BTW, biggest coon I ever got.........was with a shovel.
.22 rifle way less of a workout (proly less risk too).
Got him in the dark, between the neighbor's house and my privacy fence.
Did not damage anything but the coon.
Smacked him running away (after chase), he doubled back and went between my legs. Proly hit him 3 times before I landed back on the ground LOL.
Was practicing turkey calls and unloading groceries from the old lady's ride and he came across the road.
I'll stick to shooting them from now on (hey, rifles were in the cabinet, the shovel was right by the porch).
