Close quarters combat with a raccoon

[looser38]

Well cobra you were right, lots of good ideas so far. I'm sure there will be more coming. I myself would be mostly concerned with collateral damage to the house, or loved ones, but as for Rocky raccoon, F**k em. He'll make a very nice winter hat. YMMV

 

[BUMPA01603]

Vicious, filthy little sh*ts and they carry diseases, don't risk getting bitten at all costs. Trap and drown them as prescribed. Then cut off its tail as a trophy and hang it from your cars antenna and drive around with it

 

[not new guy]

Is that a tub of dog food just inside the doggie door?

 

[PaulR]

awww, so cute.

wait....are those bicycle helmets hanging on the door???

That's it....I'm outta here, no more advice for you.....

 

[Paul455]

Don't shoot it in an enclosed space....ask me how I know.........

Makes a friggin' mess.

 

[slap shot]

I say leave him alone...

Sincerely, the dog

 

[steve8140]

1) block the doggy door for a few nights.

2) get a piece of chain link fence and lay it on the ground with an extension cord and alligator clips. Hook up power to the fence and ground everything around it. (Bonus points if you keep the area wet with a hose).

 

[steve8140]

Also, stop being a pansy and let the dog in and out as needed. Without the doggy door it wouldn’t be a problem to begin with. What kind or dog do you have that can’t handle this problem.

 

[RumRunner]

After seeing the video, I'm thinking guillotine just inside the doggy door

 

[Palladin]

claymore facing the doggy door

 

[ToddDubya]

After seeing the video, I'm thinking guillotine just inside the doggy door

Or an anvil if you have one handy.

Or sprinkle some Legos inside the door. After he steps on a couple of those he'll leave, never to return.

 

[Picton]

Hypothetically?

Live trap. .455 Webley. Basement.

 

[MadatMarek]

Whatever you do immediately make a hat and wear it like a man.

 

[hminsky]

Is that a tub of dog food just inside the doggie door?

Yes :-( We now have a metal trash can outside with the dog food, lid is strapped down with bungee cords.

 

[Hetzer]

Sit down with it and talk it out over a beer and some buffalo wings. Appeal to its sense of reason.

If for some unforseeable reason that doesn't work you can then kill it with malice aforethought but a clear conscience.

 

[hminsky]

1) block the doggy door for a few nights.

2) get a piece of chain link fence and lay it on the ground with an extension cord and alligator clips. Hook up power to the fence and ground everything around it. (Bonus points if you keep the area wet with a hose).

yeah we removed the dog food from the mud room and have taken to putting the plexiglas blocker into the doggie door at night. Still I'd like some payback for the trespassing, and I'd like to be able to leave the dog door open at night sometimes without worrying about this varmint.

 

[Choctaw]

 

[amm5061]

claymore facing the doggy door

That would be my preference as well. Enjoy the shrapnel motherf***er.

 

[wahsben]

Get Jack Jack to take care of it!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79tb_AlPC-k

 

[Oldarmy]

I say leave him alone...

Sincerely, the dog

So that's how they get coon dogs.

 

[AHM]

Let's say, just theoretically, you have a highly self-confident raccoon which knows how to open your dog door and visit your laundry room.

Spoiler: Come heavy, or don't come at all

I got bit by a raccoon last year.
$13,000. initial emergency room visit with rabies shots. Follow up shots cost more. ...
So whatever you do try not to get bit.

Don't paint the inside of the mud room with rabid raccoon blood, either.

claymore facing the doggy door

Pro-tip: Front toward raccoon.

 

[ront02769]

OR get the pet door that only opens when YOUR pet is there.....identified by the electronic gizmo on his/her collar.

 

[StevieP]

If you're in the same room with it (hypothetically), I wouldn't think you'd need any assistance with sights or an optic. You're in point & shoot range, and will likely be moving, and shooting at a moving target. Just aim down the barrel at it...

Have you considered a .410 shotgun?

 

[gscott]

Garand with bayonet

 

[minininjer]

Seal the dog door?

You're no fun

 

[garandman]

A REAL man would take an entrenching tool, sharpen the edge and turn it 90 degrees. That's what they did in Nam.//

Nuhuh.

You sharpen the side and use it straight. If you sharpen the V edges, they get dull when using it for digging.

 

[mcshooter]

As long as theres a video posted of this encounter...

 

[MisterHappy]

Make sure the bugger is outside, then: Seal the dog door?

FIFY

Oh, just do some recon, first....make sure that Groot is not hiding in the shrubbery.

 

[01906]

The hell with sealing the door shut. I would bait him into a trap. Instead of drinking beer and watching TV. I would be drinking beer and watching the doggie door.

Make sure you take video!

 

[Mike Stanton]

Shotgun