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Coon hunting?

Posted on 12/1/16 at 8:04 pm
Posted by Deaux boi
BFE
Member since Jun 2016
379 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 8:04 pm
My oldest brother used to be real big into coon hunting when I was younger. Anyone still do this?
Posted by PillageUrVillage
Mordor
Member since Mar 2011
14792 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 8:06 pm to
I mean, I shoot them with my pellet gun when they come into my back yard. Usually while enjoying a cigar and an adult beverage. Does that count?
Posted by LG2BAMA
Texas
Member since Dec 2015
1180 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 8:09 pm to
I trapped them for awhile and tried to tan some of the pelts. It's a lot of work though.
Posted by DocHoliday11
South Georgia
Member since Jun 2013
4313 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 8:20 pm to
yep...run two mountain curs and we ride around in the polaris and drink whiskey until they tree one ..that's hunting, right?
Posted by shamrock
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2015
3621 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 8:20 pm to
"knock him out Johhnnn!!"
Posted by Big_country346
Member since Jul 2013
3622 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 8:20 pm to
Downshift does.

I shoot them unless I'm deer hunting.
This post was edited on 12/1/16 at 8:21 pm
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
56035 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 8:23 pm to
quote:

Anyone still do this?


sure...lots of folks in North LA and MS...

a good coon dog is worth some damn cash.
Posted by Deaux boi
BFE
Member since Jun 2016
379 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 8:36 pm to
Yeah I remember him going to Tennessee to buy one and I can't remember the exact price but it was around $2000.
Posted by BFIV
Virginia
Member since Apr 2012
7729 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:32 pm to
quote:

Anyone still do this?


Oh yeah! Clinch Mountain Coon Club is east of me about 3/4 of a mile. They have BIG crowds there on their hunts. Folks come in from NC, Ky, Tenn., Alabama, Ga., Mo., and a few other states. Love to hear the hounds running here on the mountain. I've done got too old to keep up, but I still remember...
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
17835 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 10:31 pm to
Delta national forest in MS is great. Flat terrain and plenty of game.

Ask around. Most guys with dogs are more than happy to have company. Pitch in a 50 lb sack of Ol' Roy and you can ride in the front seat.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 10:32 pm to
I have a redtick English coonhound and go as often as possible. It's my 2nd favorite type of hunting behind deer.
Posted by Chuker
St George, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2015
7544 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 11:27 pm to
quote:

go as often as possible.




what you do with them after? Or do you do anything with em. Not that I care, they are a nuisance predator in my book.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 12/2/16 at 4:49 am to
I don't shoot them often. Usually just let the dog tree them a while and then leave and go try for another one.
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 12/2/16 at 4:58 am to
Back in the day, it was what I lived for. Spent many a nights in them woods. Used to love it and make some cash too!
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 12/2/16 at 7:29 am to
Some nights I love it and some nights I want to shoot the dog, sell all my shite, and stay at the camp drinking and watching football with everybody else
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
19300 posts
Posted on 12/2/16 at 8:09 am to
My dad had a bad arse bluetick named Lightning when I was a kid, he bawl and tree bark would raise the hair on your neck.

Dang dog hated a freaking coon, we probably killed 400-500 with that dog.

Back in the 70's you could get $15.00 average per hide and we could kill 4-5 a night.
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32550 posts
Posted on 12/2/16 at 8:32 am to
My GSP and Doberman hunt them whether I run them or not.

The GSP distracts it and runs around it while braking. When the coon/opossum turns his back to the doberman, BOOM, it's light out. The dobie will grab and crunch his back; then, throw it in the air. When it hits the ground, they each grab an end and tear it apart.
Posted by Teague
The Shoals, AL
Member since Aug 2007
21696 posts
Posted on 12/2/16 at 9:39 am to
After I read "Where the Red Fern Grows" as a kid, I sold my beagles and went and bought a black and tan pup. I spent quite a few years following that hound and others around the woods at night. Lots of fun back then. I guess I haven't gone since the early 90's.
Posted by bluemoons
the marsh
Member since Oct 2012
5515 posts
Posted on 12/2/16 at 10:30 am to
Some of the best memories of my childhood are hunting coons. My dad's friend had a bunch of redbones and he would take me all the time. I loved it. I still go once every other year or so, but he passed away a few years ago. I still enjoy going when I get the opportunity. It's a hell of an experience when a group of hounds gets after it in the swamp in the dark.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 12/2/16 at 10:50 am to
Some of the most fun and most miserable nights I've had were coon hunting

You definitely have to like hunting dogs more than you like killing coons to enjoy it.
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