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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jan 4, 2016 17:50:23 GMT -5
I think this should be the name of my hunting ground. I sure am glad to be trapping them. Got the fourth one today. With this many coons in this small area, I don't think the turkey had a chance.
I haven't done anything fancy either, just some coon bait in the trap.
It will be so nice and gratifying to see turkey get established there. If I can get rid of their predators or manage them, and plant some chufa, they may get established. The land looks good for them.
When highcotton came to help me find my first deer, he said, "Man, this looks like good turkey land." I can't say that I knew what he was talking about or looking at, but I took his word for it.
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Post by saltydog on Jan 4, 2016 21:30:29 GMT -5
Your doing the right thing Jon, keep up the good work....
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jan 4, 2016 21:46:53 GMT -5
Your doing the right thing Jon, keep up the good work.... Salty, the best part is that someone is eating them. This makes me so happy. This couple was so happy to get them; it was like I had given them a Christmas ham. LOL I talked with the fella tonight and he was having one for dinner and loving it. I drove through the woods today on my ATV looking for rubs. I've never seen a rub on this property. They just weren't passing through like they use to. I did feed them before last season and this got them coming my way. I thought the food plot would be good and it was. They visit it, just after dark. I may put some food out in the bottom land again this year. I'm moving my feeder to the Brownsville property. I think this will be my honey spot. Hey, I'll get my O/U out of layaway this month, so when it warms up a bit, I'd like to go shoot again. |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jan 5, 2016 14:40:49 GMT -5
I got two more today; one is huge! I thought I might have to drag it back with my ATV. My wife now calls me Trapper Jon.
I put up aluminum foil flags today and used some sardines last night. They must like sardines. Personally, I'd rather eat the coon.
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Post by esshup on Jan 5, 2016 15:50:31 GMT -5
What brand of dog proof coon traps did you get?
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jan 5, 2016 17:53:48 GMT -5
What brand of dog proof coon traps did you get? Rural King. LOL That's all I know. |
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Jan 5, 2016 18:16:43 GMT -5
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Post by nfalls116 on Jan 5, 2016 18:16:43 GMT -5
Probably ztraps
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Post by onebentarrow on Jan 5, 2016 18:24:16 GMT -5
I got two more today; one is huge! I thought I might have to drag it back with my ATV. My wife now calls me Trapper Jon. I put up aluminum foil flags today and used some sardines last night. They must like sardines. Personally, I'd rather eat the coon. I like either, I'll take both. I accully have 2 big pots of beaver on now. One is bbq the other will be stew when it gets to the point I can put carrots,celery,potatoes,onions, cabbage and parshnips in it. I already got beef broth, salt.pepper and.garlic in it. |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jan 11, 2016 19:48:06 GMT -5
It's been a few days without more coons. I haven't seen any coon tracks in the snow.
I did start to feed whatever wants to eat it. Some for turkey and cracked corn with minerals for the deer. It pleases me to see all the birds eating as I ride in the woods; they're having a good time, and they found it fast.
I have to say that I'm glad the coons aren't eating it all. I still have some traps set, but wife is begging me to stay out of the woods for a while. I may unset them tomorrow and take a break for a few days.
This cold weather is really hard on me; I think worse than the summer heat. I actually use my handicap parking when it's this cold.
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Post by raymar on Jan 12, 2016 1:27:46 GMT -5
Coons generally won't move in the snow unless close to the den or very hungry. It is generally an excellent time just after it melts.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jan 12, 2016 6:38:48 GMT -5
Coons generally won't move in the snow unless close to the den or very hungry. It is generally an excellent time just after it melts. Thanks! |
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Post by schall53 on Jan 12, 2016 8:36:08 GMT -5
John, they also come out the middle to the end of February for their rut.
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Post by esshup on Jan 12, 2016 16:36:00 GMT -5
I've seen coons out in the snow, just not when it gets really cold out. When temps climb on Thursday/Friday they will be out.
Sardines work well because they smell them a long ways off too.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jan 12, 2016 17:24:30 GMT -5
I've seen coons out in the snow, just not when it gets really cold out. When temps climb on Thursday/Friday they will be out. Sardines work well because they smell them a long ways off too. Sounds like a plan! Do they like a little honey on the sardines? |
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Post by raymar on Jan 12, 2016 21:49:31 GMT -5
My friend used dog food and cheap pancake syrup and caught several in dps. Mini marshmallows and syrup worked to with some canned salmon works. My dad always baited his cage traps with a piece of bread and grape jelly. He caught several on it. Anything sweet or fishy. Hoosier trapper near county line and 65 can hook up up with some good bait that is freeze proof. Charlie is an excellent instructor and will take the time to talk with ya along with showing you his trap shop and his taxidermy shop. If you never been it is worth the trip just to see and prices are just as good or better than the large online trap supply companies.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jan 12, 2016 22:40:07 GMT -5
My friend used dog food and cheap pancake syrup and caught several in dps. Mini marshmallows and syrup worked to with some canned salmon works. My dad always baited his cage traps with a piece of bread and grape jelly. He caught several on it. Anything sweet or fishy. Hoosier trapper near county line and 65 can hook up up with some good bait that is freeze proof. Charlie is an excellent instructor and will take the time to talk with ya along with showing you his trap shop and his taxidermy shop. If you never been it is worth the trip just to see and prices are just as good or better than the large online trap supply companies. I went there Saturday, but they were closed. I must have been late. I appreciate all your help and advice. I'm having a lot of fun, but it can be exhausting for me. It's been a nice break for me to not get one this week. I clean them and get as much fat off for the people who eat them. I get tired easily. I've taken 6 off a 3acre patch of my 10 acres. No idea how many more are around, but I'll keep at it. Thanks a lot. |
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Post by esshup on Jan 13, 2016 0:21:24 GMT -5
I've gotten 6 in one picture at the corn that I've put out for deer in the past. With fur prices low, there will be a LOT of them out there next year. So, any you can take this year will help keep the population down.
You know, I've never seen anything besides turkey vultures eating the dead ones on the roads. Not like most other critters that are gone in 24 hr or less.
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Post by nfalls116 on Jan 13, 2016 2:37:29 GMT -5
I've gotten 6 in one picture at the corn that I've put out for deer in the past. With fur prices low, there will be a LOT of them out there next year. So, any you can take this year will help keep the population down. You know, I've never seen anything besides turkey vultures eating the dead ones on the roads. Not like most other critters that are gone in 24 hr or less. usually in my area as soon as season comes in you won't see a coon on the side of the road unless it's demolished |
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Post by moose1am on Jan 13, 2016 10:21:34 GMT -5
I used a live animal trap to trap raccoons that frequent my bird feeder at night. They get up along the top of the rail on my deck. The bird feeder is located at the corner of two rails. I strapped the Havaheart Live Animal Cage onto the top deck rail with two 18" long plastic zip ties and the coons walk into the trap and get caught. I hung a 1.5" ID PVC pipe inside the top of the cage right over the trip mechanism and put SARDINES inside the tube. They have to try to get at the sardines and stand right on the trip mechanism.
I caught several fox squirrels in this same trap using bird seed. But the squirrels are smart and after I left one of the squirrels inside the cage for too long the other squirrels saw that he was trapped and they figured out how to avoid getting caught in the trap. They still run along the top of the rail and run right though the cage but they always jump over the trip plate and avoid getting caught. I guess they learned how to do that someone. I now have three new fox squirrels that came from across the road to eat my bird seed. They much be telling each other how to avoid the trap now. As after I caught and removed 5 fox squirrels from my back yard these new ones are smarter.
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Post by ncmountainman on Jan 13, 2016 12:04:29 GMT -5
Coon hunters around here all use honey buns in the back of the live trap. I do the same right before my sweet corn is ready to pick as those coons will demolish my patch. Throw a honey bun in and you have a coon the next morning. They love them and can smell them really good.
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