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Raccoon

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:32 pm
by 70worm
Anybody out there using subsonic 300 Blackout to kill raccoons? Or is it over kill?

Re: Raccoon

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:52 pm
by Necrius
Hey, to me, if it is what you have and you are not putting neighbors at risk then use what you are good with. I just took care of a raccoon family problem at my house but I live in an urban environment so I chose to pick up a Umarex Octane .22 cal. pellet rifle. One shot kills ranging from thirty to forty feet quietly on four raccoons and an opossum :)

Peace
Mark

Re: Raccoon

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:19 pm
by rebel
70worm wrote:Anybody out there using subsonic 300 Blackout to kill raccoons? Or is it over kill?
There is no degree of dead.

Re: Raccoon

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:30 pm
by pd_3307
rebel wrote:
70worm wrote:Anybody out there using subsonic 300 Blackout to kill raccoons? Or is it over kill?
There is no degree of dead.
This guy knows what hes talking about. :P
Although down here in south texas theres dead, perty dead, and more deader than the last coon i shot. Lol
Seriously though, it just depends on how angry the raccoon has made you and how quickly you want him to die. Ive been waitn to catch 3 that have been robbing my feeder at night spinning the broadcaster. So i will let you know how it goes if i shoot them first. (Sub 300 black on them of course)

Re: Raccoon

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:22 pm
by TMD
Theirs dead and theirs turn them inside out dead.

Re: Raccoon

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:36 pm
by blaster
haven't shot any coons with subs but 125 gr. SST supers make a mess of them! :lol: squirrels too. once shot a squirrel that was hanging & chewing on my feeder drum. he exploded and blew squirrel parts all over that 55 gal drum. made a hell of a mess. won't do that again. :lol:

Re: Raccoon

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:17 pm
by rangertrace
Yeah, around here, most of those kills are in the trees, so Subs would do quite well.......

Re: Raccoon

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:21 pm
by idaho.jon
What is this "overkill" you speak of?

90 gr XTPs at 1050fps kill most varmint class animals pretty well.

Re: Raccoon

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:06 pm
by realtreehunter
I shot a coon last year during deer season that was robbing corn with a 208 grain A-Max. He just stood up on his hind legs and walked about 15 feet and died. couldn't even see the holes without moving his fur around and looking for them.

Re: Raccoon

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:53 pm
by rebel
pd_3307 wrote:
rebel wrote:
70worm wrote:Anybody out there using subsonic 300 Blackout to kill raccoons? Or is it over kill?
There is no degree of dead.
This guy knows what hes talking about. :P
Although down here in south texas theres dead, perty dead, and more deader than the last coon i shot. Lol
Seriously though, it just depends on how angry the raccoon has made you and how quickly you want him to die. Ive been waitn to catch 3 that have been robbing my feeder at night spinning the broadcaster. So i will let you know how it goes if i shoot them first. (Sub 300 black on them of course)
Hell yes I know what I'm talking about, been making stuff dead for half a century. Pop said I disappeared at my Uncles farm as a toddler and they found me down at the barn with a bunch of dead peep's around me getting ready to try one raw. I loved them, and squeezed them and named them George :lol: