Thread: Wireless Cameras

Hey, don't laugh but one dark night I was chased by a berserk racoon from the side of my house .

No, I believe it. They can be really nasty. We used to have them get stuck in the dumpster at our shop. Animal control would come out and noose them while they went absolutely berserk. Possums also can be a real handful if they get cornered.

I have to correct myself saying we don't have large mammals. We do actually have bison here. The ones here now are reintroduced.vut they are native. There are wild horses also but not native. Also not native mammals with which we are totally overrun are ferel pigs. There is almost literally a bounty on them.here. I've personally seen herds of 80...100 maybe. More than I could count.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Hey, don't laugh but one dark night I was chased by a berserk racoon from the side of my house .

Why not laugh??? I for one am wondering what in the hell you were doing on the side of your house and why the berserk racoon chased your from it?

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Those Racoons are feisty little critters, I've seen enough videos of them, they would meet their maker if my two Bedlington Terriers ever bumped into one if we had them in the UK, when I hunted back in the day before the UK laws made it illegal to hunt many animals with Dogs, my Terriers would kill a Fox in a small confined space underground, and a Fox is a similar size to a Racoon.

Fox versus racoon??

I bet on the racoon

Originally Posted by rolodave

Fox versus racoon??

I bet on the racoon

In our urban areas, security cameras are catching images of critters formerly thought of as forest dwellers. We regularly see images of foxes, coyotes, bears and the ever present urban racoon hunting garbage in driveways and backyards. By far the most annoying is the porch package stealing human critters captured on the doorbell cameras.

Originally Posted by rolodave

Fox versus racoon??

I bet on the racoon

Foxes will hunt and kill Racoons.

I've seen raccoons fight large dogs, four times the size of a fox. They held their own.
This fox kept a healthy distance.

I've heard people say that about cats too that a cat can tear up a dog. Not a dog that really wants to kill them. I used to have this little red Doberman bitch. She probably weighed about 65 lb, 70 maybe and that dog would kill anything. She was begging to go out one day and I let her out not realizing that the neighbors cat was outside. The cat started running with her on his tail. It became apparent that he wasn't getting away from her so he decided to stand his ground and fight. Big mistake! She grabbed a hold of him and within a second had probably broken every one of his vertebrae. She shook him like a rag doll and the squeals and the fur were flying like crazy. She brought home a full-grown raccoon one day. As we have discussed that takes some real doing but she was not a big dog and gentle as can be around people. It didn't matter what kind of furry animal it was though. If she could chase it down she'd kill it.
What makes people underestimate dogs is that they very often will hold back. A dog that will attack without fear or hesitation is a badass animal. I've heard people say oh I'd kick that dog's ass. You jump over my back fence and my dog is out there and you'll find something else out. That dog breaks up cow femur bones with his jaws. If he bit your arm one time he could crush both your radius and your ulna. All he'd have to do is bite you one good time and your will to fight diminishes quickly. A dog that's determined to get you. You had better have the gun in your hand and your finger on the trigger before he gets to you. Most any l e o will tell you that a perpetrator would rather face half a dozen armed cops than one dog.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

I've heard people say that about cats too that a cat can tear up a dog. Not a dog that really wants to kill them. I used to have this little red Doberman bitch. She probably weighed about 65 lb, 70 maybe and that dog would kill anything. She was begging to go out one day and I let her out not realizing that the neighbors cat was outside. The cat started running with her on his tail. It became apparent that he wasn't getting away from her so he decided to stand his ground and fight. Big mistake! She grabbed a hold of him and within a second had probably broken every one of his vertebrae. She shook him like a rag doll and the squeals and the fur were flying like crazy. She brought home a full-grown raccoon one day. As we have discussed that takes some real doing but she was not a big dog and gentle as can be around people. It didn't matter what kind of furry animal it was though. If she could chase it down she'd kill it.
What makes people underestimate dogs is that they very often will hold back. A dog that will attack without fear or hesitation is a badass animal. I've heard people say oh I'd kick that dog's ass. You jump over my back fence and my dog is out there and you'll find something else out. That dog breaks up cow femur bones with his jaws. If he bit your arm one time he could crush both your radius and your ulna. All he'd have to do is bite you one good time and your will to fight diminishes quickly. A dog that's determined to get you. You had better have the gun in your hand and your finger on the trigger before he gets to you. Most any l e o will tell you that a perpetrator would rather face half a dozen armed cops than one dog.

I have owned working dogs exactly the same, I have seen cats standing their ground against the standard run of the mill household pet dogs, but working dogs don't operate by those rules, I have owned small Terriers weighing no more than 15lb in weight that would kill any Cat given the opportunity.