7001
25 posts
Feb 07, 2008
7:36 PM
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this is what's left from a raccoon
anyone else get hit by this bop?
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chewy
41 posts
Feb 07, 2008
7:40 PM
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sorry to c and hear that but how many did he take from u? looks very cruel to me that damn. r.o.p = racoon of prey...anyways good luck for the future...wish u the best..lucky we dont got any of those around...but we here got lots of two legged monster hitting up...
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Electric-man
1112 posts
Feb 07, 2008
7:41 PM
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Man, that stinks! How many did you loose! Better come up with a plan, he will be back I bet! Nothing like an easy meal!
Sorry for your losses! I lost a young ruby this afternoon to a coop! It really bites loosing something that you put so much time and effort in!
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Val
"Site Moderator"
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7001
26 posts
Feb 07, 2008
7:44 PM
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lost three 2 breeders and a kit bird.
never had a rop in the 25 yrs of raising.
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bigwilly
379 posts
Feb 07, 2008
7:47 PM
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sure it was'nt a rat? I seen a rat do that before
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chewy
42 posts
Feb 07, 2008
7:48 PM
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but yeah sorry for your losses...well i got two legged preys....last year i lost over 150 birds.....breeders and flyers..and even ugly fosters....so your not so bad after all....but becareful this time try to be on the lookout...good luck this new year...and many years on...
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7001
27 posts
Feb 07, 2008
7:50 PM
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i seen the rop this morning @ 2:30 this morning trying to get in the kit cage.
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7001
28 posts
Feb 07, 2008
7:51 PM
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thanks chuey
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katyroller
119 posts
Feb 07, 2008
7:55 PM
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Are you using 1"x1" wire for flooring? My experience is you should consider using drop trays under 1"x1" to keep predators from reaching through the wire. Good Luck!
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chewy
44 posts
Feb 07, 2008
7:58 PM
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during of my two legged preys...no matter what wires i used it dont block there way at all....but no problems...plus u just gotta worry about that little one..man i got many things to worry much more than yours...dont worry its just a bit....i lost all my breeders nothing left...i was all total out...u can recover from that easy...just fix it up and move on...man last year still scar me till this days......am worry every single day....
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7001
29 posts
Feb 07, 2008
7:59 PM
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katyroller
after this incident,my breeding pens are definetly are going to change.
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Santandercol
1958 posts
Feb 07, 2008
8:36 PM
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Those breeder pens should be inside a loft NOTHING can get into.No mice no rats no coons.Shameful.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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Werstler
9 posts
Feb 07, 2008
8:54 PM
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I've had raccoon problems before, I wanted those wooden dowel fronts on my cage. guess what a raccoon can bite right through them. I had to go with wire. I've also had them reach through the wire and eat what ever they could pull through. I had a good breeder lose a wing, the raccoon almost ate it to the shoulder. I cut it the rest of the way off and am still using it to breed with. but it needs to be in a single breeding pen
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Santandercol
1963 posts
Feb 07, 2008
9:08 PM
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You might get him in a live trap.Best thing is to wait out there tonight with a spotlight and 22.You'll get him fer sure that way.They are a real intelligent critter till you shine a bright light in their face.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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7001
31 posts
Feb 07, 2008
9:12 PM
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thanks for the tip Satandercol.Never had to
deal with a coon
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GREED FOR SPEED LOFT
425 posts
Feb 07, 2008
9:17 PM
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R-R 7001 yes the cat trap will certainly work. For relocation, Good luck.
R-luna
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Werstler
10 posts
Feb 07, 2008
9:21 PM
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Last summer I was sleeping in the nude because of the heat, I got up at about 1 AM to go to the bathroom and hear some noise outside. I look and theres a coon fighting with the cat over its food. so I get a flashlight and a pistol and I'm out after the coon. it goes in the pipe under the driveway so I let a few shots up the pipe and its takes off out the other side and up the creek with me chasing and shooting. about then it comes to mind that maybe the neighbors wonder what all the shooting is and calls the cops, and here I am with a pistol and a flashlight standing in the field nude. so I go get some shorts to finish the job... LOL
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7001
32 posts
Feb 07, 2008
9:22 PM
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greed for speed
relocation is on my antenna of my 51 chevy fleetline lol.
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7001
33 posts
Feb 07, 2008
9:24 PM
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werstler
that is funny lol
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washington86
254 posts
Feb 07, 2008
11:06 PM
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Very Funny. I use to have rats coming into my cages at my old house and chew my bird's legs off. And I have skunks coming into my yard to try to eat them.
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Snake Doctor
190 posts
Feb 08, 2008
6:45 AM
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7001, I hope when you said that coon stood 2 to 3 ft high you were talking about up on his hind feet.
Coons are bad news, many will carry rabies, don't sic your dog on him they can really chew a dog up.
Check out this site for dog proof traps to catch the rascal, the coon cuffs work well, be extreamly careful their bite is nasty!
http://www.nwtrappers.com/catalog/traps/dogproof.asp
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"Semper Fi"
SD
Last Edited by on Feb 08, 2008 7:02 AM
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bigwilly
382 posts
Feb 08, 2008
7:07 AM
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Hey guys. Is it legal to trap a coon? I think that you guys should make sure.
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bman
542 posts
Feb 08, 2008
7:17 AM
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Make sure the live trap is big enough to hold him and use a can of sardines or a bananna with peanut butter for bait.
SD you need more dog power.lol My old walker would make short work of any coon!!
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Ron
Borderline lofts
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Snake Doctor
191 posts
Feb 08, 2008
7:24 AM
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Need to check with your state DNR, here in Georgia it's legal to trap to protect your birds all year long. The coons leave a scent trail, where one has found a meal others will follow, not to mention possum, mink, skunks, feral cats, big rats, grey fox, red fox, bobcat, coyote, stray dogs the list seems to get longer and longer. All of these are adapting well to suburbia. In some cases the DNR and sometimes your local county humane society will send someone to set live traps for you.
Warning, if you set live traps beprepared to face the anger of your wife if you happen to catch her cat! My dogs and I stay in trouble over this! LoL
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"Semper Fi"
SD
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wishiwon2
42 posts
Feb 09, 2008
12:08 AM
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A live catch cage trap should work well. Fish and meat baists will catch coons but also cats and other stuff (skunks). I suggest a sweet bait like PB and jelly or fruit.
Also a word of caution, DONT relocate it. It came to your loft and learned behaviors that are damaging. If you re-locate it, you're just moving the problem and sharing your bad luck with other ppl. Either destroy it or take it to DNR or Humane society for it, but dont give your problem to someone else, please. For all practical purposes there arent remote enough locations away from ppl anymore in the US that are truly "wild". Also it may have adopted depredating on your pigeons because it was stressed by sickness or injury, again, you're doing more harm by relocating it. Especially in the case of a coon, dont worry, they'll make more, we wont run out of them ....
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3757
590 posts
Feb 09, 2008
7:16 AM
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7001 - I am sorry to hear about this. Call me as soon as you trap him. Here is another good recipe. Some of you guys may think this is a joke but it is not!
BAKED STUFFED RACCOON WITH APPLES
1 med. raccoon
4 lg. onions
4 strips salted pork
2 c. beef stock
STUFFING:
5 lg. tart apples
2 tbsp. butter
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. dry bread crumbs
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
Skin and clean the raccoon. Wash well and remove most of the fat. Place in a large soup kettle, cover with water and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
Peel, core and dice the apples into a mixing bowl. Melt the butter in a small saucepan and add the cinnamon, bread crumbs, salt and pepper; mix well. Remove the raccoon from the cooking juices and cool. Stuff the raccoon and sew up the cavity. Place the raccoon, breast down on the rack of a roast pan, with the legs folded under the body and fasten with kitchen string. Drape the salt pork over the back of the raccoon and fasten with toothpicks. Place the onions beside the raccoon on the rack.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes to brown the meat. Reduce temperature to 325 degrees and add the 2 cups of beef stock. Cook for 1 hour, basting as often as possible. Transfer to a heated platter surrounded by the whole onions.
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Sandy91, SA Region 3
151 posts
Feb 09, 2008
7:24 AM
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Ener tried "roller-stew" you dont have to stir they turn but them selfs....LMAO
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Built4Speed
67 posts
Feb 09, 2008
10:14 AM
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Hey Rich,
Are you sure it wasn't a Chupacabra LOL............
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Dale
SGVS
http://builtforspeedrollerlofts.bravehost.com/
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ezeedad
328 posts
Feb 09, 2008
12:00 PM
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La Ron,
Looks like you have a recipe for everything.. LOL..!!!
Guys...there are so many things trying to get pigeons.. Maybe we should call them VOP...varmints of prey.
Gomez
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3757
595 posts
Feb 09, 2008
12:10 PM
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Paul - Most of the city guys have never eaten Coon, pigeon, squirrel, black birds and aligator. Man that is great stuff!!!
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Snake Doctor
194 posts
Feb 09, 2008
12:38 PM
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Hey LaRon you forgot to tell them to cut the scent glands out of the hind legs, they'll be sorry if they don't!
I like to slow BBQ em after parboiling to get rid of some of the fat.
Jerry Clower used to say coon hunting was the most equal of all the hound sports, "That coon can come down the tree and whip every dog on the ground, it's strictly up to him!" LOL
Bman sadly I don't keep hounds any more, can't keep up with them!
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"Semper Fi"
SD
Last Edited by on Feb 09, 2008 12:41 PM
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3757
597 posts
Feb 09, 2008
12:58 PM
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SnakeDoctor - I thought they would know that! There was a guy here who wanted me to help him butcher a hog and I got everything ready and the damn thing was a bow hog. He did not know that you have to castrate a hog before you can eat him.
Last Edited by on Feb 09, 2008 12:58 PM
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birdman
480 posts
Feb 09, 2008
1:32 PM
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LaRon,
I'm a city guy and can say that I've eaten racoon (young tender ones)and squirrel. Honestly, they tasted great! Even tried some mountain oysters once...lol
My Dad was born and raised on a farm in Southeastern Oklahoma and as a kid my family spent many summer vacations on the home place where we got to live like country kids with my cousins. Those were some of the best times of my life. Every day was a new adventure. Hunting, fishing, country food, and country girls!
Russ
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3757
598 posts
Feb 09, 2008
1:48 PM
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Russ - It is amazing how things change and yes that is great stuff. You know a lot of people do not know that a chicken is the nastiest birds on the farm but they frown on raccoon and squab
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Snake Doctor
196 posts
Feb 09, 2008
3:27 PM
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LOL, LaRon, I got into a situation a couple of years ago trying to help a couple of Gentleman??? Ranchers. They would catch each calf and throw it to see if it was a bull calf or a heifer, I was laughing so hard, I was out of breath, then they had 2nd thoughts about cutting them and wanted to go get a Vet. to anesthetise them.
How about putting up your best reciepe for Possum, won't be long before they will start making a run on my Bantams, it is strange how "The Lord calls those possums home!"
Armadillo is pretty good too not as greasy, the hardest part is hulling them out of the shell, good sharp fillet knife helps.
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"Semper Fi"
SD
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classicpony
670 posts
Feb 09, 2008
6:45 PM
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I got hit an hit hard last winter by coons. I was so mad I got a trap and went after them. After killing 4 coons and 1 possum and almost having to start over again. I made some changes so that this would never happen again.
I have recovered even better then before now.
Jim
Illinois
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Electric-man
1121 posts
Feb 09, 2008
6:58 PM
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Russ, where at in southern Okla.? Thats where I grew up a few miles E. of Lake Texhoma!
Have eaten some BBQ coon myself! Mighty tasty!
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Val
"Site Moderator"
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3757
601 posts
Feb 10, 2008
6:35 AM
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Val, Snake Doctor and Russ - We are going to have to get together and have a cookout!! Maybe, I will bring some turtle soup also. One thing I miss eaten is guineas.
By the way that bird that 7001 is showing was my oldest Bruce Cooper stock cock. He was built like 1220 but was a hell of a producer.
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birdman
483 posts
Feb 10, 2008
7:50 AM
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Hey Val,
My Dad was from a small town called Wilburton but I have family spread out around Hartshorne, McCalester, Checotah, Blanco, Haleyville, and a few other places.
Man, I loved it back there but haven't been back for over twenty something years. I've heard of Texhoma but can't remember if I've been there. I've swam in Sardis lake and Eufala lake, and been to Robber's cave. Is that anywhere near Texhoma?
LaRon, I remember taking some big turtles out of the stock ponds. Some were snappers and some were soft shelled. My uncle saved the soft shelled turtles for soup but I don't remember ever eating any.
Russ
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3757
602 posts
Feb 10, 2008
8:17 AM
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Russ - I tried this one before.
Mock Creole Turtle Soup
Recipe By :=20
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Game Gumbos & Stews
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/4 Pound Butter
Juice and skin
1/2 Cup Flour
1 Tablespoon Fresh parsley -- chopped
2 Pounds Lean stewing beef -- 1? cubes
1 Teaspoon Dried leaf thyme
1/2 Cup Tasso -- minced
1 1/2 Quarts Beef Stock
1 1/2 C Onions -- chopped
1 Tsp White pepper
3/4 C Celery -- chopped
1 1/4 Tsp Cayenne Pepper
1/2 C Carrot -- chop fine
3 Bay leaves
30 Cl Garlic -- minced
3 Eggs; Hard-Boil -- chop
1 1/2 C Tomatoes -- chop, peel, seeded
2 Tsp Tomato Paste
1 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
Sherry
1 Lemon -- peeled and chopped
--Garnish--
Green Onion Tops Thinly Sliced.
Heat butter in heavy sauce pan, brown beef cubes and remove. Add flour and
cook while stirring until roux is medium brown. Add onions, celery, carrots
and garlic and cook for 5 minutes until soft. Add meat and all remaining
ingredients except eggs, green onions and sherry. Stir to blend and simmer
until meat is very tender, about 1-1/2 hours, add a little water if needed
during cooking. Taste for salt and pepper and, if desired, Tabasco. Add eggs
and cook for 5 more minutes. Garnish with green onions and pass the sherry.
Source: Upperline Restaurant, N.O.LA.
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houndsandfeathers
71 posts
Feb 10, 2008
9:06 AM
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im actually a crazy coon hunter myself and they are tuff they can kill a hundred pound dog if on there head in a crick they drown em ive eaten it and liked it several ways i actually sell some carcasses to a black gentleman and his family and he cant be happier when i call him and tell him i got some for him ....if trappin them some one else mentioned sweets they work best (no cats or skunks ) but possums eat anything so youll catch them on shoe leather even....lol...i still hunt and butcher all our own meat from squirel to beef and plenty of hogs good luck keepin em out of your birds if nothin else i can get ya a coonhound ....houndsnfeathers  
Last Edited by on Feb 10, 2008 9:12 AM
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houndsandfeathers
74 posts
Feb 10, 2008
9:37 AM
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not much for pups i really dont raise many just when i need a pup then the rest i get 200 for that bitch is 3 now and she had her first litter and i saved 2 females to train
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