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Old Jan 27th 2009, 1:44 pm
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Originally Posted by dbd33
Yes they are. Shooting them is the only practical way to deal with them.
Ruger Mini 14? Hell yeah!!!
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Old Jan 27th 2009, 1:50 pm
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Originally Posted by Steve_P
Not in Edmonton or Calgary.

They seem to be much more of a problem in Ontario, I remember the neighbour in Ottawa complaining about them when I was there many years ago.
I saw a family of Racoons in Bridlewood.

They aren't indigeneous and are slowly infiltrating.

Not enough coyetes obviously.
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Old Jan 27th 2009, 1:59 pm
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Originally Posted by triumphguy
Ruger Mini 14? Hell yeah!!!
As it happens we do have a Ruger .22, not sure of the model but it's adequate for racoons, porcupines, possums and all the rest. It wont do for a horse but we have a handgun in case that need ever arises. We aint in Camden no more.
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Old Jan 27th 2009, 2:11 pm
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Originally Posted by dbd33
As it happens we do have a Ruger .22, not sure of the model but it's adequate for racoons, porcupines, possums and all the rest. It wont do for a horse but we have a handgun in case that need ever arises. We aint in Camden no more.
Probably the 10:22lr semi automatic



The mini 14 is a .223 has a little more umph - big enough for a coyotee.


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Originally Posted by triumphguy
Probably the 10:22lr semi automatic
http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/e...ruger10_22.jpg
Yes, that's the one.
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Old Jan 28th 2009, 7:56 am
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Old Jan 28th 2009, 11:48 am
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Downtown Vancouver has lots of raccoons, especially in Stanley Park where tourists like to hand-feed them crap!
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Old Jan 28th 2009, 11:54 am
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In New Brunswick, Raccoons are frequent visitors to the whelbourn backyard in the summer and autumn. Red squirrels are tame visitors taking peanuts from your hands.

Jules has found a couple of snakes while gardening (perfectly harmless) and I bumped into a skunk and managed to get back behind the garage before it sprayed

We had a bear in the back garden and turned over our composter but disappeared later.
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Originally Posted by Dave+Jules
In New Brunswick, Raccoons are frequent visitors to the whelbourn backyard in the summer and autumn. Red squirrels are tame visitors taking peanuts from your hands.

Jules has found a couple of snakes while gardening (perfectly harmless) and I bumped into a skunk and managed to get back behind the garage before it sprayed

We had a bear in the back garden and turned over our composter but disappeared later.
haven't seen a bear in the wild yet (probably a good thing I know) but would like to see one
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Originally Posted by shoequeen
Are they common over there? A friend of mine had a funny experience with one, when it jumped over a table and pinched her sandwich, just as she was taking a bite out of it!
I had a shock when i first saw one. For some reason I thought they were the size of squirrels. The first i saw was the size of medium dog! I did n't know what it was! Scared the hell out of me.
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Originally Posted by terese677
haven't seen a bear in the wild yet (probably a good thing I know) but would like to see one
I am a cop in Burnaby, BC. Twice last year we had bears in North Burnaby - which is a heavily populated are - very odd.

Also, about 4 years ago, we had a cougar trapped in someones kitchen.
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I am a cop in Burnaby, BC. Twice last year we had bears in North Burnaby - which is a heavily populated are - very odd.

Also, about 4 years ago, we had a cougar trapped in someones kitchen.
were they just let go or did they have to be shot?
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Old Jan 29th 2009, 5:38 am
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I am a cop in Burnaby, BC. Twice last year we had bears in North Burnaby - which is a heavily populated are - very odd.

Also, about 4 years ago, we had a cougar trapped in someones kitchen.
Funny place to put an animal trap
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Old Jan 29th 2009, 5:54 am
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Funny place to put an animal trap

It might not have been an animal...
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It might not have been an animal...
My Brother-in-law regularly goes Cougar hunting.
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