raccoon hunting with the bow
 

i want to shoot a raccoon with my bow really bad. what techniques can i use to get one within shooting distance of my stand. i saw one last week and missed as it ran bye full tilt. it wouldnt stop. i was thinking of baiting like they did when we went bear hunting, since everyday i saw raccoons trying to take the bear bait. any ideas?? also, what type of heads should i use on my bow?? regular broadheads?

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I' d say just bait it if you know they come to it...as long as it is all legal in your state. Do whatever works, whatever' s ethical, and whatever' s lawful. Good luck.

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Why? Just for the Hell of it, or what??

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Why do you want to shoot one? What are you going to do with the fur afterwards, please don' t waste it. Are you legal to shoot one without buy any additional licenses?

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Does anyone eat raccoons? I would get one mounted but I don' t think I could bring myself to eat one.

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I have tried it, yuk. They are really greasy and don' t taste good.

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the reason i want to shoot one is that i want to tan the hide. i shot a fox last year, but have never met a person in jersey who has shot a coon. and it' s something special to do it with the bow. i would never, ever, EVER let an animal go to waste. i want its fur and its skull and maybe some meat for a stew or something. i dunno. does anyone eat them??? any recipes??

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I COON HUNT ALL OVER THE STATES. THE BEST WAY TO GET THEM COMING TO ONE SPOT IS WITH SARDENS OR TUNA FISH. NOW IT WILL BE EARLY IN THE MORN. OR RIGHT AT DARK BEFORE YOU WILL SEE THEM. MAKE SURE HE IS DEAD BEFORE YOU GRAB HIM. THEY WILL EAT YOU UP....TRY DOGS. I HAVE 2 DOGS I HUNT ABOUT 5 NITES A WEEK ,EVERY TIME I GO I SEE AT LEAST 3 OR 4.

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KoBear,
I share your desire to get a coon with a bow. ;)I' ve been wanting to try it, but I haven' t seen any coons around. I' ve heard calling is pretty effective..haven' t tried it yet though. Maybe I' ll try the sardine-bait thing.

-Spike Buck;)

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i suggest you wait to shoot a coon until it gets cold........... there fur won' t stay together it will just fall out.......... Wait till it snows or gets real cold for a few weeks so they have had a chance to grow their winter coats and there prime. But i took want to shoot a coon with my bow............ People hear shoot them with there feild points???????? is that bad i have never done it so i dunno if they die soon or what.....

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ONLY COON HUNTING I DO IS WITH MY COONHOUNDS 4 WALKERS THEY GET THE JOB DONE. THEY ARE SLOBER MOUTH TREE DOGS . PILE UP THE COONS THIS YEAR.

GO DEEP HUNT HARD.;)

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I' ve always wanted to take one with my bow too. The only problem is I have no need to shoot one. The only time I' ve ever shot one was during the summer at about 2pm in the afternoon. He was hanging around a playground while kids were there.

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I wouldnt want to eat a raccoon myself but if i were to hunt one (would find out if legal out here or not) i would keep the fur and such. We have alot of food charity places out here so i would donate the meat to them.[:-]

If they dont like the taste of it at least i' ll know not to eat any myself :D

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oh cmon guys....coons taste great....

ive eaten it like 12 different times and im only 18yrs old. all ya gotta do is roast it in a pan on a rack (same thing as u would with a goose or other greasy animal) thats the only way ive ever had it and its really good...

ive also heard of ppl boiling it and then putting some sort of batter on it and pan frying it....but if ya really dont like a little grease then ive also heard of ppl that boil it until its 3/4 cooked and then cooking it the rest of the way on a BBQ covered in BBQ sauce....i really wanna ty that way

the way i see it is as long as it eats stuff in the wild (no garbage) then its good

ive eaten many things that ppl wouldnt try that turned out to be great so....

SOOOO DONT KNOCK IT TILL U TRY IT;););)

RE: raccoon hunting with the bow
 

Hitting a coon with a bow sounds like a great time! Never coon hunted so I have nothing to contribute, but good luck!

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Here is one way you could try! We coon hunt with a caller and a lot of times when we are calling a creek or area where there are old barns or (non-den trees) around we will hear them running all over on the ground and they will run up " never trees" (never going to get away) you should have a pretty decent chance at a shot from fairly close range.. be ready though cause they don' t stay still very long....

Minaska Outdoors
www.minaskaoutdoors.com

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the only problem with shooting them in a tree is that my arrows are 100$$ a dozen and my broadheads are about 10$$ a piece, that is like 20$$ per arrow. i shoot a matthews LX at 70 lbs. it is around 315 feet per second. i am 17 and cannot afford to be losing arrows. i cannot have dogs since my mom and brother are allergic to dogs. i am going to bait soon.