Friday morning had me in a field of onions, doing some variety evalulations. As i moved from one field to the next, I spotted a racoon heading out of the field I was just in. I just happened to have my bow in the truck. I was apx. 100yds from the racoon with my truck between us, I used the truck as a shield to close the distance to 50yards. I got my truck door open, and grabbed my bow, and then I noticed the racoon turned back into the onion field and running down the row. I sprinted apx. 50 yards as I got closer the area the racoon was in I started looking down the rows. I spotted him running full sprint down the row away from me, the chase was on!. I jumped in the next row sprinting after him. I cut the distance to 10 yards, then I jumped into his row, as soon as I entered his row, he jumped two rows over. It's not easy to jump a 72" bed, with onion tops 24" high and 3" onion bulbs under your feet (like jumping onto a bunch of tennis balls), I stumbled, but did not fall over. The racoon now headed back out of the field in the opposited direction, with me it tow! Once more he jumped another row, and I managed to keep with him without stumbling. At this point I noticed that the onion tops were not moving where the racoon entered. I quickly surmised that he was "hiding"!!! I jumped back into a row, and moved very slowly, when i was 4 yards from where I thought the racoon was, I stopped, looked through all the onion tops. That is when I spotted a softball sized piece of gray/black fur. I anchored, picked my spot and let fly. A very large comotion proceeded. Onion tops flopping in all directions. Then....all was still. Except for my heart due to all the sprinting that occured in the chase!!
My "hunting" grounds!(I am standing in the row the racoon orginally ran down. The chase all started by my truck)
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The "Mark of the Shark" (165 Interceptor, this is the 5th animal for this arrow/BH combination, 2 rabbits, 2 woodchucks, and now the racoon, can't wait to use it on deer in another month)
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At Peace (the row it all started in)
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chris <><
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Too cool,got the bandit. :thumbsup:
Good shooting, I love baked coon and sweet potatos. Chris
I guess the racoon could claim..........."Them onions are to die for"
No wonder they have been getting to the store all nicked up and bruised!
Nice roast you ended up with. :bigsmyl:
Killdeer
good killin onions! fried coon and some sauteed onions!!! stomach is growlin!! :D
Yep, roasted coon with onion! Do you put it in their mouth like an apple in a pig's mouth? Grand adventure, always pays to have a bow with you, you never know where fun can be "produced" :bigsmyl:
After what them bandits did to my corn this year it does my heart good to see that coon kabob... :clapper:
Good shooting.
what an onionhead ;) ,what is the #on he bow you used
that would have been great to see from afar lol
good shootin!
Remind me to stay out of your garden...LOL!!!
Great story! That last pic is awesome too.
Bisch
Nice shooting.
Where in Michigan is that at? Do you need a coon/pest exterminator? If so, my sons and I are available for a can't beat price of...FREE.
Sometimes it's nice to see something green. Our cactus and mesquite here is even startin to look a little poor. Congrats on the kills, looks like your ready for deer season.
Good shooting. Those sharks seem to leave a big hole!
Great! Too funny!
Good shot on the varmit. That is good shooting after all that jumping and running.
I am with Ben, I laughed out loud. Twice more when I saw the last pic. The whole story gave me a good mental picture. And all this with your second string bow?? ;)
Nice job and thanks for the giggle
Chuck
Love the pics and great hunt-
I'm with Chuck...not to be macabre but that last pic just made me howl!
The "still [no life] pic" is priceless!
Man you got some onions, Onions!
I never knew that onions were grown in large fields. Guess I just never thought about it. Since you killed it, I hope you ate it.
Congrats and well said. Like my fellow Texan from above, thats the first green field I've seen in a couple of months. I havn't cut my grass in 6 weeks. 100 degree temps and no rain are a tough combination. Thanks for sharing and "Keep'um Sharp". :thumbsup:
thanks all for the comments.
"The whole story gave me a good mental picture. And all this with your second string bow??"
Chuck....when will my "first string bow" be ready?
As "Two Tracks" stated I was shooting my 2nd string bow, b/c my "first stringer" is at "Two Tracks" getting a weight reduction.
Here is a pic. of the "second string bow" with a few fall kills from a few years back.
60" 50lb St. Joe River recurve
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chris <><
Cool!
I don't care if you ate it or not but I am glad you got the pest out of your onions.
I will say that they do make some tasty table fare and I'd be willing to bet that a side of sauteed onions would go great with it.
Great excise for you too!..lol
God bless,Mudd
Them racoons are cute critters, but have you ever noticed they are only cute until they trash your stuff? They can be very distructive.
I live-trapped and hauled off 16 of the devils from my deck last year. Haven't had any nightime bandit troubles since then.
Nice hunt! Nothin' like northern Javelina eh? Good story man.
We must defend the onions my brothahs. For they cannot defend themselfs.