I was awoken last night to the uproar of a raccoon slaying one of my son's pet chickens. I've got a compound bow, but sadly it wasn't handy. I probably could've got a clean shot off at the little fucker. Anyway, I had to tell my 5 year old this morning that his chicken, named "Fries", had been mercilessly slaughtered. I swore to myself that I would avenge my son's chicken's death. Only a little later did I realize that this oath probably meant I'd seen too many episodes of Spartacus. I mean really....blood oaths for chickens? Then when I saw the thread "**** alert" in the main forum, well, I felt I had to put this all out there.
Mook, here are some good raccoon recipes you can also try. They taste good with a side of, dare I say it, fries. http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zracoon.html
Look in you yellow pages. I have had problems with raccoons, they did not fortunately hurt my cats, but they stripped all the fruit from fruit tree. I contacted Animal Damage Control. They trap and remove. It is illegal, at least in California, don't know about Oregon, to trap wild animals without a permit. You can also go online and look for dehydrated fox urine. No joke. Try spraying it around the perimeter of your yard. Fox prey (racoons, squirrels, etc.) will avoid the yard, thinking there's a predator.
They named the other chicken that looks just like it "Fish," which is equally cool. Maybe we'll buy a new chicken and call it "Chips" so it sounds more British.
Had chickens when I was a kid. Chicken 1, Chicken 2 and Over easy. Aggressive g'damn birds, btw. Couldn't walk in their coup without them trying to peck you for being in their space. Started off with 6 but 3 were attacked and killed in their wire coup by unknown animals. Could have been anything living in the middle of a dense Forrest. Fresh eggs are amazing!
That's actually a pretty intriguing site. I'm also kind of wondering what a nice raccoon korma or raccoon masala with some naan bread would taste like. I'm thinking with a good merlot. Or perhaps Pabst would be more appropriate. And a friend sent me a link to how to make your own coonskin cap, which would be freakin' awesome. I had been thinking of just trapping it and letting it go down by the river, but murdering it and using all its pieces a la Daniel Boon sounds kind of cool. Dispatching, cleaning, tanning and cooking a raccoon has to be less work than butchering a mule deer, which I've done lots of times. It's probably extremely illegal, but then I'm in Idaho.
