Raccoon whips my 2 dogs after being shot out of a tree and falling 30 feet!

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I was amazed, I have 2 large bloodhounds (80 lbs each). I watched it rummage through and open my trash, then throw garbage everywhere drag into the woods and up the tree. I was pissed shot it with my 22 I keep loaded for possible intruders. Hit it with first shot, it fell out of the tree, and my 2 dogs ran to get it. It grabbed bess by the mouth with one of its front claws in a death grip and started violently clawing at her eyes with the other claw. Then grabbed duke with one of its back leg claws and scratched the hell out of him with its open leg claw! My dogs couldn't get away and this medium sized raccoon was kicking their ass. This is my first run-in with a violent raccoon, they have only ever run away. Anyone ever seen raccoons fight? I thought 1 dog would be able to handle it but 2 and it just fell out of the tree after getting shot.
 
"You haint neer seen a ornry animul till you seen a mad coon."

I had a stray white shaggy dog that I found under my truck in the yard. She was a real terror with critters. She chased a momma and baby coon into the pond and both the momma and her went under the water for a long time. I was sure my dog was dead but she came up with the momma coon in her mouth, brought it to shore, shook the devil out of it and ran off looking for the young one. She never found the young one but she sure killed the momma.
This dog weighed about 40 lbs. and I'm sure it had terrier blood in it.
 
Coons are an unholy terror! My best coondogs didn't have a lick of hound in em. Either of them would simply pounce on the back of their quarry, clamp down on the back of the neck and shake them viciously until motion was no longer detected. It was always an awakening to their brilliance when a hapless bandit would venture into our yard. Having treated a half grown Newfoundland after her attempt to "help" I know they can inflict plenty of damage on land, just be thankful your hounds weren't in water with that coon.
 
I have heard, in the water, a coon will drown dogs.

I also will never forget a story my Father and Grandfather tell/told about some coworkers at the time wanted to go coon hunting and their method was to have the most sober guy climb the tree and grab the coons one at a time wearing a welding glove and throw them below so they could be shot. Guess it was one of those things you "had to see" but only once.
 
You may want to get your dogs checked out.... also, last night my dad killed one on the front porch that was in a stand-off with the cat. It was a dispute over who the rightful owner of the cat food was. Dad intervened and killed that coon with a Gamo 177 pellet gun- 2 shots to the head! I wouldn't think that thing was up to it, but now there's a coon sleeping with the fishes (literally- in Tampa Bay!)
 
Patocazador said:
"You haint neer seen a ornry animul till you seen a mad coon."

I had a stray white shaggy dog that I found under my truck in the yard. She was a real terror with critters. She chased a momma and baby coon into the pond and both the momma and her went under the water for a long time. I was sure my dog was dead but she came up with the momma coon in her mouth, brought it to shore, shook the devil out of it and ran off looking for the young one. She never found the young one but she sure killed the momma.
This dog weighed about 40 lbs. and I'm sure it had terrier blood in it.
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Waterboarding?
 
Many a tale of coons whipping dogs. Sometimes, though, you find a dog that doesn't listen to the tales. My late uncle's red Doberman was one such. Set of jaws on him that would scare a shark. His method for dealing with a raccoon was to just run straight at it and grab the entire head in his jaws. A little bit of crunch and shake and it was a case of Ruined Raccoon.
 
My neighbor had a lazy dog chained up I didn't pay attention to. Seemed like a lazy and worthless dog because it just layed around all day.

I had never been coon hunting before. So one night in NY we went coon hunting. This "lazy" dog would make big loops around us as we walked through the corn, "lazy" dog would bark occasionally while running the loop to let us know where he was. Then he got on a coon scent. We knew he was on a scent because he changed his bark to let us know. Then he treed the coon, letting us know again by changing to a third different bark.

When we arrived at the tree, my neighbor handed me a single shot 22. The coon would look away from the light when shined, so it was a split second, neighbor shine and I shoot at the eyes. First shot and the coon fell 40 feet to the ground with a glancing round to the skull. It took off like a bat out of hell for me and I was now in a batter stance holding that 22 by the barrel.

That big coon made it half way to me before that "lazy" dog got a hold of the coon and killed it in blink of an eye. I was amazed. And every day thereafter when I visited my neighbor I went out of my way to pet that dog and give it a treat.

I learned I cannot identify a coon dog just by looking at one. But they seem pretty easy to ID when **** hits the fan.
 
Ru4real said:
My neighbor had a lazy dog chained up I didn't pay attention to. Seemed like a lazy and worthless dog because it just layed around all day.

I had never been coon hunting before. So one night in NY we went coon hunting. This "lazy" dog would make big loops around us as we walked through the corn, "lazy" dog would bark occasionally while running the loop to let us know where he was. Then he got on a coon scent. We knew he was on a scent because he changed his bark to let us know. Then he treed the coon, letting us know again by changing to a third different bark.

When we arrived at the tree, my neighbor handed me a single shot 22. The coon would look away from the light when shined, so it was a split second, neighbor shine and I shoot at the eyes. First shot and the coon fell 40 feet to the ground with a glancing round to the skull. It took off like a bat out of hell for me and I was now in a batter stance holding that 22 by the barrel.

That big coon made it half way to me before that "lazy" dog got a hold of the coon and killed it in blink of an eye. I was amazed. And every day thereafter when I visited my neighbor I went out of my way to pet that dog and give it a treat.

I learned I cannot identify a coon dog just by looking at one. But they seem pretty easy to ID when **** hits the fan.
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Thanks for that one! The lazy ones are usually bored, thus, something to keep an eye on;)
 
Patocazador said:
"You haint neer seen a ornry animul till you seen a mad coon."

I had a stray white shaggy dog that I found under my truck in the yard. She was a real terror with critters. She chased a momma and baby coon into the pond and both the momma and her went under the water for a long time. I was sure my dog was dead but she came up with the momma coon in her mouth, brought it to shore, shook the devil out of it and ran off looking for the young one. She never found the young one but she sure killed the momma.
This dog weighed about 40 lbs. and I'm sure it had terrier blood in it.
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The operative word being "terrier".
Signed,
An Airedale Terrier Man
 
My Jagdterriers will kill a coon when they get a hold of one. I watched one of my smaller males catch a coon and kill her with a chest crunch all in about 30 seconds once.
It is amazing what these little guys are capable of!
 
Back when I used to hunt coon with friends, having a dog get tore up was a pretty regular thing. Generally happened to the new dogs or the young pups on their first hunt and their first encounter with a ornery coon. A dog alone in water with a big coon was something you tried to avoid. Dogs like pit bull/Blue heeler crosses were used for "kill" type dogs, but hounds didn't stand a chance because of their short teeth, big noses and and weak jaws.
 
Dogs are like people, some are fighters and some arent. Some breeds are better suited to it than others. Inexperienced and not suited to it, they can get cut up quickly. Coons can be ferocious but most certainly aren't bulletproof, but you do have to take care to put the bullet through their brain.
 
Like hogs, I trap coons. Seems no end to 'em around here. I can catch one nearly every day in a live trap, pop 'em in the head, feed the vultures. The vultures seem to like me when I walk out back, sit around licking their chops. At first, I though I might smell like dead flesh or something. :D

I thought I'd trapped the main offender away from my feeder, but I checked the feeder yesterday and the door was open on the timer and one of the battery clips off. :rolleyes: Coons get up there and spin the plate with their little hands to get corn. One of 'em a while back actually got the top off the feeder and spend some time eating. He must have eaten at least 10 lbs or corn as it still had a good bit of corn in it and it holds 40 lbs. I have to constantly trap the things to keep 'em from molesting the feeder and hog trap when I have the hog trap set. They'll go in, trip the trap, eat the corn, and open the door with their little opposable thumb hands and let themselves out. Or, they'll get on top of the trap and jiggle it until the door closes. Little farts.

They've killed chickens, too, haven't in a while. I kinda don't care much for coons.
 
Sal Mann said:
Hit it with first shot,
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If that first shot doesn't go in the head, you should be using a shotgun. Only reason for using .22 on raccoon is to save the pelts. If you just want them dead, a shotgun is more effective. I watch a friend empty his PT92 9mm at a raccoon. 15 misses. I fired one 12 ga. trap load. The head was missing when the body plopped on the ground.
 
I killed one getting into my chicken yard a while back. Put 10 rounds of 22 HP in his breadbasket, and he just climbed up a tree and growled/peed at me. Had to hit him in the head to take him down. They are tough little buggers, that's for sure.
 
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