Racoon hunting w/o dogs

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coyotewannabe

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Hi Sounds dump but just found out how to post subjects so I catching up fast. Anyway when in Mn would be a good time to call in coons. I would love to try on a full moon. Don't use dogs, Have preymaster and jstewart tape caller as well as many hand calls. I heard it's best to wait until a abnormally warm day then try. Right now it's not warm so? Any info would be awesome. would like a coon pelt hanging in my man room! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
I have my best luck with coon ditress but coon fight, coon puppies and other prey distress work also. Use a red light and stay on stand for about 15 minutes and then at the end of the set walk around shining the trees because they will climb them to get a better vantage point.

Adam
 
Warm night, go into an area with lots of coons(creek bottoms etc) and plenty of noisy leaves on the ground. SIT down and let it get quite. Start lipsqueaking and listening, don't shine the light on em, till you hear the leaves rustling. Yep! it is that simple. My grandson showed me on Christmas Eve, that it could be just that easy. We were up late, his mom and all the women were baking this and that and the other thing. About midnight, so me and him went down the holler to the creek and he showed me something about calling, he is 12 years old. I posted his picture with the coon he called in. He had called in about five or six that night.

They aren't gonna travel very far at all. You just aren't gonna call no two or three hundred yards. Short legs and all. "Softer calls and being in the right area are the key."

Think about and give it a try! Also look up in the trees around you alot too. They like being a spectator too, just sit up there and watch you.
 
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I'm old and don't like staying up late like I used to. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gifSo, I took the advice of a buddy and tried calling coons in the daytime. At least as effective as in the dark. In fact, I just finished a piece that will be in the next issue of Predator Hunting on the subject. In three weeks, my partner and I took 28 calling between noon and 3 p.m., averaged about three a day. Some days more, some days less, twice we got skunked.

Use your Preymaster and the raccoon card. Any of those four sounds work well. Set up beneath a den tree or in a barn. Use camo as they see very well in the daytime. Set the speaker on the side of the tree opposite the hole, and position yourself downwind of the tree about ten to fifteen yards back. .22 mag works best, but my partner and I do okay with a .22LR and a 12 gauge with #4 Buck. Be ready to shoot before you hit the "go" button because it hits the fan FAST. Take aim at where you expect the coon to appear, hit the button and wait. If they don't come out of there in the first 45-second series, they probably won't. If you see one stick his head out and hesitate, switch to the less aggressive coon and squealing bird. Be ready 'cause those big boars and sows will roll out in a hurry looking for a fight. Give it a try. You'll know what I mean soon enough.

Here's a shot of one coming to the call that will probably get published, so y'all get an early peek. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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One last important point, make absolutely sure that the coon is out of the tree and will not fall back into the hole before you shoot. Shoot for the head and shoot often. Once worked up for a fight, they can be tough to kill.
 
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