[AT] Old vs. New (about TRACTORS!) Now varmints

[Paul]

In my younger years I did this, all sport.  I used a .22x250 with a 18 power
sniper scope ... my longest, one shot kill, 375 yards

Paul Waugh - IN

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We have had problems with groundhogs for years. Used to be a retired fellow 
that went around to all the farms my uncle had rented and shot them. It was 
all sport for him. He would be so far off he would use binoculars to see if 
they were out. Don't know what gun he used but to me the scope looked 
gigantic. He actually knew someone who ate them and would drop of the days 
kill at their house on the way home.

 For me, catching them in a trap baited with sweet corn is less time 
consuming.

John

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From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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> John, the coons don't bother the crops at all here but the damage they do 
> to
> buildings is what gets me. I have several older buildings with cedar
> shingles that although very old were still keeping the rain out and
> sheltering whatever junk I had stored inside. Coons seem to love tearing 
> up
> these shingles and then through the boards underneath to eventually take 
> up
> residence and raise a family. This past spring a couple of them raided my
> chicken barn several nights and killed several chickens before I realized
> what was going on. They had crawled in through the cat door and just 
> helped
> themselves. I had to set up half the night on  a stake out to persuade 
> them
> this was dangerous to their health. No confirmed kills but they never did
> come back.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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>> I'll bite, what problems do racoons cause besides damage to field crops?
>>
>> John
>>
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>>>
>>>> Now if I could just find something as effective for racoons!
>>>
>>> Ralph in Sask.
>>>
>>>
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