Raccoon hunting

DadSmith · Aug 31, 2022

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Raccoons are nest-robbing bandits that hit upland, waterfowl and turkey nests hard. Now is the time for a different kind of predator control.

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Here is a good article on raccoons and why they need to be controlled.

A good night hunting with our old 16yo Walker a few seasons ago.

Farmerjon · Aug 31, 2022

Coon hunted a lot, didn't shoot many coons. Poor choice of dogs as a young man, but boy was it fun being out that late WITH AN EXCUSE!!

fullmetaljesus · Aug 31, 2022

I've got one terrorizing house y'all are free to come hunt him all you like.

pmbiker · Aug 31, 2022

They all take dirt naps around my place. Never tried eating one.... maybe next time.

yetti462 · Sep 1, 2022

pmbiker said:
They all take dirt naps around my place. Never tried eating one.... maybe next time.

I will not eat one of the disease carrying pest infested vermin. My boy shot one with a 17hmr, being his first I decided to skin it for him. I hung the trash panda up by his legs and a ball of worms, size of a baseball came flopping out of the exit hole . Needless to say the skinning process stopped.

DadSmith · Sep 1, 2022

pmbiker said:
They all take dirt naps around my place. Never tried eating one.... maybe next time.

We eat the younger ones. Fry them up like rabbit or chicken. They are good.
The old ones are just tough and imo not worth messing with. Maybe a pressure cooker?
The ones around here feed on corn or soybeans, or livestock/pet feed. They love cat food, even the cheap junk.

flyingsquirrel · Sep 2, 2022

DNR should put a bounty on them. I feel they are the main reason the turkey #s are in decline. I've done 6 this year. In season of course.

42769vette · Sep 2, 2022

flyingsquirrel said:
DNR should put a bounty on them. I feel they are the main reason the turkey #s are in decline. I've done 6 this year. In season of course.

100% agreed on them being the reason for turkey number going down, I believe they should get rid of the season on them, and treat them like a coyote.

yetti462 · Sep 2, 2022

flyingsquirrel said:
DNR should put a bounty on them. I feel they are the main reason the turkey #s are in decline. I've done 6 this year. In season of course.

I have no idea why idnr has a season on them. The coon hunters rarely kill them due to fur market and would rather have coons for dog work, my uncle is good example.

Kansas state university did a study where the located 100 turkey nests. Set up cams and monitored predation. 99 we're raided by trash pandas . Kansas numbers are down on turkey too. 2 bird limit no more.

I kill every coon on my place and run over every one I can on my way to work. Seems like for every one I kill , 10 more move in. I have two major creeks on farm and white river is over the ridge. Plenty of coon migration in my neck of woods. Hate them.

Mij · Sep 2, 2022

~30 years ago there weren’t any turkeys in Ind. Fur prices will rebound when Russia and China get there just dues, If coons become overpopulated Mother Nature will take care of it. IDNR is the best outfit to manage wildlife in Ind. kill’em if ya want. No skin off my nose. JMO

Creedmoor · Sep 2, 2022

flyingsquirrel said:
DNR should put a bounty on them. I feel they are the main reason the turkey #s are in decline. I've done 6 this year. In season of course.

I average about 4-6 a year myself, generally where you trap one, you will trap the mate.
The last two.

patience0830 · Sep 2, 2022

I've killed 20 this summer raiding the birdfeeder.

tmschuller · Sep 3, 2022

Momma and 4 kids in the mulberry tree.. the mulberries must have been toxic for all perished..

BigRed · Sep 3, 2022

Growing up, Dad had a friend with a pack of coon dogs.... guys would run around the woods at night while the dogs ran off to their work.

Never got to do it myself....one of my regrets.

A while back, I read a "kids' book" that I never got around to reading when I was a kid...."Where the Red Fern Grows". Brought back some good memories of those guys and dogs I got to meet long ago.

Mij · Sep 3, 2022

BigRed said:
Growing up, Dad had a friend with a pack of coon dogs.... guys would run around the woods at night while the dogs ran off to their work.

Never got to do it myself....one of my regrets.

A while back, I read a "kids' book" that I never got around to reading when I was a kid...."Where the Red Fern Grows". Brought back some good memories of those guys and dogs I got to meet long ago.

We always had a mason jar with us. For the chill of course.

Trappin season it was peppermint schnapps

04FXSTS · Sep 4, 2022

BigRed said:
Growing up, Dad had a friend with a pack of coon dogs.... guys would run around the woods at night while the dogs ran off to their work.

Never got to do it myself....one of my regrets.

A while back, I read a "kids' book" that I never got around to reading when I was a kid...."Where the Red Fern Grows". Brought back some good memories of those guys and dogs I got to meet long ago.

Tried it once many years ago with two friends who were regulars at hunting them. Dogs got on a deer and we never saw a coon all night, still had fun. Jim.

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