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Ringtail
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01/19/25 11:10 PM
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ccrock
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This weekend I set my dog proof coon traps and baited with little Debbie. Saturday morning I have a ringtail in the trap. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2025/01/full-35502-442858-img_5996.jpeg) Didn’t take a pic while in the trap. You can see where the trap caught the front leg.
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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01/20/25 12:38 AM
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Biscuit
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Pretty neat , I’ve never seen one
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: Biscuit]
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01/20/25 12:48 AM
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pdog2062
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I haven’t seen one in 15 years in Montage county.
Y,all hang on I'm gonna drive closer
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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01/20/25 03:03 AM
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flintknapper
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Been a long time since I've seen a Ringtail.
Last one I saw was in the 1980's in Mills County (Goldthwaite) on property we owned at the time.
Truly neat creatures.
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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01/20/25 03:28 AM
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Creekrunner
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I had to evict one from under the hood of my Tundra so I could change the battery, just a few months ago. He, or she, was not pleased at all. I cram the Tundra in the barn now. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2025/01/full-40213-442896-img_20250119_212743.jpg)
...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: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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01/20/25 02:21 PM
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jetdad
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Back in the 70's I had a lease in Schleicher county. We would see them regularly. One of the lease members shot one and they really stink. Cool critters.
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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01/30/25 02:23 AM
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djdoubl3j
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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01/30/25 10:00 PM
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sasqy 1302
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I’ve seen 2 in 50 yrs ! Grandfather said, they were everywhere in the 40s
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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01/30/25 10:18 PM
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603Country
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I haven’t seen one since the 80’s, and yes they stink.
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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01/31/25 03:18 AM
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Michael W.
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I used to see a couple at my uncles place in Blanco county. But that has been 55 yrs. ago.
A clear conscience is often the sign of a fuzzy memory.
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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02/03/25 02:55 AM
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Skeezix
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Very interesting. Thanks for posting the pic - haven’t seen one of these before. Little Debbie - zebra cake or Swiss cake roll..?? 
The end won’t be for everyone… WWG1WGA
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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02/03/25 09:32 PM
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gary roberson
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I would kill two or three a night when calling and shining back in the early 70's in SE Medina County. We still have a few here in Menard County but not like the ranch where I was raised. We had one for a pet and he was possibly the best critter we ever raised. Even my Mother loved Rico... Adios, Gary
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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02/05/25 10:47 AM
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ntxtrapper
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It’s difficult for them to compete with the raccoon population. With coon pelts being essentially worthless nobody traps them except folks keeping them off their feeders.
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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Yesterday at 02:08 AM
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Dave Davidson
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Now I know what I saw quite a few years ago.
Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: Ringtail
[Re: ccrock]
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Yesterday at 02:21 AM
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Wilhunt
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Saw 2 in the last 20 or so years. In my blind In Granit Shoals had one and had one at San Saba County.
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