Four guys rob me of my Raccoon feeder

[black bear]

shoot the racoons. stop shooting at kids.


sounds like the cliche crazy old man that lives down the block. btw, sometimes if people think you're crazy, they might be right.

it seems relevant to note that most laws use the term "reasonable person" in regards to use of force.

One point is what your "kids" are doing out of parents' house at 2 o'clock in the morning?

And if they think I am crazy and they are afraid to get shot by the "crazy man" I am ahead in the game.

Like the farmer in Old Phart's story I don't think is going to be a second time and is there is I will be NOT be firing warning shots.

And my advice to you is to control your "kids"

black bear

 

[mbt2001]

I would be hesitant to shoot them, as they are most likely ars kids... The law may say one thing and the damn NY jury finds you liable in a civil action. Keep calling the police and make sure that you keep reporting the trouble you are having. Keep documenting it and if something does happen you will have evidence that the police were not doing anything and you had DONE ALL THE YOUR REASONABLY COULD DO.

A couple of posters here have advised getting motion lights, cameras and the deer cameras set up to try to git pictures of these idiots. That may be a good idea... Get some more dogs though. Enough kids may jack with one Rottweiler, but 2 other big dogs should do the trick...

It would be hard to try to do something that would teach these ars boys a lesson and not get you sued.

Good luck to ya...

 

[QuickDraw]

And my advice to you is to control your "kids"

Maybe you should feed the kids as well.
Perhaps they were P.O.'d neighbors that don't like raccoons.
By the way,been thinking about one of your flashlights.

QuickDraw

 

[CAPTAIN MIKE]

Zunfolge has got a GREAT Idea

Nothing like "shaming" them in a small rural community. I agree. Good idea !!

 

[chopinbloc]

Like the farmer in Old Phart's story I don't think is going to be a second time and is there is I will be NOT be firing warning shots.

have fun in prison, dude. i live in az, not socialist ny and we love shooting crooks here but you might end up in jail for shooting at/near someone who wasn't even remotely a threat and you certainly would go to prison for actually shooting someone who wasn't a threat to you. and don't say "but, but, it was dark," because you had a big flashlight, dressed up like a ninja and PUT yourself in that position. you fed and therefore attracted vermin, then shot at what were almost certainly kids. what, kids can't use a cordless drill? so what if some kids - maybe the ones you shot at, maybe not - smoke weed and drink beer in the woods. that's what kids do. they certainly don't deserve to die for it, just get their butts swatted and that is NOT your job.

And my advice to you is to control your "kids"

a gun is for poking holes in paper or defending your life when there is no other choice. it is not for expressing your displeasure at others or asserting your will over the neighborhood. if you started attracting 'coons in my neighborhood, i would be evenly split between setting up a comfy spot to shoot the little bastards or smashing your feeder with an ax. wouldn't steal it, that's more of a prank than anything. for all you know they intended to drive it around town and take polaroids of it in different places then return it like that commercial a few years ago. you are seriously out of touch with reality and you need to calm down before you hurt yourself or someone else. not only would it be a tragedy if you manage to get some poor kid killed, it would almost certainly bring another round of restrictive gun laws. please tell us this was all a joke or that you were just trying to get a rise.

 

[gremlin_bros]

got me to thinking

back when i was growing up the idea of rocksalt in a 12 guage was still big i wonder how the law would take that today. i have had to help a couple of friends patch themselves together after getting rock salt to the backside. trust me they never again did the deed that got them a-salted lol. just a thought.

 

[Mtnvalley]

It was a night time and the prowlers had a gun....a Ryobi can certainly look like a gun at night.

Indeed. As it happens, I took a course at Front Sight a couple weeks ago, and was in one of the "shoot houses" working through a simulated home invasion.

The only friendly I shot? A guy holding a drill with a long thick bit, ostensibly a "neighbor returning my drill" during a home invasion.

When I told a couple of my real-life neighbors about this faux pas, they laughed...albeit just a bit nervously.