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[Turkinator]

i dont know how a hen can hatch a brood with all the coons we have. It makes me want to buy the coons a special coke

[Shooter]

I gave mine grape soda two summers ago. Ended up with 27 in three weeks. I had no clue I had that many.

[Turkinator]

Wish the price of fur would skyrocket.

[luvtahunt]

High price or not the coons have gotta go! I raised wild turkeys a number of years ago and had so much trouble with the coons getting in the pen, I had to quite. They would find the smallest hole in the wire or make one by chewing through it, digging under it was another way, I even buried the wire down 10" or so. The last summer I had the birds, I killed 22 coons, one a 24# male. You can only imagine what their doing to the turkey population in the wild!!

[Turkinator]

A few destroyed nests could ruin an area.

[Rockhound]

I killed 60 last fall

[snapper1982]

Wish the price of fur would skyrocket.

Fur was the highest it had been since the 80s just a couple years ago. Don't look for it to go back up for a while. To much going on with china and Russia.

[K9Doc]

We ALL complain, but MOST of us do
Nothing to get rid of them.
Myself included. But I have decided to
Get traps going this next season.
My pond ducks and resident Canadian
Geese can't raise any young either.

[Curtis Loew]

Best thing that could happen to the coon population, is parvo or distemper.

[Grumpy]

Get some of those dog prof coon traps, they work great and are easy to set and poke in the ground.

[Bigspurs68]

As a trapper, I feel good by doing what I can to reduce predator populations slightly. More young people need introduced to trapping and hunting fur bearers. They are the ones that will work hard for a 8 dollar fur.

[Turkinator]

A few years ago southern ohio was full of coon hunters now not so much. What ever happened to those ten thousand dollar walkers? Did they trade them to five dollar cats?

[soiltester]

1 so far, maybe 1 tonight, 13 last year .. live trap em' & smile when I empty the trap!! Possums also .. 1 turkey egg dropped from a crow on my drive, so 7 crows are not in the area anymore this year so far.
Predators about to do damage .. season or not .. fair game

Have 2 hens nesting yet and 1 bearded with @ least 7 chicks!!
Now when I get back from NE, a week from today, the dog trap comes out and animal control will empty it for me

[Grumpy]

I hate those little "garbage eating rodents" and kill every one I see year round, we have no season here on predators . even the little baby ones get a .22 hollow point.

[Rockhound]

Anything that eats a turkey or egg is in bad ass danger around me.

And grumpy you are correct, those dog proof coon traps are great for coons possums skunks

[Turkinator]

Is that dog proof trap the one they reach into and can't pull out?

[Waddle Whacker]

Any of you guys tried coon hunting with electronic callers and motion decoys? It looks like it'd be a kick in the butt. I really need to try it, but feel like I should do a bit more research on the subject, first.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fq4CEef-1p4

[WV Ridge Reaper]

I haven't but might look into it...I was workin a bird last year and a coon walked in front of me 5 yards deep,sadly I let him walk.


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[Diamond K]

Coons are for sure a problem but skunks are just as bad. It is a shame that fur is no longer the "in thing" to wear.

[Lucky Clucker]

Yep going to reset my cage trap tomorrow, too many egg eaters around.

[Hoobilly]

killed one this evening with my .243 300 yards he won't raid the nest round here no mo

hopefully I will see a few more crossing the field

[BrowningGuy88]

I keep a rifle with me in the truck or on the UTV at all times - generally 22 mag but sometimes an AR or a 204 Ruger. If I see a varmint - I shoot said varmint...