We had a young racoon last summer that I am pretty sure was either rabid or drunk. Tried to chase him off with a ball bat and it wouldn't go. Finally got tired of the game and got the .22 and dispatched it.

Tim 100's: Varmints 0

Kitties!!!

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kitties!! hahahhaah.

why such a lame pic of the dead skunk? i had one under my house. it was hell..i had to lay down flour to track his footprints, etc. finally he went out and i sealed up all his entry points..done deal. if he kept digging in, i was gonna make it personal.

Seal carefuly. I did several times because I didn't know these skunks can sneak through very narrow spaces.

flipper35, If there is/are parents around, they will come for you. I was almost attacked by a mother when she thought I killed her baby. Usually, they are nice and slow, but when needed, they are mean and lightening quick.

Friend of mine was bitten by a skunk that turned out to be rabid.

Sorry guys but if I see one, its going to get dispatched. Not going to take the chance of getting the shots like my friend did.

Rick,

Just found one inside last night. Sprayed around the entire house minutes afterwards and hope I killed a million of them.

Wow, this thing went all sideways.
My comment had very little to do with killing the skunk and everything to do with bragging about it and posting a picture as if something special happened here.

I couldn't care less if you shoot a varmint, my question is "how many clips did you use to waste the little sucka..."

I would have to agree that it's a silly little gun that is only good for shooting rats and skunks.

I agree, this thread has gone beyond sideways. If you think this 'cute little handgun' is good for nothing more than shooting varmints, you know not of what you speak. It is horrible for that purpose. It is the fastest selling pistol in Ruger history. From the size of it, it looks harmless, but at .380 it packs a punch and the laser makes it very deadly in a self-defense situation. Google is your friend. Enough with the tree-huggers already. When a nuisance wild animal enters human living space, they have to go. If you don't believe that, you haven't seen the destruction they can cause. We have all kinds of critters living on and passing through the property. If they decide to come within 100ft of the house, that is their last decision. I am at peace with this.

I'm with Red, the LCP is the best selling gun in the shop and the laser ones are the first to go. I can't shoot one comfortably it's just too damn small. hardly a plinker.

I live kind of rural myself and shoot ground hogs all the time. So I can't talk down shooting a skunk.

David --100's
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Sorry about that! Yep, like the little LCP, Ruger makes some good pieces. Have several!


I spent alot of time and effort dispatching possums here. And do NOT get me started on stray dogs and, I am NOT proud of this, coyotes. They are overrunning the area! At least our panther (black one) has chased off all the stray dogs I did not shoot and has kept the coyotes away. Bad side effect, no more rabbits or other small game.


I just went to move some bales of hay, round, and had to pick and choose carefully. Saw something moving in the first one. About to provide a .45 dispatch when I saw one of the deadliest of animals on this earth: BUNNY RABBITS!!!! The little baby ones who ALSO have CUTE POWER going for them! Had to work around the two sets of families. Someone has to feed Kitty!


The skunks we had down in Texas were used to our voices. We just said hi to them and they went back to foraging. One female raised kits in our barn. Kits feed the owls who ALSO kill the rats and mice! A kit every now and again keeps the owls happy and hunting in the area eating rodents. Of course, as I already mentioned, skunks are better than pit bulls as watch dogs. People just do not challenge them for some strange stinky reason.


Sorry to help detract from your thread! The dead skunk and all the ensuing mayhem was just too much fun.

I miss my skunks. ;-)

I liked my wife's TCP .380 (same size as the LCP with "slightly" better sights and a 5lb vs an 8lb trigger) so much I bought one for myself for easy/comfortable concealed carry. Suprisingly it is capable of making IDPA target head shots at 20 yards when carefully slow firing, but it's primary purpose for my wife and I is rapid self defense at close range which it does just fine. My wife closes a retail store by herself a couple nights a week and she has peace of mind knowing she has a form of self defense on her those nights.

As for pest control I use my lighted 12 ga shotgun for night time varmints and typically a .22 rifle or .22 target pistol for day time varmints in the yard. If however I happened to see a close range varmint and only had my TCP available, I would not hesitate to give it a go.

My wife carries a Ruger LCPLike the one pictured but without the laser sight. She has put over 1300 rounds through it at the range and it's a very reliable, effective gun for concealed carry.

those small frame pistols just seem to nip my thumb every time-

It is no where close to my thumb. Unless you are wrapping your weak hand thumb back around over your strong hand thumb. Doing that will result in blood with nearly any handgun with a slide. I use a two thumbs forward grip with all handguns and the little TCP has over 3/8" clearance between the slide bottom rails and the notch of my strong hand.

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in your hand it looks bigger...
i don't think that would bite me at all-

ODDJOB -100's rattlesnakes-O


i have a multitude of .380's.


tell the walther fabrik in germany during the late 30's until the end of the war how worthless they were. they only built a gazzilion ppk's for the war effort.


perfect total concealment when its summertime here wearing the bare minimum of clothing for everything you do day or night. remember its still 100 degrees F at midnight sometimes in the summers here.


.380's are flat lil nasty rounds DONT FOOL YERSELVES!


i'd take a .380 over a .32/.25/.22 anyday.


now granted i dont carry one into the woods as a backup hunting. but they make a perfect backup pistole in the event of the O-POC-O-LIPS and zom-beez.

The wife and I have his n hers LCPs. Her's is the Raspberry model. For such a small gun it shoots great. Inside of a pocket holster it is very easy to conceal.
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wow-
well that will get the perps attention

There's many ways to make a fashion statement! Sometimes a loud bang will do the job. I should add that she is usually a better shot than I am with all of our spoons.

Yeah but the rattlers up the ante. Do you make your varmints into belts too?

This gangsta rabbit was killed in a fair fight. He drew first but I was quicker out of the holster and got him.
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Bill,

You are LUCKY he did not get that last jump in! You would have been a goner!

Besides the fangs, they DO taste good! Need more rabbits for Kitty!


I like the feel of the Ruger only I already have other .380s and just cannot justify the spend right now. Raspberry, what color is hers?

My grandmother kept quart jars of rattlesnake rattles. According to my understanding, they will line their heads up with the barrel of a rifle. Just pull the trigger.

The only animal that gets dropped on sight on my farm is a ground hog...I'd cap Punxsutawney Phil before he saw his shadow.

I have one that drops by occasionally and eats grubs in the lawn... I don't bother him/her and it doesn't bother me.

My parents had one living under the back porch for about a year... they would feed it cat food.

FWIW I don't care how you chose to deal with varmints on you land.

Also FWIW I like that spoon.

im blessed to have a harris hawk nest right across my property boundary. mommy daddy and jr and jr-ette.

they mate for life. they have multiple nests. reason for the many nests is they will literally WIPE OUT the area surronding nest of just about every critter/rodentin/reptilian and then move to another nesting area and do the same. thereby when the next area becomes bleak for vittles..........they move on and the area rebounds with vittles for the next time.

and we have mucho owls. so btwn the 2 its a help on the rattlesnake side of things. also roadrunners tend to munch on them and they abound here. hav-a leaners(pigs) will also nail snakes.


right now here when snakes come out from hibernation they are hungry and they are full of piss and vinegar. they will sun themselves during day, and then when temps go down at night seek asphalt or concrete to warm themselves.


another great trick with a caveat is .22 bird shot. but the problem is they dont feed well if at all in any type of semi auto. not enuff ummpff in the powder vs. standard .22LR.


but they are very effective when snake is up next to house or in corner of yer garage or laundry room or pool equip areas. very little collateral damage vs. hollow points and the ricochet factor which can be ugly.


.410's ...............man ya better have some distance and a backdrop even for #6 shot. ask me how i know as i have covered myself in dirt/rock shooting snakes at near point blank. and i have put some very big HOLES in my stucco siding which led to collateral damage repairs.(sigh)

but my faves are my rws model 54 rifle .177 and my rws .177 pistol. quiet effective with (1) shot in the HEAD if yer GOOD! if ya aint GOOD............dont do it cuz if ya wound him................well ya have a very fast moving pissed off rattler and dat aint good! they will strike at anything in their way. these work especially well in tight spaces with minimum collateral damage.


long handled fiberglass HOES work very well. and i mean LONG HANDLED! you square off with a 6ft diamondback............well they have at the minimum depending on situation at least a 3ft striking distance!



man we deal with this crap every stinking day and night here until it gets cold again and they hibernate.


as the temps soar here to say 110 degrees + F, snakes will hide out in shade or cover during day and then move at night. dont EVEN THINK about not taking a flashlight at night be bopping thru the dez. unless of course you have death wish.

Yup, if you see a skunk or raccoon in the daytime, very good chance it is rabid.
I know funny and that there is funny.

Oh Yeah...

Speaking of deer, I've had two of them try to run me off my bike on my way down the driveway after work this past week. If I had a spear I'd consider running them down...

Yep, when I was in PA last year I noticed shooting those things was a favorite pastime with the locals.

Rabid skunk discovered in Mora County

State officials are warning livestock owners in Mora County and the rest of northeastern New Mexico to vaccinate animals against rabies after a skunk found 20 miles west of Wagon Mound tested positive for rabies this week.

The New Mexico Department of Health said several unvaccinated work dogs were potentially exposed and "may need to be euthanized to prevent them from developing rabies and exposing people or livestock to this fatal disease."

A rancher notified a state game officer about "a strange acting skunk on his property," a news release said. The animal later tested positive for rabies at the department's Scientific Laboratory Division.

It was the first reported case involving a rabid skunk in Mora County based on records that go back to 1966. A bat in Mora County tested positive for rabies in 2011.

Rabies is a deadly viral disease that affects all mammals and can be prevented, but not cured. The vast majority of reported cases occur in wild animals. State law mandates rabies vaccination of dogs and cats.