They're 3 to 8 TIMES the size of raccoons - that's the difference - as I said above. Not half again as big; not even 1.5 or 2 times the size.
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The heart is probably the same size on both.
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No it's not. Not even close. Heart size correlates roughly to body size. Making the heart size 3 to 8 times as big.
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I have skinned out a lot of coons in my time. I think you are confusing porcupines and raccoons, although I have seen some massive porcupines in my time.
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I'm not confusing anything. You are confusing porcupines with beavers. I was comparing raccoons and beavers (since someone brought up and alleged that coons are the same size - which they're not. I pointed out that they're 3 to 8 times as big - as I said above), not raccoons and porcupines.
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Thosw beavers are evil dangerous.
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Indeed they are:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-injuries.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...th-attack.html
There are countless stories of serious injuries from beavers - they are not to be trifled with - and that's including the little one.
But I trust kraigwy who says .22 shorts / .22lr is enough (making .22 mag plenty enough), at least on head shots, since Alaskan beavers are the same size as Canadian - roughly. However, I still doubt that either is ideal ("enough") for a body shot for 60 pounder - that's two coyotes worth of animal with a lot of fat. But I guess that since you'll be shooting them in the water 9 times out of 10, you'll of necessity be taking head shots only, 9 times out of 10, which skews the "needed" round quite a bit (since heck, .22lr is enough to kill a cow with a head shot at close range, let alone a large rodent).