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Old 10-25-2005 | 08:24 PM
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Default would you shoot a possum

just kinda curious cause i see a couple to day and just about shot one,,kinda good thing i didnt cause possum season dont open till nov. 5 but when it does and possum or coon that walks my way may get shot at.
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Old 10-25-2005 | 08:59 PM
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If it was a slow day I would but I usually dont see them in the woods. Just sticking to the road on some occasions.
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Old 10-25-2005 | 09:04 PM
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Probably not. Not because I wouldn't get a kick out of it if I tried, but I just don't see the point. You have to either resharpen or replace your broadhead blades now and for what......a possum? Nah.....
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Old 10-25-2005 | 09:18 PM
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We don't have any possum up here. I wouldn't shoot at a coon but I would shoot a fisher, we have too many and I figure thats why we rarely see any rabbits.
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Old 10-25-2005 | 09:27 PM
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I probably would as long as I had an arrow to waste with a blunt point on it.Seeing oppossum and raccoon at day time is a bad sign and they may have distemper or rabies. Both of those animals are mostly nocturnal. That said, when I've seen a couple of raccoon roosted in a tree on occasion and I have not shot at them because I didn't want to spoil my hunt.
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Old 10-25-2005 | 10:50 PM
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I let them go. Saw one this past weekend and just watched him go about his business about 10 yards from my stand. It was cool to watch him climb a tree then hang from his tail.
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Old 10-26-2005 | 12:41 AM
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Probably not. Not because I wouldn't get a kick out of it if I tried, but I just don't see the point. You have to either resharpen or replace your broadhead blades now and for what......a possum? Nah.....
What he said.
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Old 10-26-2005 | 12:49 AM
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What would you do with it after you got it? Or maybe its just an ego builder.
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Old 10-26-2005 | 02:04 AM
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WHY ? Unless you are going to eat it
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Old 10-26-2005 | 02:40 AM
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I'd let it walk. I get more entertainment from just watching. The only way I would would be if I hunted a farmers land and the owner mentioned that the animal was becoming a problem.
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