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Post by rk660 on Feb 6, 2007 20:06:03 GMT -6
That is suprising they are running in THAT cold of weather. except for last night its been running below 5 degrees most nights and coons are moving every night, beaten down trails in the snow all over the ice. They dont seem to go that far though, 50 yards or so from dens and tracks disappear, except for those lone boar tracks.....moving from den cluster to den cluster.........having his way...........
What I found odd last week was I tracked a batch out from their dens (beaver holes), they went down the ice and seemed to loop right back to dens, I walked the cornfield edge on way back and never saw a track cut into the corn field. They dont seem to be after food in any big way, and havent got one to stick a head in a 220 box either. I think the main motivation right now is "GET'R DONE"
Heres a little secret I'll ya'll in on, a coon trail on the snow path on the ice, will be right where a bobcat puts his feet if trucking down the ice.
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Post by coyotewhisperer on Feb 6, 2007 20:12:10 GMT -6
Thats good to know RK cause I put a zillion snares in this afternoon through the ice on a good drainage north of me. cat tracks everywhere. Got you beat on the 220's and coon LOL been haveing several stick there heads in Bill1306's prototype boxes. got up to almost fifty degrees here today and next four days will be below freezing for a high with sleet and snow. might slow the coons down but I'm set for the cats. If I had a coon everytime shag complained about coons i could buy a used car LOL.
Jeff
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Post by braveheart on Feb 6, 2007 20:18:25 GMT -6
When trapping beaver seen new coon tracks everyday.I caught one to look at.They are so rubbed and bit up it was a waste of a coon.Most coon down here are shot after the first of the year.It has been below 0 every nite.
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Post by rk660 on Feb 7, 2007 0:17:02 GMT -6
Marty, these coon aint half bad yet, last time I snared cats/coon in January, and that bunch was rougher than these, ave 17.98 at NAFA on them. All the guys who shipped their Nov coon ave 15-ish. And these coon were rough, rubs, tick bites, snare marks, BUT everyone of them went over 32" and over 1/2 went 36". The better sizes on Jan coon will offset your late season damage at NAFA to a certain degree Ive found. At some point they wont be worth taking, but with cat season open till end of feb, its impossible not to take coons if cat trapping.
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Post by shagnasty on Feb 7, 2007 11:25:20 GMT -6
a sour puss is not the best kind, but any puss is better than no puss.
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Post by 17HMR on Feb 7, 2007 11:54:06 GMT -6
I agree
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Post by mmwb (Andrew Parker) on Feb 7, 2007 13:59:20 GMT -6
"I have to say I've thought about it.... " Stop thinking and start writing!!!!
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Post by trappnman on Feb 8, 2007 9:25:34 GMT -6
yesterday- once again, double digits below zero
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Post by Wright Brothers on Feb 8, 2007 13:42:53 GMT -6
I said "Have not seen a coon track in weeks". I knew it, 2 days later (today) I see were they moved last night. ;D I think I'm done. A good thing to do if not trapping is scout after a couple days of stable weather. Get a better grip on furbearers for next year.
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Post by bobm on Feb 9, 2007 14:47:33 GMT -6
C'mon guys, these coon are some of the newer Global Warming breed! As GW is now a known fact that they cannot ignore, they are out and about . ;D On another note, have any of you others noticed that the initials for Global Warming are GW? Just like the president!! Do you think he intentionally left his calling card to mock us when he created Global Warming??!!??!!??LOL Also, have you noticed that the Gulf War also has the initials GW? ? I see a pattern here.
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