The entire black area is 5.5" in diameter. I have a vertical-stringing issue I need to sort out, I suspect it is a combination of too much coffee, and one other user-induced error. It is *possible* I have a parallax problem with the optical sight, and or my progressive eyeglasses.
I wish we were allowed to shoot the varmints that traipse through my vast estate of 1 acre. I hate them. They are so destructive.
Well, my own house is too near to neighbors to use a rifle for varmints, so, years ago I devised a method of loading 45-70 cartridges with a *very* reduced powder charge (often just a shotgun primer, which required milling out the primer pocket to the correct size). I then load a paraffin bullet, like they use in cowboy action shooting exhibitions, Those projectiles won’t leave the lot, and they don’t kill the critters, but once you’ve zapped a raccoon in the posterior with the paraffin projectile, it sulks and moves to someone else’s property.Originally Posted by iris lilies
At some of my other places though, no real worries. (At one, I have established shooting stands, with clearly marked zones of safe fire, to be absolutely sure. I am convinced some of the raccoons have figured out how to stand just outside the safe zone and taunt me).
Aren't raccoons supposed to be in torpor right now? Haven't seen our neighbor trash pandas for a couple weeks.
My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already!
Ours achieve a state of torpor *after* they’ve raided. Then they come back. Devils.
I hate raccoons and I'm a tree hugging woke liberal. The environments of the suburbs seems to suit them well and you can't shoot them. I'd rather have skunks. Actually, I have them too and I'm fairly OK with them.
"I spent the summer traveling: I got half-way across my backyard." Louis Aggasiz
Skunks are not as destructive as raccoons although maybe they really are. It’s just that we don’t have very many skunks. I don’t think skunks through the damage to houses that raccoons do though, although both of them probably kill chickens,
My real varmint threat I am not allowed to address directly at the moment- river otters.
Twice in the past 5 years they have gotten under one of my homes, ripped out all of the insulation from the subfloor and the plumbing, dragged in salmon and crabs, and turned the crawl spaces into an Otter Party Palace. Each time the cost to deal with the damage was $15-20k.
This coming year I am applying for a trapping permit, and then the jihad will begin.
The raccoons at my house raid my hummingbird feeders every night if I forget to bring them in. Often they'll even unscrew the base and pitch them into the yard. In 30 years there I've never seen a skunk on the property, but I've detected their odor many times. Sneaky little bastards all!
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Our neighbors feed the raccoons, and I've watched a large raccoon try to get into their house when dinner was delayed (succeeded in opening the door and getting into the back porch, but luckily the door into the house was locked). Since they always have a trough of food out for the wildlife, they've had to hire an exterminator who sets out bait boxes for rodents, and we live right on the river with its great blue herons, eagles, etc. They love wildlife, but can't seem to connect the dots as to why they are perpetuating a problem.
I believe we have a skunk living under our shed, since there is always a faint aroma in that vicinity. We go to bed really early though, so we've never even seen it, let alone be troubled by it.
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