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You shot a raccoon ? Why ? Don't you have a dog to control the raccoons in your neighborhood ? BTW: Welcome to the PF.
My dog is a Rhodesian Ridgeback, fearless dogs not scared of any thing. He has taken head on 600 pound bears and mountain lions. But one day he cornered a raccoon and the raccoon went warrior and almost got the best of my dog. Almost, my dog's nose got ripped open but he prevailed. I should have made a coon skin cap out of that raccoon.
Esau your posts are among the most interesting, very direct, logical, and as far as I can recall I can't fault even one.