Anyone planning on running a raccoon line this year? What’s your strategy? Conibears?
Dp’s ? Woods trapping or ditch trapping? What are your plans? Thanks in advance.

Ill be out running around on all the local public land with footholds and DPs like usual. Looking forward to working my butt off for little to no money.

I’m gonna run a coon line wherever they are running and I have acces too so probably under bridges in creeks and whatnot but I’m gonna be using no bs double jaws and I might get like a doz dps

About the only thing for me to trap. And fox and coyotes do to drought!!! Foot holds and Dps. All dry land

Yes but will be alongside my coyote line

dp's on the public land....

I'll run a line like usual! Mostly pocket sets at bridges with some dry land sets along the route.

Connlbears and dps thin out the herd . Land and water sets

I will probably be working the hay barn circuit again DPs and cages

If you're gonna trap, do it because that's who you are. Not because of how much money you're going to make. There's no profit in coon trapping today, don't waste a pelt, don't trap early to beat the next guy because, he's just not there anymore, and early pelts will REALLY disappoint!!

Dps on farm land dirt holes.

Already got some DP's set at the ranch. I have been getting a few of them masked bandits.

I set for beaver, but always throw in some coon sets anytime I’m close to water.

You guys are CRAZY (like us all). This is the year to experiment with different ideas, methods and tools. We have a sought after coon here but I am pretty set in my harvest routine and even at 6.00/ carcass (last year's December coons) I don't try to "go get them". I will catch some at beaver colonies and cattle feedlots doing some ADC but that is the extent of my plans. Dragging 20+ pounders up the bank on purpose is not my idea of enjoyment in today's price world. Reminds me of the late 60's when we hated coons and to catch one. Fur prices were average 3 - 4 lb muskrats - $1.25 and 20+ lb coons were - $0.75. In 1970 coons went to $3.00 so you can make that call. Are any of you guys old enough to remember that? .............................the mike

I’m so old I remember 3 prices on put up rats. .25, .50, .75. I wasn’t old enough to drive but gas was .20 a gallon. Perspective, large prime rat would fetch 3.5 gallons of gas.

Wife, at $6 a coon they were so easy to stack up last year. And, coon we’re at least moving. Nobody would touch our coyotes south of I-80 here in SE Nebraska. I remember in down years selling a lot of sub $1 rats finished. I’ll take $6 coon all day long. That’s a bonus against the fuel prices for sure!
Having a good coon and waiting until after Thanksgiving to get better quality are key..
We have a jillion around here. Easy to catch.
I plan to hit them a little on side while pursuing other species. Coon always help prop up the fur check, proven for mine anyway for 40+ years of trapping predators. I never pass up coon setting opportunities.
This season will be upping it a bit even more than last years.

Jim