Pellet guns are not firearms, at least in Louisiana. It would be illegal for me to use a firearm in the parish (county) that I live in.
And this being Louisiana, my nearest neighbor was pretty happy that I got the raccoon. We had reason to believe it was rabid, or at least very sickly.
You have exposed my very spotty knowledge of projectile weapons 
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For completenessā sake, Iām pretty sure itās illegal in NYC to direct any projectile at a raccoon thatās propelled by any means, be it gunpowder, compressed air, centrifugal force (no trebuchets) or even the human arm.
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That seems extremely likely.
I know that pellet guns are considered to be firearms in some places but not others. FWIW, the one I've used sends a projectile at ~1200 fps. Which is in the range for .22 rifles. So, it is reasonable to classify pellet guns as firearms.
I know, they're protected here for whatever reason.
Personally, I'd like to explore scaring it away, but I know it'll eventually keep coming back if the dog has no bite, so to speak. Maybe the sprinklers might help. My wife said to just get a pest control company to trap and relocate and be done with it.
+1 for that approach. Sounds like youāve got one particularly dumb raccoon that doesnāt mind chewing on plastic.
Maybe weāre just lucky but thereās families of raccoons in our neighborhood and they rarely mess with much, even garbage cans. Usually just some digging at the plants out back behind our house.
Same here. I had one that figured out how to get into the garage can so I drilled the top and added hitch pins. They can no longer get in and just walk around the property without bothering anything now.
we live on a lake. racoons still come chew off lawn sprinkler heads to get water. No food outside. I gave up gardening. And we have a dof. They don't seem to care!
Oh man, I'd be all over that option...especially if it might have rabies.
If a raccoonās legitimately acting rabid, or even just sick, the city is supposed to deal with it.
https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-01789
If itās a nuisance and you want it gone, a pest control company can do it, but youāre on the hook for the bill.
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