Re: Coon Trappers
[Re: Pike River]
#7308487
07/18/21 11:22 AM
07/18/21 11:22 AM
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J Staton
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J Staton
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I need to do some management on properties this year to knock their numbers down. If not for our game laws I would be ditching all but the best.
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Re: Coon Trappers
[Re: Pike River]
#7308491
07/18/21 11:27 AM
07/18/21 11:27 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 23,854 Wisconsin
The Beav
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 23,854
Wisconsin
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I won't target coon but will skin any incidentals.
The forum Know It All according to Muskrat
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Re: Coon Trappers
[Re: Pike River]
#7308511
07/18/21 12:33 PM
07/18/21 12:33 PM
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Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 3,141 Michigan
Ditchdiver
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 3,141
Michigan
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I'll be going after them. I just enjoy it and it adds a LITTLE money to the check.
When life gets me down..... you know hunting/trapping season is closed.
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Re: Coon Trappers
[Re: Pike River]
#7308531
07/18/21 01:22 PM
07/18/21 01:22 PM
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Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 12,406 South Ga - Almost Florida
Swamp Wolf
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 12,406
South Ga - Almost Florida
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These 2x and larger southern coon will be skint and put up. Any with scars, sores or bad back fur and all smaller ones will be discarded.
Even at a low price coons usually pay my entire fuel expenses for predator jobs.
Thank God For Your Blessings! Never Half-Arse Anything!
Resource Protection Service
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Re: Coon Trappers
[Re: Pike River]
#7308542
07/18/21 01:35 PM
07/18/21 01:35 PM
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 5,960 n.e, iowa
coonman220
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 5,960
n.e, iowa
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Hopefully up a few bucks as gonna cost lot more this year to get them, I am pretty sure that a few bucks on average more is it, if anything , if gas is $4-$5 a gallon an same low price as last season, to expensive for gas to run around so much, depends how much gas u burn but still, everything cost more, cost living is way up an get worse, I am thinking in future that coon market may be go out , as worth very little in few years, so not much coon trapping, I don't know but what I thinking
Last edited by coonman220; 07/18/21 01:37 PM.
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Re: Coon Trappers
[Re: Pike River]
#7308552
07/18/21 01:52 PM
07/18/21 01:52 PM
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Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,367 W NY
Turtledale
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,367
W NY
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I'll get a few for my own use when they are prime and thin them out a little for a landowner friend
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: Coon Trappers
[Re: Boco]
#7308568
07/18/21 02:12 PM
07/18/21 02:12 PM
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Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 5,570 Dunbar, Wisconsin
Pike River
OP
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OP
trapper
Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 5,570
Dunbar, Wisconsin
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It'd be great to catch one again.Havent caught a coon in years. I know you're quite a bit north but why do you think that is?
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Re: Coon Trappers
[Re: Pike River]
#7308607
07/18/21 03:10 PM
07/18/21 03:10 PM
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Joined: Apr 2020
Posts: 2,092 NB, Canada
MySide 🦝
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Apr 2020
Posts: 2,092
NB, Canada
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My coon did pretty darn good at auction, 17.40 CAD for one.
All for the Greater Glory of God
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Re: Coon Trappers
[Re: Pike River]
#7308608
07/18/21 03:10 PM
07/18/21 03:10 PM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 3,635 Pottawatamie co. IA
LLtrapper
"The Coon Combine"
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"The Coon Combine"
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 3,635
Pottawatamie co. IA
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Gary Schroeder: There is interest in the best northern coon, but only at the current price. The very best may fetch a few bucks, while the rest remain downright cheap. Midwest buyers who once specialized in coon have gone out of business, and its hard to see where a trapper might sell green skins. Trapper sales also report low averages for stretched and dried goods because most novice trappers do not have the skill to properly flesh and stretch raccoon hide. Even those of us who do know how to properly finish coon reported low averages even on the best Northern coon. Trap coon if you have a meat market, nuisance job or you want to loose money. I have killed more coon than distemper but won't kill another until they get back to a real price. Making money for others is in my opinion a fool's errand. Greg is also incorrect when he says it is hard to find a Midwest buyer who specializes in coon. The guy I am thinking of is the only one in the Midwest buying them for cheap and him and his partners are the same ones buying them at auction in the pt room. LLL
Isaiah 51:6 But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
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Re: Coon Trappers
[Re: Pike River]
#7308630
07/18/21 03:57 PM
07/18/21 03:57 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 759 U.P. Michigan
Spade
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 759
U.P. Michigan
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Caught 1 coon in the last 9 years.
24 years Army Medical Corps
I only want to be known as:
A great husband, a good trapper, and a great steward of the land.
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Re: Coon Trappers
[Re: Spade]
#7308639
07/18/21 04:02 PM
07/18/21 04:02 PM
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Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 10,103 WI - Wisconsin
AJE
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 10,103
WI - Wisconsin
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Caught 1 coon in the last 9 years. Yes, it is amazing how many of us are trying to keep coons out of sets, and yet the price is still pathetic. My theory is that if coon prices rise, it will be easy for folks to increase their coon catches thereby driving the price right back down.
Last edited by AJE; 07/18/21 04:03 PM.
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