Cookie125
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This fall I have been very excited to get out and do some calling, especially after last season figuring out how to call raccoons. Earlier this fall while out scouting some spots to deer hunt I was able to locate some promising den trees.
2017-10-10_09-12-57 by Cookie1125, on Flickr
2017-10-10_09-02-54 by Cookie1125, on Flickr
I even found some that had inhabitants.
Screenshot_20171005-210253 by Cookie1125, on Flickr
I have mostly been focusing my efforts on deer hunting but with a busy schedule and just some of the worse luck, it’s been a bust so far. So after an uneventful morning hunting, I hung a new stand and as I was driving home stopped at another spot with a den tree only about 100yds in so I decided on making a quick stand. After about 30sec of young raccoon distress, two poked their heads out of the same hole. Eventually both were sitting on the edge of the hole with the bigger of the two closest to me. I set the crosshairs on the middle of his chest and fired. He bucked back hitting the second one and fell forward out of the tree. The second one disappeared into the hole. I then switched sounds and the second one came back out and part way down the tree but behind some branches and not allowing me a shot. He then turned back into the hole to never be seen again.
2017-11-25_03-31-12 by Cookie1125, on Flickr
It’s great to be able to get out and call and to finally have some success especially with a very slow deer season.
This post and all the replies by the OP are nominated for Hunter of the Month. Sorry, the nifty little .gif isn't rotating, so all you see is "Nominated" for now.
2017-10-10_09-12-57 by Cookie1125, on Flickr
2017-10-10_09-02-54 by Cookie1125, on Flickr
I even found some that had inhabitants.
Screenshot_20171005-210253 by Cookie1125, on Flickr
I have mostly been focusing my efforts on deer hunting but with a busy schedule and just some of the worse luck, it’s been a bust so far. So after an uneventful morning hunting, I hung a new stand and as I was driving home stopped at another spot with a den tree only about 100yds in so I decided on making a quick stand. After about 30sec of young raccoon distress, two poked their heads out of the same hole. Eventually both were sitting on the edge of the hole with the bigger of the two closest to me. I set the crosshairs on the middle of his chest and fired. He bucked back hitting the second one and fell forward out of the tree. The second one disappeared into the hole. I then switched sounds and the second one came back out and part way down the tree but behind some branches and not allowing me a shot. He then turned back into the hole to never be seen again.
2017-11-25_03-31-12 by Cookie1125, on Flickr
It’s great to be able to get out and call and to finally have some success especially with a very slow deer season.
This post and all the replies by the OP are nominated for Hunter of the Month. Sorry, the nifty little .gif isn't rotating, so all you see is "Nominated" for now.