would you shoot a possum
10-25-2005, 08:24 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: york,illinois
Posts: 527
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.
10-25-2005, 09:04 PM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Greenville, IL
Posts: 287
RE: would you shoot a possum
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.....
10-25-2005, 09:27 PM
#5
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Brunswick, OH
Posts: 272
RE: would you shoot a possum
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. 
10-25-2005, 10:50 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,784
RE: would you shoot a possum
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.
10-26-2005, 12:41 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 3,903
RE: would you shoot a possum
ORIGINAL: Illini_Sportsman
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.....
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.....
Or maybe its just an ego builder.
10-26-2005, 02:40 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 1,253
RE: would you shoot a possum
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.