[Leica] IMG: Egg Eater

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

You'll probably never get rid of them.  However, if you see a raccoon or a
skunk in the daytime, that can be a sign of rabies so shoot it for sure.
(Be especially careful with skunks, since they have the ability to shoot
back....)

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina Manley
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 5:37 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Egg Eater
> 
> At 06:10 PM 6/19/2009, you wrote:
> >She grabbed the
> >single shot .22 from behind the front door, went out there and got it
> with
> >the first shot.
> >
> >I was in awe.
> 
> We are having problems with critters out here.  When the keets were a
> month old we moved them to a large chicken-wire pen in the
> henhouse.  The first night, a raccoon reached through the
> chicken-wire and grabbed two of them.  He managed to pull their heads
> through the wire and beheaded them.  We've put screen wire all over
> the cage now and there are lots of raccoon prints around the cage in
> the morning but, so far, he hasn't managed to get to the 3 remaining
> keets.
> 
> Anybody know how to get rid of raccoons?  Tom was going to sleep out
> there in the truck and shoot the raccoon, but he would sleep through
> a freight train going by so I know that won't work.
> 
> Tina
> 
> 
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
> 
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