Do you have a dog? If so how old? Was it ever trained before? Ur basics so far is a .22, coon light, dog, tracking equipment. Buy walk with wick for better advice and go to www.coondawgs.com

if you buy a pup teach it obiendiance first and let it be a pup. then once it gets 8-10 months try a drag with a dead coon or catch a coon in a cage trap to see how the pup reacts. Do only a couple drags. If your dog does good the kennel it up for 3 nights. Only do it at night because then the dog wont sight tree. then try a cage coon but dont over do it. take it out at night also by itself and with other GOOD dogs. Depending on how far you are talk to LCK or Chet in www.coondawgs.com in training forum