Raccoons--Shot placement with a scoped .22 pistol

[Jord]

Killed a Coon with a Pellet Gun

Just a few days ago i shot a raccoon with a daisy 1880 pellet gun right in the eye and he died and none of my neighbors heard it luckily because i live in a suburban area. So it is possible to do so with only a pellet gun.

 

[waterfowler]

I always shoot coons in the back of the head. There the skull is thinner. A shot in between the eyes is not going to be very fatal.

 

[crghss]

Hollow point in the chest/shoulder. If you don't hit right on with a head shot it may bounce off.

 

[Lavid2002]

Put a trap out and kill em on your watch....

Simple...

 

[LaserSpot]

They can be hard to kill, I wouldn't use a body shot with subsonic ammo if you have nearby neighbors; they might find one dead on the front yard.

If you shoot one in the head and don't see the hind legs kicking, you probably just knocked it unconscious.

Raccoons are very strong, I've had one tear the sheet metal top out of a havahart live trap and escape. I usually use a foothold trap, or the xl size box trap with a spring-loaded door: http://www.havahart.com/store/live-animal-traps/1081

 

[James R. Burke]

If out in the woods 30-06 110 grain V-Max along side the head.

 

[Art Eatman]

Necrothreadia is bad enough without drifting from scoped pistol use to BB gun.