How to Dispatch Trapped Raccoons
Filed under: Ask Grant, Predators
How do you shoot a raccoon in a box trap with a .22 and not have the bullet bounce off the wire and hit your body? Do you open the trap and shoot them when they come out? David Question
David,
I simply apply the same gun safety rules that apply to every shot. These include never pointing the muzzle at anything you don’t wish to shoot.
I always consider the bullet path and background. I shoot through the trap at very close range (no chance of hitting the wire) and make sure the area behind the target is safe. I always wear hearing protection, and unload the weapon as soon as the raccoon is dispatched.
Growing Deer together,
Grant
