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Coon Weight #6727172
01/13/20 10:03 AM
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New York
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My biggest coon was 26 lbs this season. That is a monster for us. Average is 15-20 around here.
What do your coons weigh ?


Just a weekend trapper...
Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6727204
01/13/20 10:25 AM
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Rodney,Ohio
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12-15 avg this part of Ohio. Some of the ridge runners or dumpster divers can get on the upper teens and occasionally in the 20s.

Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6727220
01/13/20 10:36 AM
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northern indiana
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northern indiana
I weighed all but 1 of my coon this year. Most came in between the 12 and 15 lb. mark. Had a couple that were bigger.

Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6727698
01/13/20 05:24 PM
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Northern Maine
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My biggest was 54 pounds


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Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6727763
01/13/20 06:24 PM
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54 pounder??? Surely you have pictures

Re: Coon Weight [Re: clintp1971] #6727783
01/13/20 06:47 PM
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Northern Maine
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Originally Posted by clintp1971
54 pounder??? Surely you have pictures

Wished I did.Back when I was a teenager coon hunting with coonhounds.They get big up here.Big fat butterballs as they hibernate all winter.


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Re: Coon Weight [Re: Bruce T] #6727795
01/13/20 06:52 PM
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East-Central Wisconsin
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These two coons were caught back in the late 1990s but not the same year. Both were females and both weighed 37 lbs. They were both extremely fat and thus only stretched out to say 39 inches on the larger boards. I have not caught a male over 34 lbs. but quit weighing them about 12 years ago. I have had males in that 30 lbs. range reach 42 inches or better on the larger boards. Males with their larger heads and shoulders just stretch much longer than females do. Every year I catch a coon or two that stretch over 40 inches and based on history I know none of them weighed 30 lbs. or if so just over a bit. I don't get paid by the pound anyway so length is more important to me then weight.

Bryce

Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6727806
01/13/20 06:58 PM
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Northern Maine
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Maine.gov
Adult raccoons weigh 15 to 40 pounds, their weight being a result of genetics, age, available food and habitat location. Males have weighed in at over 60 pounds.
ImageMaine.gov › php › raccoon-vtPDF
Raccoon - Maine.gov


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Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6727944
01/13/20 08:32 PM
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NE
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We get them pretty big around here also. Never did weigh any. Caught a monster boar other day and haven't turned him in yet. What do u guys use to weigh?

Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6727946
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We get them pretty big around here also. Never did weigh any. Caught a monster boar other day and haven't turned him in yet. What do u guys use to weigh?

Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6728003
01/13/20 09:08 PM
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[Linked Image]

This one weighed in at 28#. I weighed him using the bathroom scale - first me holding him and then without subtract and get the total.


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Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6728028
01/13/20 09:26 PM
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IL - Shawnee Ntl Forest
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Caught one when I was a kid that weighed 29lbs - never seen any that big since. My uncle had him weighed at a meat packer's place.
Most of mine weigh in from 8 to 15lbs on my "el-cheapo" scale.


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Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6728091
01/13/20 09:53 PM
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Firth, Nebraska
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Most of our bigger males run 18 to 20. Biggest I've ever caught here was 29.
Jim


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Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6728153
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I’ve caught 2 @ 26# in almost 50 years , only seen one bigger around here. My old fur buyer had bought one from a guy that killed him in a grain elevator, said it was the biggest he had ever seen @ 32# .

Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6728471
01/14/20 08:58 AM
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Northern Illinois
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largest this year was 29# smallest was 21# only caught 9 but also didn't target coon real heavy just caught in coyote sets. only 1 female and she was the 21#er.

Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6728505
01/14/20 09:30 AM
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East Central Wi.
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Next season I'm going to weigh the coon just for ships and giggles ,to see what they average size wise. I weighed some coyotes later into the season to see how they average weight wise. So far females about 27 1/2 and males 37 pounds. [Linked Image]
Caught this coon last week ,Grandson had a hard time handling it , should have weighed it ! Stretched to over 5x on the board !

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Re: Coon Weight [Re: coyote addict] #6729060
01/14/20 07:21 PM
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IL - Shawnee Ntl Forest
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Originally Posted by coyote addict
Next season I'm going to weigh the coon just for ships and giggles ,to see what they average size wise. I weighed some coyotes later into the season to see how they average weight wise. So far females about 27 1/2 and males 37 pounds. [Linked Image]
Caught this coon last week ,Grandson had a hard time handling it , should have weighed it !

Holy Poo Wads Batman - that thing looks "dangerous"... LOL!!


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Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6729066
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Coyote addict , that is a toad!!! Congrats

Re: Coon Weight [Re: Short Track] #6729987
01/15/20 03:27 PM
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Northeast Wisconsin
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I have caught several over 30# here too with my biggest being 35#. I know there are bigger out there. Last year I caught 12 over 28# in December. NAFA still has those haha.

Re: Coon Weight [Re: clintp1971] #6730948
01/16/20 09:44 AM
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East Central Wi.
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Holy Poo Wads Batman - that thing looks "dangerous"... LOL!![/quote]
Originally Posted by clintp1971
Coyote addict , that is a toad!!! Congrats



I don" know what he weighed but he filled out the board 5x


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