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Post by steeliekingfisher on Nov 7, 2007 0:48:10 GMT -6
I have done many types of calling over the past decade but never tried for coons. I would like to give it a go. What call works well for coon, set up, how long do you wait for seeing eyes? Fields, or woods calling? Gonna be a first go for it so all the info you can lay on me will be useful. Thanks.
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Post by steeliekingfisher on Nov 22, 2007 23:07:57 GMT -6
no help here?
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Post by garman on Nov 23, 2007 11:09:07 GMT -6
amazing read 72 times and and no one to comment, wish I could help steelie, never done it but would like more on the topic also.
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Post by richc on Nov 23, 2007 12:10:49 GMT -6
steeliekingfisher,
Coons come very well at night, but calling them in daytime is harder. They come to bird distress crys fairly well. If you have an electronic caller, there are quite a lot of coon vocalizations that work well also. Baby coons in distress is a very good one. Remember however, that coons semi hibernate in extreme cold of winter. If you can get out during one of those nights during a winter thaw, you should do well. Concentrate your calling along wooded creeks or spring runs.
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Post by Timber on Nov 23, 2007 18:50:04 GMT -6
Find where they den. Either barns, old trees (esp. cottonwoods along creeks), brush piles, ect... Follow their trails backward from food sources to find where they are denning. Once you find where they den either use a mouth blown coon squaller or an e-call with fighting coons or coons in distress or any of the really loud boisterous fighting sounds. Place the caller between you and where you think the coons will come from. Get ready it can happen fast. You want to get in give it 10 minutes of calling and move on. The better you scout, the better your hunts will be. If you get one that looks out of a hole in a tree don't shoot until he is all the way out or he will fall back in. Doubles can be common but it all depends on your area and how the coon den up there.
Other areas worth trying are thick cattails and swamp edges with lots of blow downs or wind damaged trees.
It all depends on your coon population and if you can find them before you hunt.
Cold calling can be fustrating for coon.
Hope this helps.
Tim
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Post by robertw on Nov 23, 2007 22:05:28 GMT -6
I called & shot 6 this afternoon, 5 out of den trees and one out an old house, came out of the chimney.
You shouldn't have to do much of a search on this forum to find everything you care to know about calling coons.
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Post by robertw on Nov 24, 2007 20:05:41 GMT -6
Called & shot 5 more this afternoon, called two additional coons that would not come out of the tree far enough so they would fall free. Normally I call & see more than I shoot but have been lucky the last two days.
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Post by robertw on Nov 26, 2007 21:25:53 GMT -6
I called 7 yesterday afternoon and succeeded in getting 5 of them in the truck.
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Post by robertw on Nov 27, 2007 17:19:22 GMT -6
Struck out this afternoon, called and saw two but no shot.
Anyone else calling any?
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Post by thebeav2 on Nov 27, 2007 23:33:40 GMT -6
You doing this In broad daylight? Are you using a coon squaller.
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Post by robertw on Nov 29, 2007 22:25:55 GMT -6
Gary,
Yes, in broad daylight. I use a Johnny Stewart caller and a Dennis Kirk "Coon Puppies II" cassette. Here in Missouri we can only call with an electrical caller during daylight hours.
I even have a few den trees in people yards that I call every year! I like those cat / dog food eating coons!
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Post by trappnman on Dec 10, 2007 9:22:08 GMT -6
I used to have some old boys from MO come up to hunt coons. They would make a snarling, growling, weird noise- and it would get the treed coon to show themselves like right now.
this type of "call" work on cold calling?
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Post by garman on Dec 10, 2007 10:20:01 GMT -6
ANybody know where I can get the coon puppies II tape or even a coon puppies cassete.
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Post by SteveCraig on Dec 10, 2007 11:04:37 GMT -6
garman, I believe these guys still carry them. www.huntsmart.com/ Click on predator, and then on calling tapes. Steve, I believe your guys were using a coon squaler. My dad used to use his voice the same way and it would get the coon to look at you. |
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Post by trappnman on Dec 10, 2007 11:40:54 GMT -6
yeah- thats wsa it- they used their voices only also.
does that bring coon, or just gets them to look?
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Post by garman on Dec 10, 2007 13:12:29 GMT -6
Thank steve
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Post by Hern on Dec 19, 2007 13:31:23 GMT -6
Without a doubt, Dennis Kirk's Coon Puppies or Coon Puppies II have put more fur in the shed then any other sound for Raccoon.
Here in Pennsylvania, we can hunt at night. A few weeks ago my nephew and I missed (or didn't get shot) on 8 Coon, but killed 17 Coon in two evening/early night hunts.
Use a .22 LR or .22 Mag and shoot 'em in the head. Be ready when you turn on the call.
Once in awhile we float the Susquehanna River and call Coon. I tried not shooting and had Coon swin to the boat and had to pushed 'em off with ore. True story.
My personal best for calling Coon is 17 in one night, using Coon Puppies sound.
A great Grey Fox sound is Johhny Stewart's Grey Fox Pup.
Another winner and the only sound you need to use for Greys.
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