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Two and a half months ago I ran over a raccoon that had already been smashed across the back legs and back. He was dragging himself across the road about 1/4 mile from my house. I hit him with my pickup one night and made a big enough thump that I figured he was dead as I could not stop to check and it was late at night. Two weeks later I am seeing strange drag marks in my flower bed and driveway. I set up a game camera and caught super coon walking on his two front legs dragging his backside like a cape. His entire back end was flat like a rug. For weeks we saw his drag marks as he traveled in at least a 1/2 mile area. He was able to climb stairs and get on my porch and we would hear him late at night flopping down the steps. I was never presented with the opportunity to dispatch him. I did see him in person a few times late at night and he had a racetrack around my property with his drag marks.
Last night the wife smelled something rotten under the porch and today I found super coon dead under the porch. He lived at least 2.5 months on two legs. I figure he must have finally got an infection as one would have thought his bowels would have stopped flowing with a cape for half his body. Incredible creatures they are and tough as anything out there.
Living in the rural county I get coons, skunks, fox, bobcat, mountain lion, coyote, and other critters coming through to check the cat food bowls for scraps. Two nights ago an owl killed a skunk in my pasture. Neighbors are constantly killing the coons but more keep coming in.
I did my usual disposal routine of digging a hole and placing the critter in the hole then building a fire on top of it and letting it all burn before covering it up. I'm running out of places to bury animals...lost track of how many I have planted.
Last night the wife smelled something rotten under the porch and today I found super coon dead under the porch. He lived at least 2.5 months on two legs. I figure he must have finally got an infection as one would have thought his bowels would have stopped flowing with a cape for half his body. Incredible creatures they are and tough as anything out there.
Living in the rural county I get coons, skunks, fox, bobcat, mountain lion, coyote, and other critters coming through to check the cat food bowls for scraps. Two nights ago an owl killed a skunk in my pasture. Neighbors are constantly killing the coons but more keep coming in.
I did my usual disposal routine of digging a hole and placing the critter in the hole then building a fire on top of it and letting it all burn before covering it up. I'm running out of places to bury animals...lost track of how many I have planted.