber muzzle loader will take raccoons easy.

BillyinStoughton · Jun 5, 2012

I keep a pair of .22's for coon dispatching. For close range and clearing traps I use a Ruger Mark II Target that doubles as my .22 league gun. To reach out and touch someone I've got a Ruger .22 mag that does a number on even the biggest of coons.

A little small in weight, but a tack driver is the .17 HMR (Hornady magnum rimfire). I've knocked em' in the noggin from 150 yards. The .17 really whistles down the range.

toadady · Jun 5, 2012

i've now taken 4x8 sheets of "bathroom board" slick white to the outside and laid it sideways all around the ouside of my chicken coop, it's a horse stall in my barn. little bastards are climbing the walls and getting in .

some pans and traps also in place too.

36 Coupe · Jun 6, 2012

If you see a racoon out in the day light its rabid.Racoons spend daytime in tops of tree or denned up in a hollow tree.

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