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1. 7-21
   1:35
   am

   Seems like you took my advice….

   Darrell from NC -
2. 7-21
   2:50
   am

   Good for you!

   Sheila Z -
3. 7-21
   3:04
   am

   Nicely done!

   Dett -
4. 7-21
   3:49
   am

   Coons kill so many wild turkey poults that I have become their judge, jury and executioner also. The damage they do to corn and small livestock on the farm is justification for this mindset. I have had them take down all the middle of cornfield before in four or five nights. One cleaned out our water garden of every fish in a period of about three days. The also carry rabies.

   Right between the eyes…..good shot!

   Box Call -
5. 7-21
   3:58
   am

   GO SUE!!!! That was for itty bitty….thats what I was calling your little banty girl… Itty Bitty… good shot by the way!!! Box Call is right, they are a pest and need to be controlled. We used to hunt them, but the price of hides is in the tank and the lisence for them is to high….

   Heidi -
6. 7-21
   4:14
   am

   Way to go Suzanne! Yes good shot indeed! For the little Banty and her dream!!

   ML -
7. 7-21
   4:52
   am

   good for you!!!! I have been getting rid of them for several years now … my neighboors hate me..told them they arent “disney” cartoons but destructive critters .

   lisa -
8. 7-21
   5:04
   am

   you done good! I really felt bad to know that little hen was ripped from her nest. Nice Shot!

   Linda -
9. 7-21
   5:05
   am

   Hallelujah! Justice has been served. Good for you!

   Jayme aka The Coop Keeper -
10. 7-21
    5:23
    am

    Good for you! Just be ready for his family to show up. I hope that rooster was watching!!!!

    Lynda Dunham-Watkins -
11. 7-21
    5:24
    am

    Good for you! The husband got back last night w/ 36 new babies. Hopefully these will see a good long life.

    Lisa -
12. 7-21
    5:26
    am

    Ah, revenge is sweet! I think you should make a coon skin cap. You know, like Daniel Boone.

    Christine -
13. 7-21
    5:35
    am

    Wow, I’m impressed. Gotta love a girl with a gun.

    Smiles

    Lisa T. -
14. 7-21
    5:40
    am

    Good job Suzanne!!

    Heidi533 -
15. 7-21
    5:51
    am

    Good shot! You did what you needed to do to protect your chickens.

    elizabeth -
16. 7-21
    5:52
    am

    Another Good Job here also! There’s bound to be more, so don’t let your guard down.

    m -
17. 7-21
    6:01
    am

    Good for you!

    Charlene -
18. 7-21
    6:06
    am

    Suzanne, You realize chickens eat ANYTHING, right? We took out a coon last week and DH wanted to give it to the chickens. I said “no” and we burned it like we always do. But in your case, I might have said yes.

    Keep your trap set.

    Damn good shot!!!

    Beth -
19. 7-21
    6:12
    am

    Bravo!
    Next project – learning to cure a ‘coon skin!

    Donna Mc -
20. 7-21
    6:13
    am

    Have only been lurking for a couple of months, but when I read your post about your little banty, it brought tears to my eyes…poor banty. Good for you…hope it never saw it coming and it’s kind stay far away from your home……

    Lynn -
21. 7-21
    6:21
    am

    Way to protect your farm family. Some times those things just need done another part of learning to be a farmer. And Good Shot!

    Linda -
22. 7-21
    7:07
    am

    Good job, Suzanne. I am so proud!

    Kathi -
23. 7-21
    7:08
    am

    When you live in the country, sometimes you have to kill varmits. Simple as that.

    When I had chickens, one of my favorite girls passed away. I buried her in a clean towel, with the last egg she laid. My husband thought I was nuts. But I loved her so.

    You did the right thing.

    Mary Kellogg -
24. 7-21
    7:16
    am

    congrats – can I ask, what kind of gun did you use? I need a varmint gun – we only have a some kind of big deer rifle I can’t even hardly lift, but we have a raccoon problem (kitten massacre) also.

    Anita -
25. 7-21
    7:18
    am

    Anita, it was a .22. (It’s pretty light.)

    Suzanne McMinn -
26. 7-21
    7:19
    am

    Anita, we use a .22. Lighter weight and does the job. I know some people use pellet guns to take out coons as well.

    Beth -
27. 7-21
    7:42
    am

    You may want to read a Country Year by Sue Hubbell. For me, it’s not good for my soul to kill wildlife, just have to keep fortifying.

    Joanna Wilcox -
28. 7-21
    7:43
    am

    You go girl!!! You are definately a real farmer now!!! Avenging little Banty …justice is served.!!!

    MissyinWV -
29. 7-21
    7:44
    am

    Excellent! I hope Mean Rooster was watching!

    Kelleh -
30. 7-21
    7:54
    am

    Atta Girl! Keep the trap out, more will come….

    Claudia -
31. 7-21
    7:56
    am

    Way to go Suzanne! If there was one there are bound to be more. We ended up killing 5 the first Summer we were here but we haven’t had a problem with them since.

    KentuckyFarmGirl -
32. 7-21
    7:57
    am

    Yes! Yes! Yes!
    Thank you!
    Now I feel better, cause you done in the cousin of the coon that got my Rhoady! Let this be a notice to all you coons out there. Suzanne’s got a gun and she’s not afraid to use it!

    Claudia W. -
33. 7-21
    8:20
    am

    NOW! Let Mean Rooster see you wearing a coon skin cap! Make a BELIEVER out of his mean ol’ self!
    Suz in NV

    Suz in the Tules -
34. 7-21
    8:21
    am

    

    miss becky -
35. 7-21
    8:24
    am

    Hey, they had fair warning that you’d take no prisoners. Let’s hope his buddies take heed.

    ahzoey -
36. 7-21
    8:26
    am

    There are probably more of them in the woods. I hope ‘Mean Rooster’ watched the demise, because he may join the coon in the afterlife. You have gotten the nerve up now and he better not cross you.

    Our newest critter is Itty Bitty Kitty. She came from the Humane Society. The most lovey cat I have ever seen!

    monica -
37. 7-21
    8:28
    am

    Wow, I didn’t think you could do it! Now you have that mean old rooster to deal with…

    Kacey -
38. 7-21
    8:53
    am

    http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/magazine/Archive/06Spring/overthehedge.pdf

    Sasha -
39. 7-21
    9:02
    am

    The little banty is smiling down on you from heaven, with her baby chicks!

    Carol -
40. 7-21
    9:54
    am

    Hee hee! Terrific idea….I’d like to see a blog and pictures when you do. lol Well done, Suzanne!

    Jo -
41. 7-21
    10:01
    am

    Be it a .22 or a 12-guage, I’m glad to hear you dealt w/the problem. They’re a interesting animal to watch, but NOT once they cross into this type of feeding behavior.

    Ms E -
42. 7-21
    10:06
    am

    Good for you!

    Christy O -
43. 7-21
    10:36
    am

    Good on ya Suzanne. It needed doing.

    BuckeyeGirl -
44. 7-21
    10:41
    am

    way to go! we raised orphaned coons one year, and tame or not, they are a vicious animal. I wouldn’t care if it was a wild or tame animal, in season or not, it would die for killing one of my chickens, rabbits, cats, or whatever. very proud of ya!

    Amber -
45. 7-21
    11:15
    am

    An eye for an eye is totally appropriate here.

    Robin G. -
46. 7-21
    11:24
    am

    I am SO PROUD of you!! You have avenged your pretty little banty!

    Man…I’m telling you…I couldn’t be any happier if I’d done this myself!

    Now, if you could just do something about that Mean Rooster….

    Lisa -
47. 7-21
    11:27
    am

    I’m SO GLAD YOU CLARIFIED that you didn’t really eat it. I just can’t imagine. Ew. That rascal got your banty, it’d be like…cannibalism or something

    Beth C -
48. 7-21
    11:28
    am

    One picture is worth a thousand words. nailing the tail up with your decorated hammer spoke volumes.
    I just went and looked at Banty sitting in her nesting box, and then the scene of the crime.
    That little girl thanks you.

    shirley -
49. 7-21
    12:03
    pm

    Hat time! Hat time! Good For you!

    Cyndi L. -
50. 7-21
    12:25
    pm

    I hope it made you feel better. You have to protect your animals, specially the defenceless ones. Just make sure you dont let your guard down and reinforce all your fences and nettings.

    Alexandra -
51. 7-21
    12:49
    pm

    Oh yeah. Thats what Im talkin about.

    Angie -
52. 7-21
    12:53
    pm

    Woo Hoo!!!! So proud of you!

    Melanie -
53. 7-21
    1:24
    pm

    Wtg, Suzanne!

    Estella -
54. 7-21
    1:59
    pm

    Suzanne: I too have never killed more than a bug, but i believe, for the little banty, even I could….THIS IS WAR!!!

    j.netnpets -
55. 7-21
    4:10
    pm

    You did good! I think I need a pellet gun…(Can’t own real guns up here.)

    Will a free ranging guard dog will help prevent a reocurrence? Where was Coco? I guess the goats, sheep, pigs and chickens are a bit much for one young girl to guard all by herself. You need a few more big LGDs to help keep the critters away.

    Pocohantus might be a good guard when she grows up, too.

    Sheryl (Runningtrails) -
56. 7-21
    4:12
    pm

    I’m so sorry for your loss.
    I’m afraid once an animal like a coon finds an easy source of food
    there really isn’t a better alternative. Relocating it would just make it somebody else’s problem

    Rys -
57. 7-21
    6:15
    pm

    Good for you! You have to protect your own!! It’s the way things have been done since the beginning of time.

    RosieJo -
58. 7-21
    7:07
    pm

    Well done! It’s the only suitable solution for a coon (or weasel or skunk or dog or whatever critter) that gets a taste of fresh chicken. And a nice shot too!

    Lola-Dawn -
59. 7-21
    7:18
    pm

    A friend of mine is the DHHR wildlife scientist and he says we’re having a pretty bad season for Raccoon rabies this year pretty much all over the state, but especially in Central WV.

    Good job!

    wvsky -
60. 7-21
    8:04
    pm

    I hope your coon troubles are over soon. One down, maybe 4 to go, if they don’t take off on their own.

    SarahKoski -
61. 7-21
    8:46
    pm

    Davy Crockett would’ve been proud of “attagirl” down here in TN…..

    Some ‘coons have to go to the other side! A good ole Blue tick hound would’ve had a ‘howl of a time’ when the five showed up last week! No sweeter sound than an old dog that’s treed a coon….plus they contribute to the natural selection…..

    PS…but without a coon dog, your ’smoker’(gun) is the next best thing!

    PSS….stretch that hide of the next’un, keep the tail on. Hide buyers prefer it and it’s a lot easier to make the hat…

    B. Ruth -
62. 7-21
    8:51
    pm

    I’m glad she’s been avenged. Does Mean Old Rooster know he can be eaten too?

    Sheila Bergeron -
63. 7-21
    8:57
    pm

    This is the best post ever. In history. Of any blog.

    Melanie -
64. 7-21
    10:14
    pm

    Good for you, Suzanne. I know that ‘coons are only doing what is natural for them, but there is no sentiment in nature, either, so I am glad you killed the marauder. Actually, I guess you are doing what is natural for you, too, which is protecting your chickens. May your little chicken rest in peace…I am sorry she met such a horrible end.

    p.s. Good shooting, BTW!

    Helen -
65. 7-25
    9:37
    am

    As Georgia says, you “took care of it.” Good job!

    Cousin Sheryl -

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