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Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

Title:	The Hunting Notesfile
Notice:	Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270
Moderator:	SALEM::PAPPALARDO

Created:	Wed Sep 02 1987
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1561
Total number of notes:	17784

230.0. "Beware of Racoons" by FLYSQD::NIEMI () Tue Sep 27 1988 11:21

    This is a notice that was read at roll call at the Natick Police
    Department a couple of weeks ago. I thought you might want to know
    about this with hunting season coming up fast.......
    
    
    Division of Wildlife and Fisheries, sent a notice to the town clerk's
    office stating that over half the racoon population in the New England
    area are infected with a VERY DANGEROUS ROUNDWORM, it is
    BAYLISASCARISPROCYONIS. It is easily transmitted to humans,
    particularly children. It has caused BLINDNESS, and EVEN DEATH.
    If you are sent on a racoon call use the snare in the truck. Do
    not under any circumstances use your hands, or let the animal's
    fur get on your clothing or skin. If anyone calls the desk for racoon
    removal the numbers below are professionals who do remove these
    animals.
    
                                         Guy Evans  655-5532
    
                                         Joe Shepherd  879-4463

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
230.1		28300::RICHARDJ	Pretty Good At Barely Getting By	`Thu Aug 19 1993 10:40`	17
	I have a family of raccoons living in the woods behind my house. I have not had a problem with them yet. However, across the lake from me a raccoon with rabies has been seen. What I'd like to know is, what would be the best size round to kill a raccoon, should the need arise ? I have a 12 gauge shotgun and a .22 rifle. I was thinking that buck shot might me good, but I have heard that the cops who are called out to kill raccoons have been attacked because they're not using a heavy enough load. One cop in Wayland shot a raccoon five times before it stopped. BTW, I live out in the woods and the only house around for 1000 ft is mine. Jim
230.2	Use the shotgun with 00 buck	30395::KELTZ	Old Hippie, Just tryin' to adjust!	`Thu Aug 19 1993 10:49`	4
	If you can't "one shot" a coon with 00 buck, I'd move. Those gotta be some damn big coons! Ed
230.3	just my $.02	ESKIMO::BING		`Fri Aug 20 1993 13:23`	9
	Two bad things about 00 buck. One if this is in MA you can't legally shoot it unless it's at a deer during deer season or you're on a range. Two, the pattern is terrible. You'd have to be real close to hit him with more than a couple pellets if you were lucky. I'd get a little closer and use #4 shot on him. he wont get up from that. Walt
230.4		28300::RICHARDJ	Pretty Good At Barely Getting By	`Mon Aug 23 1993 12:37`	14
	re:3 I remembered that you can't use 00 buck outside of deer season in Mass. last Friday when they busted a paramilitary group out in the Quabbin area. One of the charges brought against them was that they had 00 buck outside of deer season. Course they had grenade launchers and other stuff too, but that's another story. I'll go with the #4 shot. Thanks Jim