Re: Bugs on Coon ID
[Re: bigboarcoon]
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We have had them once on coon up here, the next closes range in Twin cities Minn.Have a published paper on it. fleas, you have a female Chaetopsylla lotoris
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Re: Bugs on Coon ID
[Re: bigboarcoon]
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11/04/20 12:29 AM
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I have never seen fleas on coon herein ND. Coyotes and fox there are plenty.
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Re: Bugs on Coon ID
[Re: bigboarcoon]
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If your a Trapper/skinner you will deal with all kinds of fleas and bugs. The coolest ones are the little tiny almost microscopic beasties that crawl up to the end of the guardhairs on drying muskrats. Also the tiny chewing lice on some wolves are almost microscopic-they also crawl up the guard hair on hanging wolves. Some Marten are just hoaching with fleas,same with weasels and red squirrells.Not a problem though when harvested lethally in winter.
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Re: Bugs on Coon ID
[Re: bigboarcoon]
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11/04/20 02:26 PM
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I fleshed and stretched a lynx out of Canada that rode down in the back of a PU when I worked for Pacific Hide and Fur in Spokane. I got ate up by fleas. I think they got hungry on the cold ride down. I didn't really notice them until I was chewed up. I would bet over 100 bites. I am glad the rest were stretched and dry. We bought over 100 lynx from them. The two guys were from Manning Alberta.
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Re: Bugs on Coon ID
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11/04/20 02:41 PM
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I've read some guys put the fur in a bag, and spray bug spray, then seal for awhile. I did that once on a coon hide after I noticed what I thought were lice. It killed them whatever they were.
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Re: Bugs on Coon ID
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I fleshed and stretched a lynx out of Canada that rode down in the back of a PU when I worked for Pacific Hide and Fur in Spokane. I got ate up by fleas. I think they got hungry on the cold ride down. I didn't really notice them until I was chewed up. I would bet over 100 bites. I am glad the rest were stretched and dry. We bought over 100 lynx from them. The two guys were from Manning Alberta. I have never ever seen a bug on a lynx in all my years trapping them here. The lynx were likely bagged with marten etc and picked up fleas after they were dead.
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Re: Bugs on Coon ID
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11/04/20 05:58 PM
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I have never ever seen a bug on a lynx in all my years trapping them here. The lynx were likely bagged with marten etc and picked up fleas after they were dead. It may have been, but they didn't bring us any marten. All they brought were lynx. I have never seen a bug on coon and have played with enough of them that I should have.
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Re: Bugs on Coon ID
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BC and Alberta have a flea on Lynx because of the climate. They are frost resistant so they come back to life when frozen multiple times, something few insects can do even after a blood feed. I figure these had been froze and thawed out and were hungry. All I know is I got ate by fleas while I was fleshing and stretching that lynx from Manning.
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