Rabid Coon & 2 arrows..... Update on page 2

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Mitch, it was in zone 10

My bow was touching the log not the coon, the arrow was the only one on the coon.

I used 2 pairs of gloves short pair and the elbow kind. I'll call tomorrow and see about the test, then I'll have to call my DR back and let them know what it was.

to be safe now I'll burn the arrow.

[TRAP]

LOL, that's funny, I see now that Salvatore is in New Jersey and not Ok (Oklahoma)  Pardon Me.

Keep those rabid raccoons in the NE.

Trap

[Wind D Ranch]

That's why I took the pre-exposure rabies vaccinations and have my titer checked yearly.  My wife makes fun of me, thinking I have to have the same shots as my dogs, but the peace of mind is worth it to me.  Not all rabid animals show the classic signs.    

[Recurve50 LBS]

good job Sal

[JEFF B]

hey brother i am glad you did not get the bite off that one WOW!!!!!!  

[Frenchy]

What a story !

Well done mysticguido          

Rabies seems to have been completely eliminated from France (at the end of 1998)
It was eradicated with the vaccination of foxes, distributed in bait form (by aircraft or helicopter)
A bunch of years back I was taking a walk along a stream when I found this vaccine capsule.
It was a vestige of this vaccination program      

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[**DONOTDELETE**]

Just got off the phone with the Dept of Health. The coon didn't have rabies, It did have a growth at the base of it's brain the size of a golf ball. More test being done, but was told 100% NO RABIES

[fyrfyter43]

That's good news!

Be curious to see what that growth is...

[LEOPARD]

Nice one!  

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Maybe it was just a very intelligent raccoon, who was expanding his educational horizons and hence his brain-size by reading lots about quantum physics and philosophy! In any case, well-done!

[Jerry Jeffer]

Sal, no matter what, you done good.

[Zenzele]

Rabid animals are really nasty!! Years back I had to empty a mag of nine mil on a rabid dog, fell about 6 feet away from me... Had no spare mag, dont like to think about what would have happened it it had kept coming!!

[John Scifres]

Thank God.  I was more than a little worried for you.

[trapperzeke]

Hey Doc
Set me straight if I have this wrong, but when I got my pre-exposure shots, I thought I was told rabies CAN be cured if caught before the onset of symptoms.  And that the pre-ex shots weren't a true vaccine, just a shortcut if I should ever be exposed.  I did get a series years back when I was a teen when I was bit by a coon that could not be tested, and for those who don't know, they are no longer given in the stomach, but in the arm over a period of weeks.

[trapperDave]

lots of rabies on the east coast, good possibility.

Distemper takes the largest toll on coon, they can get both the canine and feline varieties.  Hits em really hard when it first starts to turn cold. you'll see em out at all hours, acting disoriented/drunk. Occassionally going into convulions and in /out of consiousness at the end.

[Gator1]

On the bright side, now you can eatem??

 

[bowhunterfrompast]

Great news