So, when do I stop targeting coon?
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01/25/21 07:03 PM
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Yukon John
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Serious question...seems like the last week or so, they're really starting to get active. Happenstance, or is something going on? They're the main thing I've caught this season, just don't want to keep going for them if they're not worth going for.
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Re: So, when do I stop targeting coon?
[Re: Yukon John]
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01/25/21 08:41 PM
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Around here they already have pee-burn. Don't know if you get them holed up enough there for that to be a problem
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Re: So, when do I stop targeting coon?
[Re: Monster Toms]
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01/25/21 09:02 PM
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Mike Kelly
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They weren't worth anything when you started, just keep going!! You win!!! As a correct of a response as possible. Either warm weather or the rut starting will get the Coon moving this time of year.
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Re: So, when do I stop targeting coon?
[Re: Monster Toms]
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01/25/21 10:04 PM
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Yukon John
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They weren't worth anything when you started, just keep going!! Yeah, I get that, that's why I put serious question, lol. By the activity I'm seeing, I'd say rut is around the corner, at the least. Past few days all I seem to be getting are young ones, so, will the big boys be coming along, or are they gone? I know everywhere is different, but patterns should stay fairly similar. Just curious, thanks!
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Re: So, when do I stop targeting coon?
[Re: plainstrapping25]
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01/25/21 11:42 PM
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Yukon John
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I'm already getting the bigger boars here. I would think so. So be well worth your while. Never gets old when you catching big coon. Thanks, I've caught some good ones already, but new to how the coon rut works...I'll stick with it a little longer...just wondering if it was worth it to dig into the wife's tuna supply, lol!
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Re: So, when do I stop targeting coon?
[Re: Yukon John]
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01/26/21 10:25 AM
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I normally keep trapping them until the season closes. I will admit, the amount of effort put towards coon and coyote decreases as I shift to more beaver and bobcat as those furs prime up here in Kansas, but I do not stop trapping coon and coyote. I would probably loose access to several properties if I did that! I have caught 2 rubbed coon so far, and that was before this current cold snap. Most have big to bigger boar coon so if the rut is not on yet, it is close. I'll bet when this weather moves out there is going to be a bunch of activity. With all the deer leased properties I trap, where I know no one else is bothering with the "lowly" coon, I personally don't think you could trap them hard enough. Getting the ones I am currently trapping I hope is enough to keep a population crash back. I sure hope the market recovers to even a $10 KS coon market, bc then I will go hard at them because I know there is a pile of them in my area!
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Re: So, when do I stop targeting coon?
[Re: Yukon John]
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01/26/21 07:18 PM
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$3 or $4 when you started trapping them.
$3 or $4 when you have to legally stop.
Kill 'em!
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Re: So, when do I stop targeting coon?
[Re: Yukon John]
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01/28/21 10:40 AM
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A few weeks ago here. Most seasons here they are done around 1st of year. We get about thanksgiving through Jan 1st for the good stuff. Jim
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