Only in Ohio

[Kzoo]

Watch out @Longjohn, they're just across to border.

 

'Zombie' raccoons are terrifying Ohio residents in broad daylight with odd behavior

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[donkpow]

 “You should avoid any raccoon that is active during daylight hours, has lost its fear of humans, or appears uncoordinated, confused or listless.”

That's in Youngstown. If any where in Ohio would have a problem like this, it's Youngstown.

[Longjohn ★]

3 minutes ago, donkpow said:

That's in Youngstown. If any where in Ohio would have a problem like this, it's Youngstown.

Hey now.

[Kzoo]

4 minutes ago, donkpow said:

 “You should avoid any raccoon that is active during daylight hours, has lost its fear of humans, or appears uncoordinated, confused or listless.”

That's in Youngstown. If any where in Ohio would have a problem like this, it's Youngstown.

Ohio is Ohio.  From the lake to the river from PA to IN.  Ohio's Ohio.

[Longjohn ★]

“The raccoon Coggeshall encountered and 14 others police responded to were reportedly euthanized.”

Thats what I do to them too. I had one tested for rabies, it was negative. They said it was probably distemper. I have a collection of euthanizing equipment. I used the 22 single shot on the last one.

[jsharr ★]

7 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

“The raccoon Coggeshall encountered and 14 others police responded to were reportedly euthanized.”

Thats what I do to them too. I had one tested for rabies, it was negative. They said it was probably distemper. I have a collection of euthanizing equipment. I used the 22 single shot on the last one.

You ever use subsonic in that?  Some of that stuff is quiet.  Got a buddy that has a tube fed lever action .22.  Shooting .22 short in it is pretty quiet.  

[Kzoo]

19 minutes ago, jsharr said:

You ever use subsonic in that?  Some of that stuff is quiet.  Got a buddy that has a tube fed lever action .22.  Shooting .22 short in it is pretty quiet.  

Yeah since touching off a .22 LR is an ear splitting thing you don't want to do out in the countryside.

[Longjohn ★]

1 hour ago, jsharr said:

You ever use subsonic in that?  Some of that stuff is quiet.  Got a buddy that has a tube fed lever action .22.  Shooting .22 short in it is pretty quiet.  

I didn’t even know they made them. If I lived in the city (like really? Me live in the city) that is what I would use. I also have a couple air rifles that shoot 144 pellets. Those are quiet and effective on rabbits and blackbirds. A raccoon or a groundhog is a bit tougher. I didn’t take any chances on the last groundhog I euthanized. I used my Blackhawk 44 Mag.

[jsharr ★]

5 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

I didn’t even know they made them. If I lived in the city (like really? Me live in the city) that is what I would use. I also have a couple air rifles that shoot 144 pellets. Those are quiet and effective on rabbits and blackbirds. A raccoon or a groundhog is a bit tougher. I didn’t take any chances on the last groundhog I euthanized. I used my Blackhawk 44 Mag.

I bet you euthanized the Hell out of him with that!!!!  

 

Here is a good example of .22lr vs .22lr subsonic
 

 

[Longjohn ★]

1 minute ago, jsharr said:

I bet you euthanized the Hell out of him with that!!!!  

He didn’t get up and run away.

[Further]

I have in-laws all over Ohio, including Youngstown. Youngstown is special.  

[Longjohn ★]

Just now, Further said:

I have in-laws all over Ohio, including Youngstown. Youngstown is special.  

Where do they go to church?

[Ralphie ★]

2 hours ago, donkpow said:

“You should avoid any raccoon that is active during daylight hours, has lost its fear of humans, or appears uncoordinated, confused or listless.”

 

[Tizeye]

I see them almost every evening on security camera walking down my driveway. Have to notice live as have sensitivity setting high enough that don't trigger a video clip. Last year had a pineapple that was ripening and just about ready to pick.  They found it and devoured it. Hard fence going around my garden this year.

[Longjohn ★]

They have never bothered any pineapples in my garden. 

[Ralphie ★]

26 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

They have never bothered any pineapples in my garden. 

Spongebob Squarepants' pineapple is probably safe too.

[Page Turner]

...I used to hunt squirrels up in the foothills with subsonic .22lr ammunition. I bought the hollow points.

The biggest problem with it was QC, because there were a lot of substandard rounds in every box.

 

But you can still do a headshot kill on a squirrel with the stuff, as long as you figure for trajectory when you sight in, and you don't get a bad round.

I figured this thread was about the zombie raccoons from the title.  Sounds like they're smoking bath salts to me.

 

"He would stand up on his hind legs, which I've never seen a raccoon do before, and he would show his teeth and then he would fall over backward and go into almost a comatose condition," he said.

Although raccoons are typically nocturnal animals, many of these incidents occurred in broad daylight.

 

 

 

 

[Dottleshead ★]

[sheep_herder ★]

6 hours ago, Longjohn said:

“The raccoon Coggeshall encountered and 14 others police responded to were reportedly euthanized.”

Thats what I do to them too. I had one tested for rabies, it was negative. They said it was probably distemper. I have a collection of euthanizing equipment. I used the 22 single shot on the last one.

Looks like you are prepared if anyone steals your goat.

[Dottleshead ★]

 

Who me?

[pedalphile]

Broad daylight is one of those funny ones, isn't it? Given that no one ever mentions its opposite, narrow daylight.

[Kzoo]

1 hour ago, pedalphile said:

Broad daylight is one of those funny ones, isn't it? Given that no one ever mentions its opposite, narrow daylight.

Hey Pedal, try to stay focused on the important stuff here.

[Johnny Come Lately Name]

15 hours ago, donkpow said:

 “You should avoid any raccoon that is active during daylight hours, has lost its fear of humans, or appears uncoordinated, confused or listless.”

We have that problem here, too.

Except it’s people and it’s meth, not rabies.

[Kzoo]

Nominated 

[Johnny Come Lately Name]

 

[a bunch of numbers]

There's nothing wrong with Youngstown.

[donkpow]

4 minutes ago, Rick5234 said:

There's nothing wrong with Youngstown.

Except for zombie raccoons.

[Longjohn ★]

Just now, donkpow said:

Except for zombie raccoons.

But they were youthanized.

[donkpow]

9 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

But they were youthanized.

You know, in my neck of the woods, this kind of thing wouldn't even make the news. We killed all our critters more than a century ago. 

[Page Turner]

Molecular Confirmation of the Origin and Invasive Status of West Indian Raccoons

 

...I originally became interested in this topic while listening to a podcast on the Guadeloupe raccoon (formerly known as Procyon minor).

The whole story of the raccoons on Guadeloupe is quite fascinating, if a little bit disturbing.  Stranger in Paradise

[donkpow]

I don't think Guadaloupe is in Ohio. If she is, she's probably up in Cleveland.

[Kzoo]

41 minutes ago, Page Turner said:

The whole story of the raccoons on Guadeloupe is quite fascinating

Sure..... whatever you say.

 

[Page Turner]

40 minutes ago, donkpow said:

I don't think Guadaloupe is in Ohio. If she is, she's probably up in Cleveland.

...Lupe Rodriguez is a hot tamale. She lives in Lorain. 

 

6 minutes ago, Kzoo said:

Sure..... whatever you say.

 

 

...this is the source for the stereotype of old people not being open to new ideas.   #geezers

[donkpow]

1 minute ago, Page Turner said:

She lives in Lorain. 

Technically:

 

[Page Turner]

...the problem with being in my age group is all your old acquaintances are dying like flies. 

[Longjohn ★]

8 minutes ago, Page Turner said:

...the problem with being in my age group is all your old acquaintances are dying like flies. 

You need to start hanging out with a younger crowd.

[sheep_herder ★]

27 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

You need to start hanging out with a younger crowd.

I don't hang much, but certainly not with people my age.