burnt corn and honey

Out of my Winchester pump I get the following fps .

CB short .......#0026 29 gr lead @ 690fps
Short pistol .... 0037 " ................ 830
CB Long ........ 0038 " ................ 650
LR Quiet ....... 0960 40 RN lead ... 640

The CCI long was the best of the group for accuracy and noise in my rifle.

Check the law before pulling that trigger.

Fini.

It took only a single, well-placed shot, if I do say so myself.

He showed up about 20 minutes ago.

I watched him eat for a little while and then he presented me with a perfect shot.

I hit him just a bit below and and just behind the "shoulder" of his left leg.

He stumbled about 10- 15 feet and went right down.

Not a sound out of him. No twitching, shaking or anything else.

I gave it a few minutes and went over and tapped him with the machete a few times. Nothing. He was done for. And I'm so glad I didn't need the machete to finish him.

I think the shot took out his heart and lungs. It looked like he lived just a few seconds after he was hit.

He was pretty big. Look at that tail; it's very long and thick.

Man vs Marsupial.

Man wins.

I'll bag him up tomorrow morning and put him in the trash.

After that, I'll start working on the lawn.

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I keep a winchester pump sighted in for CCI cb's by the back door. Many varmints have died in my garden. Some much bigger than a opossum.

old 1911 fan

Awwww, the cutest possum in the world. He's even smiling for the camera!

If the one I dispatched a little while ago wasn't tearing up my lawn every night, he'd still be walking around.

And by the way, I tried other remedies beside red pepper flakes.

There was the $17.99 "Repels All" from Home Depot. It worked, but only in the area where it was put down. I estimated it would have cost me more than $300 to treat my front and back yards.

So instead, I spent about 10 cents on a single Remington CBeee, and treated the possum instead.

This was a much better investment to my way of thinking.

And here's another cutie-pie possum for ya.

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I like the idea of the machete. Sometimes, you can run 'em down and probably deliver a lethal slash. But that involves running on a dark lawn with an exposed, very sharp blade in hand.
They have nasty looking teeth. Be careful.

The machete I'd use in this application is my Tramontina with wood handle and 18" blade. My shorter Corneta would bring me too close. Has a 12 inch blade.

Glad this episode ended well, but maybe bury it deep in the back yard? In the trash, the crew may smell or otherwise detect it and complain.

I was only going to use the machete to deliver a coup de grace if my shot was off. But it wasn't necessary. His lights went out real, real fast, just a matter of a few seconds.

Coincidentally, trash pick up around here is today because of the holiday.

He's going to go in a heavy duty yard bag, and after reading your post, I'm going to add some bleach, and tie that bag very securely.

Thanks.

Okay, you guys. I really didn't shoot it with anything. And I didn't break any firearms laws.

I snuck up real close to the possum and threw a lawn dart at it. I was just trying to scare it away.

But the darn dart hit the critter just below and to the right of what you might call the "shoulder" of the leg.

I feel terrible.

Let me know if you need a recipe or two .
The "Cajun Men can Cook " cookbook I have has some tasty recipes for them .
Gary

No intentions for eating it.

But I'm almost done with my Possum hat. Daniel Boone's hat has a better looking tail on it. But so what.

...if the story of the possum and 4000 ticks is true...

...I'll take the possum every time...

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A Country Boy Can Survive

With your play-by-play rodent-killing, you've elevated it to "1st degree." And we're all accessories for following along!

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Paradise,

I'm sure it's all true.

But I have to wonder who counted the 96.5% of all the ticks that possum eats. And how did that 3.5% manage to escape?

And I also wonder who keeps score on the 4,000 ticks they "hoover up" every week.

The compiler of these "facts" may have been Peter Peta.

If you want to BS somebody, always throw in some stats.

Had to do something to pass the time while waiting for the critter to show up.

And remember, it was a poorly thrown lawn dart that killed it. I was just tring to scare it.

It was an accident!

Of course you could always treat the lawn with Scott's brand GrubEx and remove the food source. Maybe then the problem will go to someone else's lawn.

Go buy me some and I'll apply it to the lawn.

One of my friends was defending a wife over the shooting death of her cheating husband. At the scene she told the police “I was cleaning the gun and it went off accidentally.” The coroner was standing nearby and asked as much as exclaimed “SIX TIMES???!!!!”

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Possum—The other white meat!

...I almost met my demise because of a pesky possum once...

...I was chasing one around in the dark with my brother in law a long time ago...

...brother in law intended to dispatch said possum with an Ithaca 12 gauge...

...the possum ran between my feet during his escape...

...my brother in law and firearms was always an iffy proposition...

...let's just say I'm glad to be here...

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Sounds like a bad sear.

Or maybe some degenerative nerve disorder that results in twitchy fingers. That poor woman.

I had the problem with skunks. I eliminated the food source (which was eating the roots of my grass) with a lawn insecticide. Skunks moved on.
My neighbor inherited them, and they drove him crazy (kinda like Caddy Shack). He did more yard damage with his 12 GA than the skunks did.

and double bag it - that's what I do with smelly things....

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You sound set on dealing with this nuisance the quick and dirty way but you should feel fortunate it is not a skunk as they are serious diggers for the purpose you mentioned, Possums on the other hand are pretty docile and easily caught with a trap that most ASPCA's or Humane Societies lend at no cost so you may want to re think your tactics of shooting that may lead to some neighbors complaints and Jonny Law showing up at your door.

Too late. Eulogy delivered.

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For outdoor critters that cause a nuisance around my house I load up my 6"s&w 617 with Agulia Super Colibri. It's a 20gr bullet at 590fps. It uses no gunpowder, just the primer material to send it off. It will kill possum's, rats, rabbits etc. i haven't tried it on raccoons although I'd imagine they'd probably need a regular 22lr for that. Out of a pistol it makes no report, all you really hear is the sound of the bullet striking whatever it hits.

it sounds like a BB rifle.

Yep, okay. I'll get right on it.

But all the county traps are out on loan and there's a waiting list. Ditto for the ASPCA. I wish I asked how many traps each agency had and how long their resopective waiting lists were.

I did ask the possum if he'd lay off scratching up my lawn until I got a loaner trap and he giggled at me.

Next time, I'm gonna try prayer.

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Hmmmm...Me thinks this problem is being overly thought about.

1. You didn't mention where you're at posting this OP...but around here right now, there's a lot of thunder and lighting going on...A good ole 12 gauge isn't going to make any more noise than the thunder, so I seriously doubt the neighbors will notice, unless you're shooting out in your front yard.

2. If making a loud noise is still the problem...Have you thought about taking up shooting with a cross bow? At short range I think even I could hit something and do it in.

In your title OP, you asked if this would be good enough...then went on to say, "Yes, it did the job"... So are we to imply, that you have dispatched said offending possum and no longer need our input?


WuzzFuzz

To watch a possum playing possum is an education in how Nature provides for a species survival.

My two Rottweilers got a possum one night a year or two ago. Annie got to it first and inflicted some bite wounds. She trotted around the yard with it in her mouth, waving it around, just as proud of herself as she could be. Beau followed close behind, waiting for his turn to chew on it.

I called them off and brought them inside, then started out thinking how should I dispose of the apparently deceased possum. The possum appeared to be completely dead. I sat on the porch about ten minutes, thinking about it, when I saw the ol' possum start to move around, sort of uncurling itself and stretching out. A minute or two later, he stood up and ambled across the yard, climbed the fence, and was gone.

You're really not to "imply" anything about all this.

But feel free to infer anything you like.

But the situation has been resolved. I killed it with a lawn dart. Accidently.

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Growing up, we used to have Boxers, several generations of them. My parents loved them.

One of the males caught a possum once, when he was about the dog equivalent of a teenager (a little gangly, not full muscle mass yet). Not sure if the possum played possum... but it wouldn't have helped. When Brutus was finished playing with it, he had gnawed the head off, leaving some tendons poking out where the neck had been. Yick!

Just recently, my brother dropped a raccoon with 1 shot from his Benjamin .22cal air rifle. Head shot at 20 yds, with a scope. The gun is one that has a tank for compressed air, and an integral silencer.
Gary, I've had possum gumbo, and I'm pretty sure I had possum spaghetti at a bar on Alligator Bayou. At least, whatever meat was in it, looked like small mammal.

Either way, 2 basic rules come into play- cook it well, and with enough Abita Ambers anything can taste good!

For future reference:

Here possum, possum, possum.

-Or-

Hey, you with the teeth, ya wanna come over here.

That's all I got.

Bill

Be careful how you kill these things, guys.

I've been watching those Forensics Files TV shows on YouTube, and it's amazing what modern forensics techniques can detect!

Hmmm...No one has suggested a blowgun with darts tipped in curare, or poisoned arrows like the San/Bushmen use.

We need to cover all the useful techniques, right?

Stew tonight?

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I thank God I live in a subdivision that has only one house.......MINE.....And the 60 acres around it.......Don't have to put up with no BS rules.....If I want to shoot a possum or armadillo with a 45/70.....So be it.

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A Daniel Boon Possum Skin Hat !!!!!! Don't tell me you going to leave the tail on....that hairless ratty possum tail ?????
Please ...Nooooooooo !

Post picture of this work of art.....who knows you may start a new fashion trend !
I would rather eat one than wear one on my head....just saying !
Gary

One shot with a Super Colibri out of my Model 63-3. Dead right there.

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And yes, the Super Colibris will kill full grown raccoons; I've lost count of the number I've killed with that very same Model 63-3.

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SWCA #3279

You shoot an Opossum in the heart. Their brain is small. I have never heard of a person being bit by one. Possum up a simmon tree Raccoon on the ground- Raccoon said to the possum- Shake me some simmons down.

I've only got 20 acres, but it is kinda remote. I've killed a few rabid raccoons and a couple of possums-during possum hunting season, of course.

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WAR EAGLE!

[QUOTE=RGVshooter;140157037 It will kill possum's, rats, rabbits etc. i haven't tried it on raccoons although I'd imagine they'd probably need a regular 22lr for that

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They will also kill a coon. Larry

That's good to know... I have more raccoons that anything else poking around my place at night...

Heart shots will take them out with alacrity.

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SWCA #3279

it is awfully easy to build a live catch trap with scrap plywood, lumber, wire and string. the more it looks like trash the better it works.

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I think the armadillos do more lawn damage than the opossums. Both are pretty easy to "relocate" as neither are particularly fast or bright. If the wild hogs show up anything the armadillos or opossums do is irrelevant.

OK, how do I keep the darn squirrels from eating my papayas before they get ripe enough to pick. They are more paranoid, quicker and tend to be elevated making bullet trajectory an issue, even in my 5 acre lots neighborhood. The little suckers haul azz as soon as I crack open the door. Usually what is left is the profile of a furry little head peeking around from the far side of a tree. I have bunch of Super Calibri (SP?) CB longs. I've determined that while consistent accuracy is very short range, I think an elevated shot could carry well over 100 yrds, especially from the Ruger SA6 I have handy. I think at 20 to 25 yrds 8" may be optimistic. I sure wish I could feel safe using my scoped Remington 512-X and some Yellow Jackets, but I can't. Life can be so difficult sometimes.

We refer to armadillos as possum on the half shell.
I have some recipes for them also....if anyone needs them, I'm always glad to share my recipes.

Oink.....treat the squirrels like chicken.....any recipe you have for chicken will work just fine for squirrels. Squirrel and sausage Jambalaya is one of my favorites.
Gary

I had a .22 pellet gun that was a hard hitter. Don't say a word. A quiet 'pop' in the night and no one will be the wiser. Unless the possum crawls into a neighbor's yard, then you can point your finger and say, "You killed that innocent creature with a .....

GUN!!!

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I don’t mind possum, as they feed on fleas and ticks on my land.

I have crossbows, compound bows, pellet guns, etc. but the most humane shots were my 22 Mag to the head. After writing for about 12-15 seconds, the raccoon was dead.

A thoracic Shot is not an instant kill.

I have ground hogs but they don’t pester me, like the raccoons did.

I do live in the country, though.

Most city ordinances do not allow firearms or pellet guns.


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Probably writing his Will.

Sorry, bro. I couldn't resist.

PS - My thoracic shot took out his heart and lungs. I watched him walk a few feet then keel over. I didn't time it, but it was 15 seconds at most, but probably much less.

Awhile back, well it was a few years back, I had a raccoon that started coming into my screened porch through the cat door and eating the cats food. It got bigger and fatter to the point that it would break the cat door when it came through. It became a regular event. I got tired of fixing door.

I tried a number of times to get that sucker with my 22 but every time I opened the other rear door he shot out and into the woods like a bullet. I only had a fairly narrow wedge of opportunity between the cat door he exited from to being where the line of fire included my well house and guest house.

Several nights this went on, with me hearing the bugger and trying to get out the door and get a bead on him before he got out of my safe zone of fire. With my rifle skills I just wasn't quick enough. I only had 3, maybe 4 seconds tops.

I finally said screw it and the next night, about 3AM when the bandit struck, I came out with my wife's 16 gauge Fox/Savage side by side. Problem solved. #6 works on coons, and it was a very fat coon. Yeah, it woke the neighbor.