Man, you gotta be careful taking a meth pipe from a raccoon...he's liable to fight you for it. Those things can mess you up!

I've seen some crazy stuff, but can't say I've ever seen that.

Another reason why body cams are so important.

Back at the station-

“Dude, I stopped a woman today and she had a raccoon in the car trying to smoke meth”

“Hey, when was your last psych eval? Is the raccoon in the rom with us right now?”

Sure that was not Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy?

It's like the midwest trailer park version of cocaine bear.

She had her pet Raccoon, as a drug addict, like herself. Of course he wants the fucking meth pipe. He’s addicted like she is!

Please tell me the officer stacked the charges of animal abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a raccoon.

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Originally posted by jljones:
Another reason why body cams are so important.

Back at the station-

“Dude, I stopped a woman today and she had a raccoon in the car trying to smoke meth”

“Hey, when was your last psych eval? Is the raccoon in the rom with us right now?”

That is funny right there.

In the old days, people hunted and trapped raccoons. Not so today and they do a lot of damage and are everywhere.

A couple of raccoons can wipe out a garden in one night. They will eat green bean plants to the ground.

There were two construction workers living in the apartments when I lived in Reston. They trapped raccoons on the job site. On the back way to work in the morning, I would stop and pick up road kill for them if was safe to stop. Their apartment had a distinct smell due to the stretched hides hinging on a clothes line drying.

I am shocked...SHOCKED....it wasn't Florida man.

Ohio is certainly growing more interesting.

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Originally posted by FenderBender:
Ohio is certainly growing more interesting.

One of your neighbors?

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Originally posted by 1967Goat:
I am shocked...SHOCKED....it wasn't Florida man.

It's the Florida of the midwest.

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Originally posted by 41:
Their apartment had a distinct smell due to the stretched hides hinging on a clothes line drying.

Do people still buy/sell them I wonder? IIRC, when I was a kid they were only worth about $12-15 a piece. Red Fox would bring a pretty penny. I sold several hides around $75. Back then it was good money for a teenager.

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Originally posted by jljones:

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Originally posted by 41:
Their apartment had a distinct smell due to the stretched hides hanging on a clothes line drying.

Do people still buy/sell them I wonder? IIRC, when I was a kid they were only worth about $12-15 a piece. Red Fox would bring a pretty penny. I sold several hides around $75. Back then it was good money for a teenager.

Here is a list of present fur prices:

https://www.mtpca.com/fur_post.html

I grew up on the river where we fished, skied, and trapped in the winter time before the river froze over. I trapped mainly muskrat. One time I did catch two beaver when they moved into the area and started damaging the trees. We got $2.50 to $3.00 for muskrats back in the 50's.

We also mowed grass and had a paper route. We used the money for gas and 22 ammo. My best friend had lots of guns and he gave me a 22 Colt Officers Model Match to use. We were only about 12 or 13 at the time. Can you imagine kids doing that today?

Foxes are protected in some counties in VA for Fox hunting with dogs. The Institute Farm has Beagle trials chasing foxes. A friend from PA use to come down for the past events. The Club has been inactive the last three years.

https://www.nationalbeagleclub.org/InstituteFarm

I was searching O.L. Butcher and found this old thread:

https://reedercustomguns.net/forum/index.php?id=68677

I have a bunch of old copies of the Trapper magazine:

https://www.trappermag.com/unc.../fur-market-memories

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Originally posted by 1967Goat:
I am shocked...SHOCKED....it wasn't Florida man.

Ask and ye shall receive....

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