Can I kill the raccoons that keep getting into my attic..?

[Mr. Peabody]

There is this family of raccoons that gets into my attic and I can't get rid of them. I have tried moth balls, traps, chili powder, etc., but nothing has worked. I called the city and they said that there is nothing they can do. I called pest control, but they wanted to charge me $600 to get rid of them. The bad part is that they unrinate in the attic and the odor comes through the vents when the A/C is on.

So last night, I got fed up and went to Academy to buy a high-powered pellet rifle and some game pellets. I got home and sure enough, the raccoons are on the roof making their way into the attic. The bad thing was that by the time I got the rifle out of the box and loaded, the raccoons were gone.

I fired a test shot of the rifle to make sure I was using it right and the shot sounded like a loud crack, almost like a real firearm. I started to get worried that maybe my neighbors would think I was firing a gun and call the cops. That got me thinking, if the cops did arrive, would I get in trouble for shooting at the goddam raccoons? Any thoughts.

[phyzik]

some states have protection laws for racoons, you might want to check.... but I would still probably shoot the fuckers anyway.

[1369]

I haad the same problem with squirrels in my attic (Go ahead insert punny comments here).

Go to a farm and ranch store (TSC, Ace hardware, ets) and by one of those "Have-A-Heart" traps. Get a can of wet cat food, set the trap in the attic, trap the coon (since there's a family, you may have to do it more than once), and take it out of your neighborhood and release it. I wouldn't recommend killing the coon in the trap, as the smell of blood will most likely keep the other coons from going in int again.

[johnsmith]

I had a coon getting under my back patio. I set out a live-trap and some food and caught the bastard. Not knowing what to do next, I got out the .357 and shot the little fucker. In retrospect, I guess getting a live trap was a waste of time.

[TDMVPDPOY]

do they taste better than dog?

[orhe]

I had a coon getting under my back patio. I set out a live-trap and some food and caught the bastard. Not knowing what to do next, I got out the .357 and shot the little fucker. In retrospect, I guess getting a live trap was a waste of time.

:D that's funny

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I think you should.

You might need food if you lose your job.

[v2freak]

Don't kill the raccoons! But do trap and release em, that's what I'd recommend. Humane traps are the way to go, and hopefully they won't come back

[NorCal510]

fukin racoon woke me up at 3 in the morning when i heard like an opossum crying as the racoon was ripping it in half.

[CharlieMac]

Coons? When raccoons tried getting on our back porch, Mama just chased them off with a broom.

[Mr. Peabody]

I think you should.

You might need food if you lose your job.

:lol

[phyzik]

I get to frustrated with "humane" traps... they hardly ever work as good as a few bullets flying at supersonic speeds into rodent flesh.

[ORION]

Just dress up in a big racoon outfit and wait in the attic until it comes back. Once he sees you just say" Forget about it ! I'm working here "

[CosmicCowboy]

Do yourself a favor and practice shooting that pellet gun before you throwdown with the coon...you are gonna have to stick one in his ear if you want a one shot kill...otherwise you may end up with a dead rotting coon in your attic.

[Mr. Peabody]

Just dress up in a big racoon outfit and wait in the attic until it comes back. Once he sees you just say " Forget about it ! I'm working here "

"Forget about it ! I'm working here"

http://www.thecostumer.com/images/raccoon.jpg

[ORION]

"Forget about it ! I'm working here"

http://www.thecostumer.com/images/raccoon.jpg
:lol :lol :lol
I love it when my great ideas come to life

[Jimcs50]

There is this family of raccoons that gets into my attic and I can't get rid of them. I have tried moth balls, traps, chili powder, etc., but nothing has worked. I called the city and they said that there is nothing they can do. I called pest control, but they wanted to charge me $600 to get rid of them. The bad part is that they unrinate in the attic and the odor comes through the vents when the A/C is on.

So last night, I got fed up and went to Academy to buy a high-powered pellet rifle and some game pellets. I got home and sure enough, the raccoons are on the roof making their way into the attic. The bad thing was that by the time I got the rifle out of the box and loaded, the raccoons were gone.

I fired a test shot of the rifle to make sure I was using it right and the shot sounded like a loud crack, almost like a real firearm. I started to get worried that maybe my neighbors would think I was firing a gun and call the cops. That got me thinking, if the cops did arrive, would I get in trouble for shooting at the goddam raccoons? Any thoughts.


Call ABC Pest control.

[dirk4mvp.]

Have Tpark spend a night in your attic and they will just leave on thier own from lack of food :lmao

JK that's how you get rid of rats not coons. I posted last year a way that they will not sleep in your attic and many thought I was joking, You put an AM radio in the attic and for some reason it spooks them, If you really don't want them to come back? put the radio onthe ticket 760

[bag of spinach]

Put some of me in the Attic!

[George W Bush]

Damn coons!