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couple of big coon #6391947
12/06/18 07:32 PM
12/06/18 07:32 PM
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Trapper Dahlgren Offline OP
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can't find contest page but here is a couple 40 incher [Linked Image]
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Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6391952
12/06/18 07:34 PM
12/06/18 07:34 PM
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I just asked the Boss to add the link to the top of the page. For the contest.

Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6391956
12/06/18 07:36 PM
12/06/18 07:36 PM
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james bay frontierOnt.
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Looks like a 36 inch coon.They measure to the base of the tail.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6391960
12/06/18 07:37 PM
12/06/18 07:37 PM
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Green Lane, PA
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WOW! I am going to check my traps soon. Got my fingers crossed. How much did they weigh?

Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6391971
12/06/18 07:46 PM
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they are done as per nafa

Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6391972
12/06/18 07:49 PM
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james bay frontierOnt.
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Lift up the tail,where the tail meets the body that is where the grader will measure.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6391980
12/06/18 07:52 PM
12/06/18 07:52 PM
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Really big for a MI coon, nice.


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Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6391987
12/06/18 07:57 PM
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boco not according to nafa

Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6391996
12/06/18 08:01 PM
12/06/18 08:01 PM
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Houghton Lake, MI
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You did what some call the money cut. Most the time it costs you money. Boco is correct, coon are measured to base of tail and in my humble opinion those are not skinned correctly.


Wish I had more time to trap....
Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6392000
12/06/18 08:04 PM
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The only time the measurement is not taken to the base of the tail is if the skirt is shorter.Then the measurement is taken at the shortest part of the skirt.


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Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6392030
12/06/18 08:19 PM
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[Linked Image]

Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6392095
12/06/18 08:58 PM
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Boco is 100% right. Base of tail is the measurement on coon. Putting belly gurnon the back by doing the "money cut" does not get you more inches. PERIOD

Re: couple of big coon [Re: *AceTrapper*] #6392100
12/06/18 09:03 PM
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How does that measure to a 4X large....which is common here in N. MN

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Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6392119
12/06/18 09:14 PM
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The great cage state Colorado
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Looks to me he pinned the legs on the back side of the board instead of wrapping then around to the belly side.






Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6392120
12/06/18 09:14 PM
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Very nice. Congratulations


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Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6392138
12/06/18 09:26 PM
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The pic on that NAFA sheet is kind of deceiving TD. Those lines next to the tail are supposed to be pleats, not slits. They are trying to show you how to pull some of the flank fur around to the back side of the board. That’s why the lines in the pic on the sheet are at an angle.

I’m afraid your Coon will be measured from the top of those slits beside the tail.

Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6392150
12/06/18 09:37 PM
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Nice Catchs either way!!!


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Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6392169
12/06/18 09:50 PM
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Houghton Lake, MI
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This is how I was taught and been doing coon for many years. I know, I got me a little oops on this one but other than that this is a properly skinned and boarded in my opinion. I am open to criticism. I have been putting up coon for 40 years this way and no buyer has ever said it was wrong.


Wish I had more time to trap....
Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6392172
12/06/18 09:52 PM
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Maybe not a 5x but still a big coon. Nice action! I hope you get an Andy for each of those puppies...


"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground".
Genesis 1:26
Re: couple of big coon [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6392229
12/06/18 10:51 PM
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Nice catches!! There’s a biggest coon contest???


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