New coon record at the feeder.
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Captcurt
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Same here. I had several cameras out last year and had several different pictures of 5-9 coons. This farm is 800 acres and I had cameras all over it so I doubt if it could have been the same coons. One evening I had coyotes yodeling in 3 different directions. Since fur prices bottomed out the varmints are taking over.
mcb
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Somewhere I have a picture with 18 in it. They are hanging off the feeder. It was old enough the camera still used film...
ETA: Found the picture, actually 19.
ETA: Found the picture, actually 19.
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earlthegoat2
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That is a whole bunch of them. Are you baiting for hogs this time of year? I quit using those feeder blocks from tractor supply. I had countless pics of coons eating them, but the deer showed little interest in them.
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There's hats for the whole family, and mittens to match!
whughett
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You all do know coons have a grapevine right. Every coon in the county knows about every feeder. 
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jmorris
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A friend was given a bunch of the blocks, we put them all over the place. Cows are the only thing that seems to like them.
That feeder is in a trap, these are the last two groups to enter.
You can see the rear gate in the daylight photo above.
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You need a hand grenade
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Bacon for life.
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Pack of thieves.
DON'T DO THAT!! Now there's quite nice Cabernet all over my keyboard. For the life of me it seems I can't browse through new posts at THR while enjoying beverages without making a mess, and it's all the fault of you guys.
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While I do agree, even if just for playing with, I have some coon traps I am going to put out this weekend, to thin out the population we have artificially grown, trying to get rid of the hogs.
sage5907
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Roger Raglin made an interesting comment on one of his videos about "Harvey the forker horned buck" that found a new food source. The animals get around each other in the bedding areas and smell what each other have been eating. When the other deer smelled Harvey's breath and he headed for his food source the next evening all of them were hot on his heels. That's how every animal in an area knows the location of every corn feeder, acorn tree, alfalfa field, wheat field and corn field in the area where fresh food is available.
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birdshot8's
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They eat turkey eggs so ... I tend to shoot them. I have found bonded 165gr .308 is an excellent round to put them down on the spot.
They are cute if they didn't feast and overbreed on all our feeders I would only shoot one a year for a pelt.
They are cute if they didn't feast and overbreed on all our feeders I would only shoot one a year for a pelt.
Fine Figure of a Man
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Not nearly enough of them.
Heya I want my chicken fried turkey breast and potatoes!
Heavens, no, but flying cigar count so far is four or five and you're in a bit of a hurry to find them before they light up the carpet...
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I want Ruffed Grouse to hunt.
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Apparently there is a bumper crop of racoon everywhere. A neighbor a couple miles away lost count with over 50 caught in one trap this summer.
I have switched to a shotgun in defending my bird feeders. On multiple occasions I have killed 3 or 4 with one shot.
I have switched to a shotgun in defending my bird feeders. On multiple occasions I have killed 3 or 4 with one shot.
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