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Coons MIA
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09/02/19 02:31 AM
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I just went through over 200 pictures for the last 10 or so days on the game camera. There wasn't a single racoon. I know I haven't eradicated them 'cause there were 2 or 3 on the last batch. Trapping them is a PITA. I'm not a softy, okay, maybe I am, but the last one tried to knaw her own foreleg off. I know, I know, I wouldn't last the summer in Alaska, but has anyone had them just suddenly disappear?
(I gotta 'nough problems with the pigs.)
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Coons MIA
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09/02/19 03:35 AM
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Good problem to have, the coons that is. They are pretty predictable, odd that they just left. Is that decent buck still around?
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Re: Coons MIA
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/02/19 03:54 AM
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As long as the deer keep coming, if the coons are gone them count your blessongs!
They may have finally caught on that they are in danger, and moved in on a feeder or trash pile etc. somewhere else.
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Re: Coons MIA
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/02/19 04:05 AM
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Good problem to have, the coons that is. They are pretty predictable, odd that they just left. Is that decent buck still around?
Yeah, he's hangin' out. I've named him "Spindly" 'cause he has such thin tines. Really tall, but he sure looks young. Might be a 2nd 10 looping by also. An older 8 seems to have more mass. I really need to shoot a couple of ancient does. Checking the trap in the morning for those dang, non-kosher swine.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Coons MIA
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/02/19 04:19 AM
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My experience is you have a talented bobcat in your area who is relieving you of your coons.
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Re: Coons MIA
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09/02/19 04:31 AM
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My experience is you have a talented bobcat in your area who is relieving you of your coons. ^^^^^ Or a Cajun.
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Re: Coons MIA
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09/02/19 10:06 AM
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I have less coons lately too...but I see that a few have been hit on the road across the woods, I think they are over at this horse ranch eating something better than my offering and the road is getting it's share. Maybe someone else is trapping them near by also.
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Re: Coons MIA
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09/02/19 10:57 AM
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The ones here are all out eating persimmons-have a bumper crop of persimmons and acorns.
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Re: Coons MIA
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09/02/19 11:32 AM
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The ones here are all out eating persimmons-have a bumper crop of persimmons and acorns.
^^^^^^^^^^^This is a big part of it....just look at the scat piles in the roads and you can tell what they are eating. Also all the neighbors now have corn feeders running and they have a buffet right now.
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Re: Coons MIA
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09/02/19 11:34 AM
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My experience is you have a talented bobcat in your area who is relieving you of your coons. ^^^^^ Or a Cajun. I think there's both in this area, but Boudreau better not be tresspassing. I had one poor pic of of pig and what my imagination thought might have been a bobcat with something in its mouth. Maybe it was. That would be awesome.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Coons MIA
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09/02/19 11:36 AM
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The ones here are all out eating persimmons-have a bumper crop of persimmons and acorns.
^^^^^^^^^^^This is a big part of it....just look at the scat piles in the roads and you can tell what they are eating. Also all the neighbors now have corn feeders running and they have a buffet right now. Yeah, I heard the neighbor's feeder go off yesterday evening, close to our house. I hope his blind isn't facing this way.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Coons MIA
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09/02/19 01:04 PM
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Haven't seen any on our protein feeders. As soon as we start slinging corn, I'm sure there will be plenty.
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Re: Coons MIA
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09/02/19 01:21 PM
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Checking the trap in the morning for those dang, non-kosher swine. Well, apparently putting out moldy HEB 7 grain bread on top of my expertly soured corn mix was a big mistake. As I did the sneaky-sneaky to the area, the lone occpupant was a healthy 8pt. WT...in the trap, but he hadn't triggered it. As I commenced to wave my arms like a madman from over 100 yards away, he thankfully didn't freak too much and slowly ciphered how to go out the way he came in without hitting the cable. That coulda been a real rodeo. I really love that bread, and apparently, everything else does too.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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