Beretta92FSLady
Regular Member
On a pack of raccoons.
A little background, first: I enjoy decompressing, in the evenings, with urban photography; the light, IMO, for the mood of my photographs, is better at night.
I was at the local college here in Seattle, taking photos of some roses, that look amazing in the evening light.
So, I am focusing in-on a beautiful rose, and at my left peripheral I see three shadows, about twenty feet from me, crossing my path. I drop my camera to take a look-see, and there are three raccoons running by me. They get about ten feet from the trees, then I begin to hear hissing from two of the raccoons, all three stop, and two of them, the hair standing-up on their back, their head down, facing me, hissing--Immediately my right hand goes to my Beretta, and I take a frontal stance toward the raccoons, with my legs a bit wide in stance. We all stand there what seemed like minutes, but was only seconds, then they continued on into the trees.
I figured that if they charged me I would get a couple shots off, from the hip, and hopefully that would scare them off--I'm no Annie Oakley, so it is likely I wouldn't have hit any of the from the hip, while they're in motion.
I just got home, and my wife had informed me that she was listening on the radio this evening, and there have been raccoon attacks at one of the local colleges--or raccoon scares.
The rest of my evening was uneventful.
Of course, I am going to research raccoon behavior, but I do have a question: Is taking a wide frontal stance toward the raccoon a good idea?--I know that with some animals, the worse thing you can do is run away, and I am curious if, with the raccoon the case is the same with them?
Be safe out there, even you urban types like myself!
A little background, first: I enjoy decompressing, in the evenings, with urban photography; the light, IMO, for the mood of my photographs, is better at night.
I was at the local college here in Seattle, taking photos of some roses, that look amazing in the evening light.
So, I am focusing in-on a beautiful rose, and at my left peripheral I see three shadows, about twenty feet from me, crossing my path. I drop my camera to take a look-see, and there are three raccoons running by me. They get about ten feet from the trees, then I begin to hear hissing from two of the raccoons, all three stop, and two of them, the hair standing-up on their back, their head down, facing me, hissing--Immediately my right hand goes to my Beretta, and I take a frontal stance toward the raccoons, with my legs a bit wide in stance. We all stand there what seemed like minutes, but was only seconds, then they continued on into the trees.
I figured that if they charged me I would get a couple shots off, from the hip, and hopefully that would scare them off--I'm no Annie Oakley, so it is likely I wouldn't have hit any of the from the hip, while they're in motion.
I just got home, and my wife had informed me that she was listening on the radio this evening, and there have been raccoon attacks at one of the local colleges--or raccoon scares.
The rest of my evening was uneventful.
Of course, I am going to research raccoon behavior, but I do have a question: Is taking a wide frontal stance toward the raccoon a good idea?--I know that with some animals, the worse thing you can do is run away, and I am curious if, with the raccoon the case is the same with them?
Be safe out there, even you urban types like myself!