advice on coon hunting
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Patocazador
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I seldom see a coon without my dog treeing them except occasionally while deer hunting from a stand. If it's legal to hunt at night with a light, you can drive around on private land and shine the trees looking for eyes. If that isn't possible, you're probably wasting your time.
rcmodel
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Best advice is, don't run straddle of an electric fence in the dark while chasing the dogs that are chasing the coons.
Your chances are slim to none, unless you snipe one out of your dog food bowl on the back porch.
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Your chances are slim to none, unless you snipe one out of your dog food bowl on the back porch.
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It is legal here to hunt for coon at night here and I can use spotlights without dogs I know people of floating down a river close to me. I talk to the tennesse wildlife resources agency and they said I could go on wma and I call a national refuge and they said it wa legal too thanks
Texan Scott
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Wanna shoot coons, get chickens. Can't keep the little thieves out of a henhouse on stilts with anything short of a padlock. They climb like monkeys, they have thumbs, they love eggs. You'll have to sit up nights with a shotgun, mount your light on that. Use BB if you can get it.
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Don't know what kind of dogs your friend has but you have to break a dog from running other things .. like deer. Most coon hunters' dogs also run possums, bobcats and maybe bears. A REAL coon hunter ONLY wants his dogs to run coons.
Can`t go coon hunting without a good hound.................
Godsgunman
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Dogs are definitely worth it. I used to coon hunt with my grandpa alot when he was still around. Had some really fine dogs. I do rememer one time though that the dogs were chasing after something in the distance and we were right by a pond and happened to look up and there were 4 sets of eyes reflecting the light from our head lamps. Didnt need the dogs that time but other than that the dogs are pretty much invaluable. That was probably my favorite memory of hunting, 4 in one tree 
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.Zeke/PA
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We hunted Coons years ago with a friend of Dad's that had decent dogs and were quite successful.
Things are not the same anymore as much of the land that we hunted is now "developed".
The only other way that I know to successfully take coons without using dogs is by trapping.
Things are not the same anymore as much of the land that we hunted is now "developed".
The only other way that I know to successfully take coons without using dogs is by trapping.
My brother took about a 1000 bucks worth of coons trapping this year...........
sage5907
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Quote: "A REAL coon hunter ONLY wants his dogs to run coons."
I agree with Patocazador. I grew up hunting coons with dogs and the fun was the chase and the sound of the dogs treeing the coon. The result was a wild run through the night never knowing whether it was a coon or a bobcat until you got to the base of the tree. I've caught several dozen coons in a live trap and re-located them to get them away from my bird feed and deer feeder. The best trap bait is a piece of whole wheat bread. I wouldn't be interested in skinning a coon for it's hide because of the threat of rabies.
I agree with Patocazador. I grew up hunting coons with dogs and the fun was the chase and the sound of the dogs treeing the coon. The result was a wild run through the night never knowing whether it was a coon or a bobcat until you got to the base of the tree. I've caught several dozen coons in a live trap and re-located them to get them away from my bird feed and deer feeder. The best trap bait is a piece of whole wheat bread. I wouldn't be interested in skinning a coon for it's hide because of the threat of rabies.
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adelbridge
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they always come to my deer feeders. I often bait with corn for hogs and the coons always show up at night. as a side note they can see IR illuminators if you use night vision but it doesnt blow them out of there, they sit and watch the light as they nibble corn.
Loc n Load
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Grew up hunting coons with my Uncle's.....can't imagine trying to hunt them w/o dogs.....I have had them come in at night when I was varmint calling,or when they were trying to rob the chicken coop, and have seen them from a stand when deer hunting or in the spring when hunting turkey's..have trapped hundreds of them over the decades..we used to make quite a bit of money selling hides back in the 70's...a coon is going to see, hear or smell (or all the above) a man moving through the woods or a field with a light.....and they are going to be gone....You might check with your night hunters association or coon hunter's association.....there are several around my area.....imagine there are some in your neck of the woods. Good hunting.
Grew up hunting coons with my Uncle's.....can't imagine trying to hunt them w/o dogs.....I have had them come in at night when I was varmint calling,or when they were trying to rob the chicken coop, and have seen them from a stand when deer hunting or in the spring when hunting turkey's..have trapped hundreds of them over the decades..we used to make quite a bit of money selling hides back in the 70's...a coon is going to see, hear or smell (or all the above) a man moving through the woods or a field with a light.....and they are going to be gone....You might check with your night hunters association or coon hunter's association.....there are several around my area.....imagine there are some in your neck of the woods. Good hunting.
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Zeke/PA
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When I trapped, Coons were a good part of my fur take dollars also.
The meat had a few followers back then and most of my catch went to supply an annual Coon Supper at our local Sportsmens Club.
Things have changed though.
ridgerunner1965
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a woodpecker distress call is known for attracting coons.call alot and move every 45 min or so. if you have a good light then you can "shine" them after dark if you have a good population of coons. personally id just trap them, they are easy to trap.
I used to do a lot of coon hunting but rarely ever did we shoot them. The exception was when a property owner was having problems with them and asked us to. There is always someone arguing to the contrary but they are not very good to eat. And a Tennessee coon doesn't have a thick enough pelt to be worth anything. The whole point of coon hunting for me was to run the dogs, not really sure what the appeal is without dogs. There are a number of coon clubs throughout TN, I'm sure if you wanted to get exposed to hunting with dogs the members of these clubs would be glad to take you.
We still eat coon around here...................
Sav .250
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With out a dog as a partner, I`d say your more into a "maybe" coon hunt.
Without dogs you would need to wait by a reliable food source : possibly a creek, watermelon or corn field, chicken coop, etc. Or perhaps bait a place : perhaps by a creek. I used to walk our watermelon fields at nite with spot-lite, only able to get one once in a while. Never shine your spot-lite further than your shotgun can reach.
Best bet is to get your own coon-hound. Just got a Blue-Tick puppy this past summer for that very purpose.
Best bet is to get your own coon-hound. Just got a Blue-Tick puppy this past summer for that very purpose.
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Hunting coons without a dog will net you about the same result as hunting for wild grizzly bears in Florida.
I'm not one to turn down a hunting opportunity, but driving an hour to hunt raccoon without a dog is something i'd pass on. They'll hear you or see your light and be gone before you even knew they were there.
I'm not one to turn down a hunting opportunity, but driving an hour to hunt raccoon without a dog is something i'd pass on. They'll hear you or see your light and be gone before you even knew they were there.
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