COON
12-22-2007, 01:49 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: jefferson county--- eastern OHIO
Posts: 379
COON
well i have had coon traps out all over lately. i ahve had them in fields i have had them at ponds i can't seem to even find tracts anybody else around easter ohio not having any coon in the area
12-22-2007, 02:44 PM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PA
Posts: 9,085
RE: COON
could be the weather. the cold/snow usually keeps them denned up pretty hard. i hear of some trappers setting up right at the base of known den trees and setting multiple traps to get the whole crew of them at once...
im not a trapper, but run hounds...i know when its cold/snow on the ground, its hard to find a track...and it usually ends up being a den tree...here in PA were getting a little warm spell...might be a decint couple days for trappin...hunting with the hounds will still be tough with the moon...its real bright.
im not a trapper, but run hounds...i know when its cold/snow on the ground, its hard to find a track...and it usually ends up being a den tree...here in PA were getting a little warm spell...might be a decint couple days for trappin...hunting with the hounds will still be tough with the moon...its real bright.
12-22-2007, 04:48 PM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southwest Ohio
Posts: 10,277
RE: COON
A lot of trappers in Ohio are not having a good year because of low population for a variety of reasons.I trapped for a week at the start of the season and only caught one, and saw virtually no coon sign.
12-22-2007, 04:50 PM
#5
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: jefferson county--- eastern OHIO
Posts: 379
RE: COON
i was told the other day that there was a fluke in the rabbies vaccene and that it killed tons of them but i just heard that don't know how true it is. i also know a guy that usually get about 200 a year n he has 7 so idk what happened in jefferson n harrison county but there are just no coon here
12-22-2007, 05:03 PM
#6
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southwest Ohio
Posts: 10,277
RE: COON
If you join the Ohio Trappers Forum you can read some of the discussions of the low numbers and the reasons that some folks are giving. I'm in Illinois now trapping and have done much better over here.
12-29-2007, 10:29 AM
#8
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southwest Ohio
Posts: 10,277
RE: COON
Wow, they sure do grow 'em big up in Iowa. The numbers in southern Illinois are pretty good too. I've caught 21 coons in aboutten days downhere, compared to only 1 in a week in Ohio. However, my biggest is probably only about 15 pounds.
Apparently, the problem with coon numbers is only in Ohio, inless they are having problems in W.V., Pennsylvania or northern Kentucky too,
Apparently, the problem with coon numbers is only in Ohio, inless they are having problems in W.V., Pennsylvania or northern Kentucky too,
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