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rabies is almost unknown in opossums


The possum my dad killed was foaming at the mouth and we thought it had rabies.

The one I just caught and gassed looked to be smaller.

Seriously, in my area possums, coons, and skunks are overpopulated so I trap them and gladly kill them off. The same goes for Coyotes. Awhile back the wonderful, intelligent people of my county decided they would reduce the deer population by bringing Coyotes in. Well now, Coyotes have killed off quite a bit of the deer and are tearing up farm land and are overpopulated.

They are offering 500 bucks for each Coyote that is killed and skinned. If you don't want to skin them than it is 400 bucks. We can hunt them year round and they are fun to hunt. Coyotes are actually pretty smart. Once you catch one in a particular trap it is hard to catch anymore in that area because they will move. I have made quite a bit of cash killing off those bad boys. At first I didn't like it because it felt like shooting a dog and then whenever one came at me I didn't care anymore.

I was hunting with my grandad a couple months ago during deer season and he was running a couple deer out when I saw this beast of a Coyote come running into where my grandad was at. I could have taken him out, but I didn't want to scare off any deer that might be close by. As soon as that coyote ran into the woods I heard a BANG! BANG! BANG! My grandad took him down and when I got to him he was standing there crouched over the dead animal. He looks at me and says "Biggest damn coyote I have ever seen" and we haul it to the truck and take it home to skin it.

Talking about killing animals brings so many family stories to mind.
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Yeah, but that's kinda the plan when you're in your early 20's and single. You go to a party or a bar, while sober you test the water with the hot chicks, if nobody bites, then you get shitfaced enough that the double baggers start looking pretty good and you move in for the kill.

- Burd