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Topic: Mn. coon calling thread....( Jimmy don't look)
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TA17Rem
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posted October 21, 2012 10:59 AM
I did alot of pre-season scoutting when out after ducks and located as many den tree's or possable den tree's as I could and also checked out some of the other den tree's that produced in the past to see if they were active...
I got all my gear ready Fri. night and loaded up into the truck for Sat.s coon openner for a rifle I had along my Magnum research 22-mag. and a rem. Model 550-1 semi-auto for just incase..
I like to set up in front of the den hole or just off to one side so I brought along my gillie suite for camo cover to blend in..
Caller of choice was my WT and sounds used was anything from Vole mouse to rabbit to bird along with coon vocals and distress sounds..
I started most stands with a prey distress sounds and then switched over to coon vocals or distress to finish off a stand if needed.. I also spent a little more time on most of the stands as I found out from previous hunts that some of the coons just take a little longer to get going.. Once in awhile I would get a peaker that would take a look and then pop back in the hole not giveing me a decent shot so I would tease them with a little vole mouse distress or some sort of bird to get them excited and out of the hole...
Some stands were slow going with one coon comeing out of the hole at a time and then another stand they were fighting to get out of the hole and get to the sound source..
Most were shot comeing down the tree before they hit the ground and just a couple made it to the ground before meeting there maker..
I was useing Win. 22-mag H.P. ammo for the hunt and had some poor results with it so I may give CCI or Rem ammo a try on the next hunt and hopefully one or the other does a better job of killing clean...
The rifle worked well and the speed loaders came in real handy when I had to do a quick reload on some of the multiples or cripples...
Anyway it was a good day and I'm glad I was able to get out and enjoy some of the nice fall weather which I usually miss due to the work load..
I was going to have my son come along on the hunt but he had an appointment with the local Pheasants fore-ever chapter.. They put a hunt on every years for the kids to get them more interested in hunting and a chance to get some shooting in at some birds.. They also have a little work shop they put on and the kids learn to make wood duck houses and are shown how to clean or dress out varis game animals..
Dakota came home with one pheasant and said he missed a shit-load but also said he had a good time hunting with his friends ...
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Leonard
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posted October 21, 2012 11:49 AM
Looks like you got'em all?
Good hunting. LB
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the bearhunter
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posted October 21, 2012 01:23 PM
10$ a pop. not bad for some fun.
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Cdog911
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posted October 21, 2012 04:32 PM
Looks to be a purty good day.
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Leonard
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posted October 21, 2012 04:51 PM
Yeah, and a few porkers, too. I thought for sure that Lance would extoll the merits of coon fight sounds?
Good hunting. El Bee
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TA17Rem
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posted October 21, 2012 08:23 PM
Well maybe he has figured out that coon behave much like coyotes. You can get away with calling aggressive with some but not all. Or he is in the process of a big reply and we will just have to wait till he is done..LOL ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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posted October 22, 2012 06:45 AM
That's pretty cool, Tim! Man, I hope ya saved a couple for that pretty red dog to tree???
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TA17Rem
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posted October 22, 2012 07:46 AM
Plenty of coon around Fred but Copper won't be treeing any of them.. Copper will have her turn come late Nov. when the deer season is over here and I can get after the coyotes..
My area is'nt much different than other places when it comes to deer. The land owners don't want anyone running through there property till after deer season but it so happens I'm related to a few of them and they allow me to call on there properties for coon and coyotes..
Normaly I don't call or hunt/trap many places till after deer season but by that time the coon here are not as active as they are now .. I have one more week-end to get after them and then I have to let the areas cool off so the deer settle back down for the Nov. deer openner...
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posted October 22, 2012 08:29 AM
Nice!!!!
Question(s);
Are they prime this early or is the leather still blue??
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You ever eat 'coon?? As in par-boiled then B-B-Qed??? Not bad at all!!!!
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TA17Rem
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posted October 22, 2012 08:54 AM
Koko our season here starts when a animal (furbearer)starts to become prime. Some of the early ones will show some blue when hide is stretched and dried and some won't. The fur is still good but not at its best so you may get a lower grade with some.. You can take two coon from the same tree and neither one may be the same as far as being prime goes.
Next week-end our season for beaver will open as they prime up a little later than the coon or fox..
Another example is our wolf season which consists of two seasons a early and a late..
The early season is for the dam deer hunters have to keep them happy by letting them get there revenge..LOL The fur on these wolves won't be the greatest but its more about killing than it is harvesting the fur..
The late season is for the trapper and hunter that is after the hide to either sell or have mounted or rugged out as the fur will be at its best....
As for eating coon, nope never tried any and don't plan to.. I leave that for the southerners..LOL
I'm not a vet or doctor so I can't say for sure which one is good enough to eat and which is not so I'm not takeing any chances...
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the bearhunter
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posted October 22, 2012 05:14 PM
can't believe you ai'nt tried coon Tim.... ai'nt to bad!
have you ever tried eating beaver??
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Leonard
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posted October 22, 2012 05:56 PM
Okay, okay! That's an acquired taste, don't you think?
I was mildly surprised a couple years ago, when Randy Reeves served some bobcat. I thought it was quite good. I think it was tenderloin or backstrap?
On the other hand, the rattlesnake seemed much too bony, for me? like those very small bones you see in blue gill that will lodge in the back of your throat.
Good hunting. El Bee
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TA17Rem
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posted October 22, 2012 07:33 PM
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can't believe you ai'nt tried coon Tim.... ai'nt to bad!
have you ever tried eating beaver??
Nope! We have grocery stores here that sell beef and pork...
Have'nt had any of the other since Betty lue got out of prison.. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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posted October 22, 2012 11:59 PM
You don't know how bad I feel, knowing that Betty lue had anything to do with you! That little tramp!
Good hunting. El Bee
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Cdog911
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posted October 23, 2012 05:07 AM
No long rely here. Success is success. I've used the non-fighting sounds and they come in, but slowly, almost cat-like. About as passive as I go is a duplexed coon chatters/ woodpecker sound that gets their curiosity going. Fact is, with fur prices where they've been on coons, by the time ours are fully primed, distemper has hammered them each of the past four years. Last year, all I found at most of my best den tres were carcasses at the bottom where they landed when they crawled out and died.
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TA17Rem
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posted October 26, 2012 06:42 PM
I got a few more for the stretcher.. Saw nothing on Thur. and got two today.
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TA17Rem
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posted October 27, 2012 05:09 PM
Still out
skinning and grinning.LOL
Got a bonus today along with a big boar coon which weighed in at 38 1/2 pounds.. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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posted October 27, 2012 05:54 PM
W.T.F. is that black obnoxious black box in front??. looks kinda like my safe where i keep all my millions$$.
you may have made 100.00 bucks today Tim, SMILE!!
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posted October 27, 2012 09:35 PM
I'm pretty sure that's just a tipped over waste basket. Green waste basket.
That seems like a hell of a coon though!
Good hunting. El Bee
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posted October 28, 2012 07:59 AM
Hey...............I've got a caller that looks somewhat sort-of like that. A Sony WalkMan, & misc. Radio Shack parts in a project box. Sounds like crap even to my tone deaf ears but the heck of it is that it has called in quite a handfull of critters.
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TA17Rem
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posted October 28, 2012 10:53 AM
Is'nt that little green box something though (WT Mighty Atom for those that don't know)....
I called two counties this mourning and put on a little over 140 miles round trip. Got a few more heavey weights that ran from 30-35 pounds..
I switched ammo in the 22-mag and went to the CCI 40 gr. h.p. and saw an improvement on kills right off the get go then later in the mourning the performance started to drop and some of the coon required a finishing shot.. This bullet maybe openning up to soon as I was getting some big entrance wounds on a few..
The weather was cool with a dirty sky and I think this maybe the best time to be out calling them but don't know for sure yet till I get a few more hunts in..
That green box( WT ) is really doing the job for me so I think I'll hang onto it for a few more years..
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posted November 04, 2012 02:18 PM
I have a few more coon to add to this seasons take.. Mostly boars with one sow and a few big ones again..
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posted November 04, 2012 02:40 PM
Thanks for sharing, Tim. Wish we had more coons than we do? I hardly ever see them.
Good hunting. Lima Brav 0
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TA17Rem
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posted November 04, 2012 04:19 PM
Anytime Leonard..
Yes I wish other places had alot of the little devils as well..
The thing with the coons here is we only have a few hound hunters and some trappers and a large area that they live in.. Pretty adaptable creatures that can live most anywhere and not be bothered to much...
Been finding out that alot of farmers don't want them around, even the farmers that don't like hunters much, as the coon make a mess of there equipement and can contaminate there livestock feed or stored grains.. So I have been getting access to areas that would be normaly off limits..
Another thing to keep in mind is we may have alot of coon and some places have very little but they may have a good number of gray or red fox or coyotes by the thousands of which I would be very satisfied with if we had them....
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posted November 04, 2012 05:33 PM
tim. are you just cold calling or setting up on sign..abandon houses,cornfield,cattails ect..??
and to LB. you got coons alright!!
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