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If you think you can kill raccoons and end the problems in your garden or chicken coop, think again. A new coon will be there next week. The solution that works for me is electric fencing. May a dog or something else will work for you. But wherever I lived, the supply of coons never ended. Maybe some guys like shooting coons enough to use a chicken coop as bait. If you manage to get some eggs now and then, it's a bonus. 
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When I was a kid there was a tale about a 45 pound raccoon. I have always wanted to see a 45 pound. Back in HS a classmate got one near the apartment complex along the river ( dumpster raider ). Caught in a 220 conibear. 50#.
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The coons in my deer woods aint big, 15-20# tops.
Did see a monster yote smacked on the highway
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OK I had to look it up::::
The largest recorded wild raccoon weighed 28.4 kg (62.6 lb) and measured 140 cm (55 in) in total length, by far the largest size recorded for a procyonid.
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OK I had to look it up::::
The largest recorded wild raccoon weighed 28.4 kg (62.6 lb) and measured 140 cm (55 in) in total length, by far the largest size recorded for a procyonid. Where was that recorded Reba? Somewhere in the Northern Tier of states?
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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If coons were people they would all be in jail. A coon has three thoughts when it encounters something new, can I eat this thing, can I screw this thing, can I chit on this thing? Little bastards!
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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A coon has three thoughts when it encounters something new, can I eat this thing, can I screw this thing, can I chit on this thing? Sounds like the residents of Memphis
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If blacks were as smart as coon they’d rule the world . Just saying, ain’t no chance. A big boar coon is pretty damn mean. Hookeye, I agree with you 15lbs. ,20 lb coon is a monster. Hunted for coons my whole life. Bottomland coon is different from a ridge runner in the hills. Bottomland coon might run few hundred yds from the dogs . Savy ole ridge runner coon might run 5 miles or more. Started out hunting on foot and later hunted the hill runners on mules trainer to jump fences. Just my experience. I sure others are different. Happy Hunting
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