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| Re: Raccoons invade attic - HELP! [message #312711 is a reply to message #312570 ] |
Tue, 15 April 2008 10:43   |
 Brad Ferguson
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Bob,
Speaking from experience, a .22 will take care of a raccoon, obviously depends on where the hit is, but my Pa and I have taken care of many this way.
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Brad Ferguson
Toronto, Ontario
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| Re: Raccoons invade attic - HELP! [message #312746 is a reply to message #312711 ] |
Tue, 15 April 2008 11:46 |
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Mike Butler (media)
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Bob, why don't you just get'em to take a "Leak" on this:
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| Re: Raccoons invade attic - HELP! [message #312751 is a reply to message #312741 ] |
Tue, 15 April 2008 11:50 |
Dick Rees
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Neo-Luddite, Rocket Surgeon
He who laughs lasts best!!!
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| Re: Raccoons invade attic - HELP! [message #313140 is a reply to message #312520 ] |
Wed, 16 April 2008 11:40 |
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Mike Butler (media)
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Bob and Karel, you're both right about the poem. The original text by Lt. Col. John McCrae, MD (a Canadian Army doctor) went like this:
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IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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but the word "grow" in the first line is considered a legitimate variation.
The poppy has come to symbolize Remembrance Day (Veterans Day in the U.S.) which was formerly known as Armistice Day and commemorates the end of that war to end all wars (on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month).
I don't know what mixing gasoline and Tide gives you, but I'll bet it would be good for cleaning off the goo from using duct tape on cables (yuck!).
As mentioned above, I am also not overly confident in the stopping power of a 22LR round barring a head shot, but the critter might bleed out and choose a final resting place somewhere inaccessible and proceed to stink up the house.  I do have a nice little .221 Rem. Fireball that would be one shot-one kill. A Mini 14, AR-15 or similar .223/55.56mm would probably be a little too "ballistic" on that size animal. Personally I like the idea of a trap.
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I could also try a mixture of gasoline and Tide laundry detergent. Guess what that makes? 
