Mighta Found Old's Coon

For you non belivers, I'm gonna tell you I think I saw that raccoon along the road tonight that came from Misery.
I really think OLD hit it pretty good and it limped it's way up here.

Will check in the morning and report back.

Jim

this guy is becoming the most famous coon in history!

I thought he was hiding out at my place last night. Saw him run under the granary so I set a live trap with some cat food in it. Today I went over to check and sure enough there he is.
Only thing is I had my shotgun along instead of a 22. Didn't want to blow a hole in my trap so I let him loose so I could get a clear shot. The bugger took off so fast to the left I didn't expect that and I missed. Now he's headed for my SUV and I don't dare shoot. He's got no place to run for cover so crawls up the tire and into the engine compartment. The motor is running mind you but thankfully the doors were shut so at least he wasn't inside the vehicle.
About the time I thought I'm going to have to open the hood he climbed back out and proceeded to the rear of my vehicle and up onto the spare tire. Now suppers waiting and I told the misses I'd be back in a flash, just need to check this trap, but now we're looking at a waiting game I didn't have the patience for. So I put her in drive and headed for the road to see if I could shake him loose. Next thing I know he's in my rear view headed back to the buildings. I grabbed my shot gun and ran after him. Boy can a coon run! I need to get back into shape. I'm thinking I'm close enough to shoot but I've got my buildings and fuel tanks just ahead of the coon. He goes around the corner of the building with me hot on his trail. He's scrambling over the snow banks and I blast him. He keeps going and I think my swather got peppered. I scramble over the snow banks after him. Did you know a coon can run over soft snow and only sink in a few inches? I was trudging up to my knees. My boots are now full of snow down to my ankles as my pant legs were on the inside. I'm also sucking air like a grain vac. I gotta get into shape. He's about to turn another corner so I blast him again. I'll have to inspect the damage to my auger wagon later. This is getting serious. I know I've got one shot left so it's time to do this right. Onward before he gets away! I round the next corner and just about stepped on him. Funny how they act like they never got touched and then just keel over. Thank goodness as I didn't have any endurance for another trip around the building. I gotta get back into shape. Worse part is if there's one coon living inder the granary then theres likely 3 or 4 more. I reset the trap. Tomorrow I'm bringing the 22 and the door stays shut til he's dead.

He ran across the parking lot at work late last night. Old done blasted him all the way across MO and part of the way across Ky. He hit the ground running and hadn't stopped when he went past here.

I thought I had shot Old's coon 2 nights ago out in the barn,they can still cross with out a passport I think can't they?

That's a good yarn.

That's a good yarn.

Good yarn, my A$$....a good "yarn" is told on somebody else!!

He told that story on HIMSELF and thus that makes it THE UNVARNISHED TRUTH!!

You got that right. Today I got #2. I thought I was getting smarter and brought the 22. The coon just rolled up in a tight ball as I walked closer. He put his head down and I eased the 22 through the wires and thought to myself, THIS IS TOO EASY, I pulled the trigger and man oh man, that coon hopped around in there like a chicken with it's head cut off and blood was spurting everywhere. By the time he quit kicking the entire area for five feet circumference was purty red snow. Not to mention the trap itself was dripping and oozing. It could not be handled without the red stuff sticking to my gloves. I unload my blood soaked prize and tried to drag each side of the trap through the snow to clean it off. Didn't work. I reset the trap, added the cat food and walked away. We'll see if I get #3 tomorrow. Maybe the sight and smell of a blood bath won't bother if they're hungry enough for that cat food. We'll see. Next time I'll drag the cage away from the site before I shoot. Makes me wonder what I'll learn the hard way next time.

If it's Old's, it would have a smile on its face.