Forum | .17 HMR 1, Coons 0

Well, the .17 scored again last night.  Three coons working on tearing the feeder down and one didn't leave.  I'm beginning to think there's an inexhaustable supply of coons in my area.  While they are cute little buggers in their own way, the amount of damage they can do is unbelievable….

If anyone has ever been to my house, you'd know that between the back of the house and the woods, there's only about 20 – 30 feet separating the two.  It's in this space that we have three bird feeders and a hummingbird feeder set up. 

Well lately, the racoons have been raising hell with the feeders, tearing them down, busting them up and even tearing up the feeder that I have screwed down to a tree! 

They usually show up about 10:00 at night, and it's dark enough back behind the house that picking up a dark racoon in a dark back yard in a scope is difficult, if not nearly impossible.  Making a shot just isn't feasible under these conditions.

But today, that all changed when one was stupid enough to show up at 6:45 in bread daylight.  I didn't have a single problem whacking the little thief with one shot from the .17 HMR!