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9/21/2007 11:34:40 PM

That's awesome! I'm gonna do this when I have a house out in BFE. Do they not get upset when you approach them, like the one pic of you walking up to the tree the that Rosco was in?

And the high-five pic... was the high-five through the glass, or did he touch your hand?


BTW, as long as you only see them at night and they don't walk in circles incoherently for a few hours before dying, then don't worry about rabies. Rabies kills relatively quickly, and starts taking away motor function. (If you didn't know this already.)




One more thing: How are those 2 kittens doing that you got from me a couple years ago?

[Edited on September 21, 2007 at 11:53 PM. Reason : ]

9/21/2007 11:51:14 PM

sideways coondog

9/21/2007 11:59:21 PM

Thread of the month

9/22/2007 12:00:56 AM

awww my coons are getting famous

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" BTW, I think you have earned a place in Heaven. God bless you."

thanks

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"do they let you pet them? can I have one?"

i have, but only because i was drunk. one of the babies was on the squirrel feeder and i simply couldnt resist. i walked right up to it and petted it from the back to its tail. i then had a sober moment and ran back, realizing just how dumb that was. they touch me from time to time. i try not to move too much with a couple moms and 6 baby raccons around me.

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" And the high-five pic... was the high-five through the glass, or did he touch your hand? "

no, that was right beside me. we didnt really hi-five.

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"How are those 2 kittens doing that you got from me a couple years ago? "

i think you've got me confused with someone else. im allergic to cats



woo hooo we've got videos now. not sure why they got so dark once i put them on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6wYrAOZwrc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ35v8bob0Y

9/22/2007 12:17:59 AM

9/22/2007 12:20:38 AM

9/22/2007 12:27:48 AM

so do they come to you when you come out? like have they learned to associate you with food?

9/22/2007 12:29:58 AM

during the summer i spent most of my time outside on the deck watching tv/ waiting for coons/ becoming a raging alcoholic...so i was usually out there when they came. not sure if they associate me with food or not. i sometimes feed them by hand so they may. im going to get bitten for sure.

9/22/2007 12:35:52 AM

if you could somehow get me that first video i could put it on my ncsu webspace and embed it...might not be as dark...second vid is bright enough to make it out

9/22/2007 12:45:36 AM

awww, popcorn

9/22/2007 1:05:15 AM

we come mostly at night

9/22/2007 1:21:02 AM

mostly

9/22/2007 1:22:23 AM

9/22/2007 1:29:35 AM

This has to be the best TWW thread I've seen in a long time.

9/22/2007 1:32:48 AM

Monorail Coon

9/22/2007 1:34:56 AM

^hahahahah i love the sound of that

9/22/2007 1:36:26 AM

^^^^That really needs to be :

"We mostly come out at night"


"Mostly"

9/22/2007 1:39:41 AM

Holy crap.

There's enough of those little guys there, I'd say. I hope they never become hostile.

Quite neat how much the like you all though.

9/22/2007 1:49:51 AM

9/22/2007 3:53:45 PM

that ones way better still furshia...kudos

9/22/2007 4:03:58 PM

I want a coooooooooooooon

9/22/2007 4:08:11 PM

Do you have neighbors that live close by? They're OK with this?

9/22/2007 4:08:59 PM

bttt

10/9/2007 10:29:00 AM

in for more pics

10/9/2007 10:33:48 AM

how'd i miss this thread?

10/9/2007 10:46:38 AM

oops, my corms popped

10/9/2007 12:39:05 PM

I imagine a raccoon might taste somewhat like a dog. But I've never eaten dog.

10/9/2007 12:55:34 PM

it's kinda stringy--like horse

10/9/2007 12:56:13 PM

I would think that raccoon would taste like squirrel.

But it is in the same family as Kinkajou and Ringtail. So maybe not. Procyonidae.

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10/9/2007 12:56:52 PM

I've never had squirrel. But I'd never eat a kinkajou. They are one of my favorite animals. I'd eat a squirrel if it was offered to me. Damn squirrels better be good for something, they must taste good.

10/9/2007 1:00:15 PM

i want to have some rabbit...i hear it tastes like chicken

10/9/2007 1:01:26 PM

They're not delicious, but they're edible. Best in a stew so they tenderize a lot.


^ Definitely not true. Rabbit is in my top 3 game animals for tastiness! Chicken is like eating shit compared to a rabbit.

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10/9/2007 1:01:31 PM

squirrels are just arboreal rats w/ furry tails

10/9/2007 1:01:31 PM

if the squirrels went to war against the raccoons, who would win?

10/9/2007 1:02:35 PM

Yes. Squirrels are rodents.

^ Raccoons.

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10/9/2007 1:03:09 PM

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"i want to have some rabbit..."

they sell it at the harris teeter in cameron village

10/9/2007 1:04:49 PM

guinea pig is really popular in bolivia--i've always been curious what that'd be like

10/9/2007 1:15:38 PM

coon tastes nothing like dog.

I ate dog when I was in korea, and it was surprisingly good. though I didn't know I was eating dog until I had already ate it all.

coon is stringy, but really good.


in a fight b/n coons and squirrels, coons would win.

10/9/2007 1:45:16 PM

due...aaron....that's it man...i'm coming over to drink beers and watch the coons tonight

10/9/2007 1:57:28 PM

come on over, ill even let you feed one a piece of pizza.

10/9/2007 1:59:18 PM

Yeah, coon doesn't taste bad at all.

In a fight between a coon and dogs, the coon would win. They're mean little motherfuckers when cornered. If you keep messing with them you're going to get tore up.

10/9/2007 2:18:49 PM

many times I've seen coons and dogs fight. mostly when the coon's comin out of the tree and dog treeing it attacks the coon. sure coons put up a good fight, I spent most of my childhood coonhunting, and not once did I see a coon come out alive after fightin with a coon dog.

10/9/2007 2:35:58 PM

that's a lot of coons

10/9/2007 3:26:44 PM

one day that is going to be the last thing you ever see

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10/9/2007 3:27:38 PM

Best thread ever.

You have got to take those guys with you on your move.

10/9/2007 3:41:19 PM

^^10/10

10/9/2007 3:45:22 PM

im uploading some more pictures now...and im including some of my other wild animal "pets"


they rule too

10/9/2007 3:45:27 PM

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"Earl: Coons are tryin' to get into school. Forrest: Coons? When racoons try to get on our back porch, Momma just chase 'em off with a broom."

Ha

10/9/2007 3:48:34 PM

Coon and squirrel are two different beasts on a plate.

I personally really love squirrel, especially squirrel gravy. But coon is good if you cook it like barbecue chicken in the oven or on the grill.

And a coon will lose to any decent size dog and a squirrel aint got a fighting chance.


On a side note what you are doing to these animals is making them less scared of people. And when you move they will come out still wanting food and will ended up biting someone in the future. Think bears in Yellowstone in the 60's but with something that is much more sneaky. You have to remember these are wild animals who should have a natural fear of you but have learned to associate food with people. This will be the animals demise.

10/9/2007 3:52:29 PM