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Posted by john Duemmer on 11-08-2011 11:02 PM:

The moon (MAYBE)

Never put much store in all the stories about the moon effecting how coon move cause iv had some good hunts on moonlit nights BUT after last night its my only excuse. Hunted my best hound to show her to a friend that hadnt seen her go so i guess that was the double wammy and boy did she look like an IDIOT.
In the last two weeks since season opened this dog has made 19 trees and had a coon on the outside 18 times. Hunted her 5 hours last night and she made 4 slicks 2 dens 1 hole in the ground and then to top off the night she ran a coon down a hedge row that we saw climb and couldnt locate, it was so brght that if shed have been smart enough to look up she would have seen it.

So i guess the moon is my new number one excuse.

Thanks for listening i thought telling the story would make me feel better. It didnt

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Posted by ncklms1 on 11-08-2011 11:06 PM:

a female that I usually NEVER have a problem getting a coon with, has ran porcupines the past two nights in a row with this moon!

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Posted by Kris Cisna on 11-08-2011 11:07 PM:

Nights like this are the sole reason for the line in my sig lol!

Our season starts Thurs in the midst of this full moon... gee I can't wait LOL!

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Posted by greg stull on 11-08-2011 11:10 PM:

IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME EVERY TIME I TAKE SOMEONE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN COON HUNTING. THE NIGHT TURNS OUT LIKE YOURS DID.

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Posted by chuck west on 11-08-2011 11:14 PM:

LOL

Blame it on the comet passing by in about 15 more minutes ,,,

Posted by chuck west on 11-08-2011 11:23 PM:

Seriously

Has she been in heat or maybe coming in ???

Posted by john Duemmer on 11-08-2011 11:26 PM:

She only comes in about once a year, and she was in this summer so i dont think i can use that one but thanks anyway.

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Posted by john Duemmer on 11-08-2011 11:28 PM:

It was extra warm though, we set a record today in the 70s.

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Posted by Hoosier Man1 on 11-08-2011 11:52 PM:

Anyone that says a full bright moon doesn't affect coon movement haven't hunted enough or are just not being truthful.

Posted by Doug Robinson on 11-09-2011 12:00 AM:

John

Hunted last nite also with Bluspeck. We got out early right after dark and hunted almost two hours didnt run a track but located and treed on a big den where he smelled coon. It was dry and still and just awesome to be in woods but the locals say the coon are moving best after 1 AM for some reason. We have been in the same spot a couple times last week and no trouble treein coon. Nothin moving early last nite. Hey they are dogs and all of us have a bad nite John! Go gettum the end of week cold spell comin in Friday!

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Posted by Dan Dogs on 11-09-2011 12:07 AM:

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Originally posted by Hoosier Man1
Anyone that says a full bright moon doesn't affect coon movement haven't hunted enough or are just not being truthful.

you said a mouth full!! sure you can tree coon, but they don't like to run in the open ground. they stick to heavy cover like dense timber or standing corn. if they don't have that, they wont travel far from there den. we caught two on the ground and treed one last night.

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Posted by intellectualist on 11-09-2011 12:47 AM:

I have treed coons on bright nights but I have also seen dogs do some of the stupidest things ever on bright nights. More often than not!
I have never had a whole lot of luck on bright nights but will still hunt. Not one of my most favorite times to be hunting that is for sure!

Posted by rod cox on 11-09-2011 04:05 AM:

not much luck here either big full moon tonight didnt even draw a bark,did see 1 deer at least my dog wasnt running it,gotta look on the bright side i guess lol

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Posted by Wayne Valentino on 11-09-2011 05:28 AM:

WELL

tonight was a freak, 9 tracks,9 trees, 9 coon seen all in the grapevines... never had this happen in this kind of moon... All left to run another day.. next week, they may not have been this lucky.... fur still not looking prime here...

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Posted by intellectualist on 11-09-2011 09:19 AM:

One den tonight and one single on the outside.
I still do not like bright nights!

Posted by Bear on 11-09-2011 11:33 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Hoosier Man1
Anyone that says a full bright moon doesn't affect coon movement haven't hunted enough or are just not being truthful.

Posted by Bear on 11-09-2011 11:34 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by intellectualist
I have treed coons on bright nights but I have also seen dogs do some of the stupidest things ever on bright nights. More often than not!
I have never had a whole lot of luck on bright nights but will still hunt. Not one of my most favorite times to be hunting that is for sure!

Posted by jdw2920 on 11-09-2011 11:45 AM:

Last two nights Coon treed n found in one drop the moon seems to help em here in this warmer weather

Posted by Wayne Valentino on 11-09-2011 12:32 PM:

My Take

has always been, they see better to prey on food, so they also know they become easier prey and are on a more hightened alert in bright moon conditions....

Posted by intellectualist on 11-09-2011 07:21 PM:

Re: My Take

quote:
Originally posted by Wayne Valentino
has always been, they see better to prey on food, so they also know they become easier prey and are on a more hightened alert in bright moon conditions....

Makes sense to me.

Posted by intellectualist on 11-09-2011 07:25 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by jdw2920
Last two nights Coon treed n found in one drop the moon seems to help em here in this warmer weather

When you factor in the moon, you can't think about what happened over the course of just a few hunts. You have to factor in many, many hunts sometimes over the course of a career of coonhunting to get an accurate example of what bright nights cause.
You may go on a bright night and have the best night you ever had, but if you take a "career" of hunting and factor in all the bright nights that you went, I think a person would get a very different picture.

Posted by Hunting24/7 on 11-09-2011 07:42 PM:

made one drop at 7 last night dogs run a old track and came treed mile way drove round got in there 2 coon one tree. old track but dogs got r done.. coon have really been runnin long way been runnin few over mile.

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Posted by old ben on 11-09-2011 07:43 PM:

3 slick trees 1 hole and stupidest thing struck in briar patch started treeing in a 10 foot tree size of your arm had a catapilar nest in it lol,,so if i can use the moon i will take it

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Posted by jdw2920 on 11-09-2011 07:45 PM:

Around here we usually do good more good than bad some nights they do go long ways but me and hunting buddy we're talking that seem to do pretty good on bright nights

Posted by cvfd1343 on 11-09-2011 08:23 PM:

It Is Unique

Took the bluedogs out last night around 8:30 it was super bright. Two dens and a slick. Gotta love it!!

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