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Had a neighbor come over and ask to barrow a ladder. He said a raccoon was stuck in a tree in his backyard and he was going to help it down. Would you loan your ladder to him?
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Your .22 is what he needs. Faster and much safer than the ladder. Well, not so much for the coon...  DF
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Yes, then grab a beer and a camera to watch. That's some good free entertainment!
Natural selection at work.
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Yes, then grab a beer and a camera to watch. That's some good free entertainment! Yep. Even better idea than the .22...  Do it his way, first...  DF
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Yeah, "stuck in a tree" may be what a slicker sees... If he'd left it alone, it would have come down soon enough. There's a reason the term "treed" came into being...
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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I love raccoons.. I turn into PETA around raccoons.. I wouldn't harm one, much less shoot them...
I know all the bad things they are... but I like the little guys... plain pure and simple...
however, the LAST THING I'd recommend anyone doing is 'helping' a raccoon in a tree...that is like someone "helping" a mini bear out of a tree...
a raccoon can rip the crap out of a human....helping one out of a tree is the last thing anyone with any brains would ever do....
Raccoons are not another Disney Animal...
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Yep loan him the ladder and grab your video camera!
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Yes, then grab a beer and a camera to watch. That's some good free entertainment!
This. It's people like you that give me that warm fuzzy feeling that keeps me coming back to the 24HCF.
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They're so cute, surely it wouldn't hurt him. 
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You ain't learnin' nothin' when you're talking.
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Last time I gave one of the local brothers a freshly ventilated, fat coon, he was so happy, there were tears in his eyes. Now, why wouldn't you want to share such joy. Seems the demand from those folks peaks around Thanksgiving time. I always enjoy Thanksgiving... DF
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Had a neighbor come over and ask to barrow a ladder. He said a raccoon was stuck in a tree in his backyard and he was going to help it down. Would you loan your ladder to him? this is a joke post, or a trick question, right? I mean, please tell me it is.
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I got a six pack now if I can find my video camera it would be great. I have never heard of a raccoon which was stuck in a tree. I think my neighbor must be from the city.
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Sam......
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One of the worse times I ever had was in a tree with a mama racoon that had babies in a nest there
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
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Had a neighbor come over and ask to barrow a ladder. He said a raccoon was stuck in a tree in his backyard and he was going to help it down. Would you loan your ladder to him? this is a joke post, or a trick question, right? I mean, please tell me it is. It's a subtle ploy by sweet potato producers to increase demand for their product...  DF
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God, I'd love to watch that one.
Your neighbor is going to have a new azzhole.
It will stretch from his eyebrows to his toes.....
Get me a beer, and bait my hook, while I watch....
Old Fishermen never die, we just get reel tired.
May you build a ladder to the stars
and climb on every rung.
May you stay......Forever young
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Actually, this kind of reminds me of the story of Olaf and Sven, when Olaf saw a bobcat up a tree.
"Say, Sven, I tink might like to have me a bobcat for a pet. I'm goin' up dere to catch 'im."
"Okey, dokey, Olaf," says Sven. "I'll wait right here."
So Olie climbs the tree, and after about 10 minutes of strum und drang, Sven calls out, "Say, Olaf, d'you want me come up and help you catch dat dere bobcat?"
Replies Sven, "Oh, no, Sven. But I could use some help lettin' him go..."
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They can be as much fun as a opossum in a box,in a small storage room. With your brother and his wife blocking the door way. It was a fun moment to be sure.
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for some strange reason, around here they like to bungee-jump... might tell him to throw some cords up to them.... ![[Linked Image]](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/FyrepowrX/Hunting%20Pix/PA230224.jpg)
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I'd ask is that coon really stuck? They're great climbers and I'd bet the coon is waiting for the commotion to end and then climb down...at night most likely as that's when they're active.
Since the neighbor is into "less lethal" methods suggest that he hit the coon with a jet nozzle sprayer on the end of his hose. Get the camera ready!
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