humans vs racoons

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We've seen a scarily drunk rabid looking racoon around our property lately. Last night we happened to look out and see two of them tearing apart our bird feeder/suet cage. D got out our Have-A-Heart trap. We have not had luck with it in the past. F'ers always get the food without getting caught. This time we wired the apple slice to the back so they had to really work at it - and guess what? We got one! The other one was still in the tree trying to eat the suet cage, so D got out his trusty pellet gun and shot at it. I seriously doubt it even got past the varmit's fur, but it still high-tailed it up the tree farther than we could see in the dark.

We immediately started to talk about how to dispose of it....now that we actually caught it. Because..well....even though they carry rabies, and are a nusiance...up close they're super cute little guys. No way we could kill it. We're both too tender hearted. So today at lunch, Rocky Racoon got a commuter ride to the neighborhood several miles and ridges down the road.

Tonight we'll see if we get his brother.