The seemingly never ending raccoon battle…new pics

[qball]

That is pretty crazy Mike, at this rate you gonna compete with the edgyleshiy guy for amount of varmints! Keep up the fight or the population would get out of hand like that crazy YouTube coon dude. However it sounds like you are going to need one of those Pard007 or oneleaf scope night vision add on gizmo. 




another skunk dug up my yard lately so my Impact compact is ready for action. 

 

[Flintsack]

I have not smelled skunk, since I whacked the one earlier this week.

It was absolutely gorgeous tonight, clear skies for the first time since I’ve been engaged with the zoo across the way…I had a full moon, little bit of snow in the background still left, perfect conditions.

I put the hotdogs out around four.

I took the D-Wolf out right at dusk. I’ve been shooting it all day during breaks from work. I had just shot this group earlier. That was at 100 yards. I’m hunting at 60. It’s a chip shot. I’m using 34 grain hollowpoint slugs now. I didn’t want to worry about what angle I shoot. I believe at 60 yards this would go through just about anything a raccoon has to offer. 60 foot pounds at the bore. Pinpoint accurate at that distance. Pull the trigger and the hole appears. 

The problem is, the raccoons didn’t appear. I waited for two hours. I didn’t see anything. And I’m sitting in the dark most of the time looking through my scope, at a horribly blurry image in the dark. Hoping to notice motion. And then I notice out of the corner of my eye, a big raccoon coming towards the den. 

At that point everything becomes a blur. I’ve waited so long straining to see something, that when I do, the adrenaline rush is incredible.

I decide to flip the light on. When I do she’s looking right at me. It’s a big one, not one of the yearlings.

I have the March all calibrated at 8X., Lighted retical with hashmarks. I know exactly where it hits. I’m actually using A magazine for the first time ever in my life.

she’s quartering towards me, just sitting. I put the # on her arm pit and fire with a very loud thump. She dives for the den. It was a direct hit, she’s done.

back to waiting. This time with the light on. Crosshairs on the opening of the den…10 minutes, eyes light up, peeking out. I put the 60 yard mark right on one as the head turns, The wolf barks, and the lights go out. You could see the limp fall.

I was thrilled to get two. That leaves a minimum of two to go. But I believe I got the big one. We will see. It will be interesting to see what the camera caught.

mike

 

[N2 Shooter]

I await the outcome with bated breath!

 

[Flintsack]

Last night was pretty much like the night before, only I went out twice.

The first time after an hour and a half wait, I whacked the first raccoon that came out. Full on direct hit. I waited about 10 minutes turned on my light, and same as last night there was one sticking his head out of the hole. I whacked him.

I was hungry, so I went in and had dinner. Then I came back out and within five minutes of sitting down whacked a skunk. 

I hope this will cause attendance at the zoo to go down. 

mike

 

[Flintsack]

The last two nights I’ve added three raccoons, and one skunk to the tally. Last night I did a sneak, got myself settled in, 62 yards out in my shooting spot…head shot and killed one within five minutes.

I talked to a couple of my neighbors, they are seeing extremely high volumes of raccoons this spring. One of them has trapped 20 in the last month.

we’ve all agreed it’s a good time of year to limit their numbers a bit. 


It’s really cool sitting out there in the dark by myself. Last night there was a coyote talking back-and-forth maybe 500 yards from me.


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