Well my son had a small road line set he runs before school. I had a barber appointment at 9 so I figured I’d go along. Well he had one and was having a hard time getting the death ray on him it wasn’t quite light yet so I got out to help and when he went to adjust the death ray raccoon got out ran toward us and bit my ankle. I wasn’t dressed right I didn’t have boots on. It’s more of a graze but did draw blood and my Dr told me to go to the ER so here I sit. Great way to spend my day off

Probably nothing but being wrong would have serious consequences so good luck.

I realize you weren't trying to release it, but coons are the only animal that have attacked me after releasing them. I think they want revenge, haha. I always have my release pole ready to whack em after the first time it happened. Good luck with your Dr visit.

Be using the lead pill ...from now on ?

Man that sucks. I would be thankful it was me and not my kid. Keep us posted.

Dang, sure hope its nothing and you get back out on the line.

Will keep the thread updated. Waiting for the Dr to come in now. We were using the death ray because he set this line up to run in the way to school. But ya we went to the 22 after that. He did catch 5 today out of 11 sets makes 52 coon for the year he’s caught

Hope it goes well.

That's a great percentage

They'll probably give you the post exposure rabies shot to be safe. It'll be 4 shots total over 14 days. Also, a tetnus shot if not up to date.

Yep, sounds like the proper protocol.....

I was expecting a totally different thread! Punctuation matters. LOL.

Me too. I was wondering what kind of varmits were in that ER. LOL

Younz apparently ain’t been in Uniontown Hospital ER….if you don’t give the bums a dollar for the vending machine they’ll take it out on you somehow

You need to pop an Alka seltzer in your mouth so you can be foaming at the mouth when the doctor comes in.

Got the first round of shots. Have to go back Monday and Friday for another then the day after Christmas. Went and set 19 DP this afternoon. We shall see what moves tonight. Hopefully we have some tight chains in the morning

You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to but do you have to pay out of pocket for those? When I got my post exposure vaccines it was covered through workers comp, otherwise I would have had a 300 ER bill and possibly for each booster

Why not just get the coon tested for rabies? Thats what I did when I had an incident with a skunk. Much cheaper and no shots on my end.

… why not pour some beer on it … bite the coon back and go on about your business lol

Im not that tough.... worrying about rabies for 4 days was enough for me. And I'm not one to worry about diseases and germs....
True story...
When I told my wife about it and I might have rabies, her response was, " can me and thr kids get it?". For a second I thought she was joking at first but she was being serious. No worries about me. I just said not unless I bite you and walked away.

I shot it in the head. Thought you couldn’t get it tested after that.

Im pretty sure my insurance is taking care of it. Paid my $100 copay and that was it

U are correct

You’re right. They examine the brain tissue

And it apparently cannot be frozen or it’ll be ruined

… yall worry too much

… got coyote bit a couple times and going to a doctor was the last thing on my mind

Rabies is ugly and is no joke. I’m scared to death of it . Ever see videos of people affected with it? Nightmare fuel!

Be safe!!

I didn't go to the DR when I had my skunk incident just took the head in for testing. Dieing from rabies when it would have been preventable would look foolish. Even though Im pretty good at looking foolish on a regular bases I wasn't ready to end the streak with rabies.

You pinched an ER nurse, she got mad and bit you, now your worried about rabies? Site gets crazier and crazier

With what Missouri coon are worth, I can under stand why you would not want any blood on them. Do you even skin them? I hope your insurance covers the shots. It may take over a thousand of those coat coon to pay for them.

My son has skinned all of them and has a freezer full of them. Trapping is his FFA project this year. I sure miss the prices from 12-13 years ago.