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Coon numbers must be down #7128600
01/09/21 06:58 PM
01/09/21 06:58 PM
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Providence Farm Offline OP
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Last year I think boys caught 10 coons on our farm. So far they have only gotten 2. I'm not seeing any track I guess numbers are just down thos year.
I don't think we reduced the number much since we didnt start tell January they caught all males but 2.
I'm glad ther aren't many chicken killers just suprised. We are close to a large creek that flows into the Ohio river and but ul to one of the largest woods for several miles.

Their coyote and fox catch has gone up with half as many traps out.

Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7128705
01/09/21 07:59 PM
01/09/21 07:59 PM
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Southern Il.
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I agree, the coon numbers must be way down. The last couple of years I have caught 50 by this time of season. This year my catch number is 18. Not sure what the reason is.

Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7128730
01/09/21 08:07 PM
01/09/21 08:07 PM
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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.


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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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Central MN
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Central MN
Most game follows a +/- 6 to 7 yr. cycle of up and down. We are prob in the middle low point of the cycle.


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Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7128918
01/09/21 09:28 PM
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S.E. Ohio
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They’ve been on a 4 year high around here. Its hard to believe how many I’ve caught just between my house and barn the last few years.

Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7128994
01/09/21 10:04 PM
01/09/21 10:04 PM
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Michigan- Escanaba
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I’ve caught a third as many as last year too. Maybe different weather or disease hit, trapper error.

Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7129067
01/09/21 10:29 PM
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Central MN
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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.

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Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7129271
01/10/21 12:55 AM
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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.


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Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7129295
01/10/21 01:20 AM
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I didn't set for coon this year, but have had a few in k9 and beaver sets. I had a corn feed out late summer/early fall for deer and only got one coon on camera in 3 months. Normally there are six at a time pounding it every night. Even added molasses and no coons. I guess with prices so low it's good timing.

Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7129550
01/10/21 09:37 AM
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Ohio, USA
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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.


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Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7129786
01/10/21 11:46 AM
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Kansas
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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.


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Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Ave] #7133394
01/12/21 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Ave
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


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Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7133694
01/12/21 05:05 PM
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West Cent IL
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been slow here for also even for coyote here at home
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Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7133746
01/12/21 05:42 PM
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New York
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New York
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.


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Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7134011
01/12/21 09:01 PM
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GA
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We are covered up with coons in Georgia. No one traps them much around us.

Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7134048
01/12/21 09:26 PM
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Republic of CO
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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.


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Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7134238
01/12/21 11:18 PM
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Not worth my time either, but I dam sure ain’t releasing any. They end up as a bait pile that gives the coyotes a destination to check out every few days. I’d rather feed buzzards then turn them loose.

Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7134262
01/12/21 11:35 PM
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Plenty running around here in Nebraska. Mother nature will wipe them out soon. Distemper cleans them up when we don't. Only brought 20 home to skin this year but it was a small fraction of the ones culled. We were shooting them out in broad daylight while trapping. That's when you know they are about to go poof.


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Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7134714
01/13/21 11:29 AM
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Central Minnesota
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Central Minnesota
I do find them to be quite a pain for what they are worth so i have started to tan them for wall hangers and once i get proficient maybe start making then into things! Best time to experiment are on cheap coons!

Re: Coon numbers must be down [Re: Providence Farm] #7134936
01/13/21 03:24 PM
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Republic of CO
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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.


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