Re: Coon numbers must be down
[Re: Providence Farm]
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01/09/21 08:07 PM
01/09/21 08:07 PM
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Posts: 6,635 Wabash, IN USA
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I have caught a bunch of coon, but all boars and only one female. I have not set for a coon, but they have plugged otter trail sets, beaver castor mound sets and lots of coyote sets.
"Where Can A Man Find Bear Beaver And Other Critters Worth Cash Money When Skinned?"
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Re: Coon numbers must be down
[Re: Providence Farm]
#7128887
01/09/21 09:13 PM
01/09/21 09:13 PM
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Joined: Nov 2020
Posts: 212 Central MN
Gray Breard
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Most game follows a +/- 6 to 7 yr. cycle of up and down. We are prob in the middle low point of the cycle.
My Gal's name is Ma Deuce.
The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
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Re: Coon numbers must be down
[Re: Providence Farm]
#7129067
01/09/21 10:29 PM
01/09/21 10:29 PM
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Mother Nature rules. When prey # drop, the preds drop too. It usually follows a 6-8 yr cycle. Not counting disease or human pressure.
My Gal's name is Ma Deuce.
The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
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Re: Coon numbers must be down
[Re: Providence Farm]
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01/10/21 12:55 AM
01/10/21 12:55 AM
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Providence Farm
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I noticed this spring I had more rabbits than I ever saw on the farm. I thought trapping last season really helped. But now they seem to have vanished. I'm thinking resident hawks yotes and fox got them.
For 2 years before I started trapping again in late winter I found 6 -12 dead coons while shead hunting. I figured distemper. I didn't find any yeast year after trapping and figured trapping must have helped. I'm not sure but hopefully my chickens, goats,sheep and wild life will fare better with with less predators.
Last edited by Providence Farm; 01/12/21 08:48 PM.
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Re: Coon numbers must be down
[Re: Providence Farm]
#7129550
01/10/21 09:37 AM
01/10/21 09:37 AM
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Posts: 992 Ohio, USA
Ave
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We got hit pretty hard. I normally catch +- 100 coon, this year I caught 17. To be fair, I didn’t hit it as hard as I normally do, but some of my best locations I’ve trapped for 10 years didn’t produce a single coon. Also found a lot of dead ones, and a couple just sitting around looking dazed and miserable.
Ave don't go where the beaver don't flow
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Re: Coon numbers must be down
[Re: Providence Farm]
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01/10/21 11:46 AM
01/10/21 11:46 AM
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Distemper gets them around here if they are not managed. I've found over the last 30 years that if I trap high density areas every other year the population stays healthy and stable.
Everything the left touches it destroys
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Re: Coon numbers must be down
[Re: Ave]
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01/12/21 12:17 PM
01/12/21 12:17 PM
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jeff karsten
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We got hit pretty hard. I normally catch +- 100 coon, this year I caught 17. To be fair, I didn’t hit it as hard as I normally do, but some of my best locations I’ve trapped for 10 years didn’t produce a single coon. Also found a lot of dead ones, and a couple just sitting around looking dazed and miserable. Same Here
olden tyred
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Re: Coon numbers must be down
[Re: Providence Farm]
#7133694
01/12/21 05:05 PM
01/12/21 05:05 PM
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Posts: 1,028 West Cent IL
illinideer
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been slow here for also even for coyote here at home J
Coyote 5 Badger 1 Coons 17 Bobcats 2 Released Grinners All of them USN AE2 VF-31 Tomcatters Retired SMSGT IL ANG 183 Fighter Wing Coyote U Class #4
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Re: Coon numbers must be down
[Re: Providence Farm]
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01/12/21 05:42 PM
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Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 280 New York
Short Track
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I trap in the suburbs. Annoying nuisance garbage picking coons mostly. This year, I have 10 without really trying. If I really tried, I could get 2-3 a night.
Just a weekend trapper...
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Re: Coon numbers must be down
[Re: Providence Farm]
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01/12/21 09:26 PM
01/12/21 09:26 PM
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Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 112 Republic of CO
Cootswatter
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Nebraska is filthy with coon. Every one I caught in yote sets got released, except for 3X or bigger. $4 dollar coon not worth my trouble.
"I've come to chew bubble gum and to kick ars, and I'm all out of bubble gum." - Rowdy Roddy Piper - They Live
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Re: Coon numbers must be down
[Re: Providence Farm]
#7134936
01/13/21 03:24 PM
01/13/21 03:24 PM
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Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 112 Republic of CO
Cootswatter
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My wife really wants to shoot a bobcat, not in a trap. We were night calling last weekend and in 2 stands called in 9 coon. All big boar coon.
"I've come to chew bubble gum and to kick ars, and I'm all out of bubble gum." - Rowdy Roddy Piper - They Live
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