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old dog and raccoons
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03/26/13 01:01 PM
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stinkbelly
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I have a yard dog. I found her about 14 years ago in a swamp while hog hunting. I took her home and put her in the back yard. I cut a doggy door through the wall into the laundry room. She has the run of the yard and laundry room. I have always kept a 2 gallon food bowl full of food and she has a small kid swimming pool she likes to play in.
I noticed for the last little while that she is eating a ton of food and she is loosing weight. She use to eat about 1 1/2 cups per day. Now the food bowl would just empty all at once. So I decided to put my game camera up last night.
I shouldn't have deleted the pics, but I watched picturs this morning of her constantly walking the perimeter of the yard and every time she would walk by the food or swimming pool, she would look into them. I started to think she was getting old and just going crazy. Then she walked through the doggy door. Immediately 3 raccoons showed up from 3 different directions. Minutes later, my dog came running out and chased them off. This went on from midnight until I took the card out at 4:30am. She would try to go to bed, they would attack, then she would chase them off. At one point, one of them went for a swim in her pool. Talk about a slap in the face.
Poor girl. She is a senior citizen and having to fight for her food. Looks like I am going to have to help tonight.
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Re: old dog and raccoons
[Re: stinkbelly]
#4146466
03/26/13 01:05 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: old dog and raccoons
[Re: CCBIRDDOGMAN]
#4146473
03/26/13 01:07 PM
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TDH09
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Sounds like she needs help from Izzy and Deuce.
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Re: old dog and raccoons
[Re: stinkbelly]
#4146509
03/26/13 01:22 PM
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MS1454
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At one point, one of them went for a swim in her pool. Talk about a slap in the face. lol
I'll take a Black Female every time.
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Re: old dog and raccoons
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#4146528
03/26/13 01:33 PM
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Bigjoe8504
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sounds like she is getting a little too much age on her... maybe start looking for a 6month to year old hound to be your next dog and handle what is quite obviously a coon problem...
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Re: old dog and raccoons
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#4146574
03/26/13 01:48 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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Hey Stinkbelly, I think I remember you saying that you have a trap but if I'm wrong & you need to borrow one, I have a nice one you're welcome to use.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: old dog and raccoons
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#4147149
03/26/13 05:17 PM
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Don Dial
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When I still Coon Hunted and kept a kennel full of hounds we hunted by Helotes once and caught a Coon that wgt'd 38lbs...largest one I think I've ever seen in Texas..very near the NSSA off 471..I gave it to my buddys son who was hunting w/us and he said he was going to make a Cap from it..Told him it'd cover about 3 heads..I saw some pictures of some Northern Coon in Mn. that wgt. in the 60lb class..but they said they don't run much..most down here go 12 to 18lbs..DD
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Re: old dog and raccoons
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#4147738
03/26/13 09:31 PM
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Tmec
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With 2 DDs this should not be a problem for long.
Last edited by Tmec; 03/26/13 09:31 PM.
Freedom is not Free
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Re: old dog and raccoons
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#4148479
03/27/13 02:54 AM
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super
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With 2 DDs this should not be a problem for long.[/quote] X2
Jason
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Re: old dog and raccoons
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#4148805
03/27/13 10:50 AM
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stinkbelly
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I caught one in a live trap last night. This moring the yard dog was sleeping near it. It kind of looked like she was bragging. She never sleeps outside.
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Re: old dog and raccoons
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#4151567
03/28/13 01:45 PM
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stinkbelly
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Caught another one. My boys wanted to keep it. I then showed them how friendly it was when you put a stick into the live trap. It sounded like a cat fight.
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Re: old dog and raccoons
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#4151620
03/28/13 02:05 PM
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Bigjoe8504
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Let'm after it, make them prove to be versatile
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Re: old dog and raccoons
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#4153229
03/29/13 01:19 AM
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Good luck with the last one Gary...
the thing about baiting is, even a rookie hunter could have a 170 bird season if they bait holes
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Re: old dog and raccoons
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03/31/13 12:58 PM
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stinkbelly
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I caught #3 on Thursday night and #4 last night. This one looks old. Maybe it is a grandparent looking for the grandkids.
Only one has been aggressive towards me so far.
My rescue DD doesn't know what the raccoon is. It is sad, but he looked a little afraid of it when I let him walk near the live trap.
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Re: old dog and raccoons
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#4161042
04/02/13 02:20 AM
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BAS
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To hunt quail and ducks, you really don't need them sharp to fur.
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Re: old dog and raccoons
[Re: BAS]
#4161226
04/02/13 03:06 AM
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MS1454
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To hunt quail and ducks, you really don't need them sharp to fur.
I'll take a Black Female every time.
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Re: old dog and raccoons
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#4161441
04/02/13 10:34 AM
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stinkbelly
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To hunt quail and ducks, you really don't need them sharp to fur. I hunt a ton more than quail and ducks. Luckily Izzy will take care of that for me. Deuce is the rescue I got at 6 or 7 years old. The only thing he had hunted his entire life before I got him was his next meal. He will learn if I want him to. He is really smart.
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