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I almost shot my cat
I caught a raccoon eating the cat's food yesterday at 5PM. I thought the cats were afraid of the 'coons and would have been in hiding far, far away. I put birdshot in the 16 ga. and sneaked around the corner of the house where I should have had a shot away from the house, dogs, cats, etc. The 'coon took off and ran along in front of some hedges, perfectly silhouetted for an easy shot. I fired at him and the instant I fired our cat TeeKay ran out of the hedge almost exactly where the 'coon was. The 'coon limped into the woods one way and TeeKay went the other way.
I searched frantically for him, scared to death. I was afraid he'd taken enough shot to be wounded or worse. After about half an hour he came back out of the woods, unhurt, but scared. I was never so happy to see a cat in my life.
The raccoons are overtaking the place. I've put up electric fences, take down the bird feeders at night, and we don't leave cat food out beyond dinner time anymore. But the raccoons have become so brazen they don't wait for night, they're chowing down at the bird feeders at 4:00 PM and show up at feeding time for the cats. I've tried live traps but there must be something wrong with the trap I have. The 'coons are so thick I've started shooting them.
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