Racoon , Anyone?

23 September 2012, 04:27

muzza

Racoon , Anyone?

Heres my son Matt with a racoon he shot last evenings in the salt marsh of South Carolina. Shot it with a .270 Winchester , which is a bit of overkill but the deer werent being very co-operative.

23 September 2012, 04:35

Bakes

At least he wasn't undergunned mate.

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23 September 2012, 04:59

muzza

some of them racoons put up a fight Bakes. This one wasnt a classic DRT but he sure didnt run away.

23 September 2012, 05:18

shankspony

Is he gona get it made into a hat?

23 September 2012, 05:23

muzza

nah - just a bit shot-up. There are plenty more so I'm sure getting one with a .22 will be better for milinary purposes

24 September 2012, 00:24

Bakes

Ahh the ole Daniel Boon hat. Always wanted one of them when I was a kid. So whats the young bloke in the states for Muzza? Are you over there with him?

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24 September 2012, 10:51

sambarman338

quote:
Originally posted by muzza:
some of them racoons put up a fight Bakes.

Apparently some Americans are a bit wary of them. I was fishing in the dark on the bank of the Missouri once when something made a noise beside us. My mate jumped as though he'd trodden on a snake, for fear it was a raccoon. Turning the torch on we saw a small possum with a bare tail, which my companion said was nothing to worry about.

24 September 2012, 12:13

mete

Our possums are originally central American warm weather animals so no fur on tail or ears. They have spread north so here in NY state they get frostbit ears .
Both racoons and possum [Opossum properly]are all over here.
When the Daniel Boone TV program was popular I knew someone who got real racoonskin caps for his kids. The kids complained they had been attacked by .The father thought about the caps , put one on and was immediately attacked by blue jays !!

I GO POGO was the button we wore when the cartoon possum ran for president .He would have made a good one !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_(comic_strip)

Here's all about POGO's world and his wildlife friends !

25 September 2012, 06:22

muzza

The young fella is chaperoning his aging parents on a grand circuit tour of the USA , Bakes. Currently he is dragging us around Disneyworld in Orlando , Florida ( YAH - NOT :-( ) and after 3 days of this joy we return to the South Carolina marshes for another week of mosquitos and deer stands.

Hope to bag a whitetail each , and maybe the coyote that keeps appearing on the trailcams....