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Posted by Justin Smith on 10-07-2006 03:34 AM:

That's the funniest thing I ever heard .... jackbob , do you agree with that ?

Posted by J. Hill on 10-07-2006 03:46 AM:

quote:
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That's the funniest thing I ever heard .... jackbob , do you agree with that ?

if yall dont think the moon facters into how they run man i most be a dumb ass

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Posted by Dirk Diggler on 10-07-2006 03:53 AM:

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Posted by Justin Smith on 10-07-2006 04:12 AM:

Can I drink you a buy ?

Posted by jackbob42 on 10-07-2006 04:32 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Justin Smith
That's the funniest thing I ever heard .... jackbob , do you agree with that ?

The shadow thing ?
Can't say as I do. LOL

In the words of a fellow bear hunter ........

" I don't explain it , I only report it ! "

I've had dogs over the years that I could tell , by the way they barked , when they were cold-trailing. I have seen a few times , over the years , the coon on the ground , in front of the dogs , and the dogs were cold-trailing along behind. They still treed most of them , but it was tougher.
If you spend enough time in the woods and pay enough attention , these old dogs can teach you a thing or two.
Like I said , live-trap a couple coon and try it. It'll explain alot.
Nows a good time to try it.
But then again , I doubt many would come on here and tell how their dog can't run a track that's only 10 minutes old ! LOL

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Posted by wishiwashunting on 10-07-2006 05:49 AM:

seems like more trash runs on moonlit nights. I know some people either hunt really ealry or really late when it is full moon depending on when the moon is coming up. A lot of people I used to hunt with would hunt on moonlit nights to try and break there dogs off of trash. I am sure it could be argued in everyway. Good luck.

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Posted by larrypoe on 10-07-2006 07:10 AM:

I dont think the moon has anything to do with tracking condishions, but it for sure has one on how game moves. I have also noticed that on full moon nights, I find more coon by body than eyes.

Smart hunters take that in to account when they decide where to hunt. Myself, when the moon is full, I head for the big woods. Like someone else said, its darker there.

Myself, I put more into the ground condishions than the moon phase. Its as dry here right now as its ever been. Still tree coon, but let us get one of those rare things called a rain shower or something like that, and man those mutts look like a million dollars. Frost, snow, and a bunch of other stuff effects it also.

Go up north and you can tree coon in the snow. We get a dusting of snow down here and the coon wont come down till it melts. In years of regular rain fall, dew isnt a big deal. This year they can look like crap all night, let the dew fall and man o man you got a dog agian.

Bottem line, if you have a coondog you will tree coon no matter what its like outside. You will just tree more and have an easier time when the condishions are better.

Now if I could just find one of those smart hunters who owns a coondog, Id be in high cotton.

Posted by Kyle W. Graf on 10-07-2006 11:56 AM:

Full moon is ussually the coldest nights of the month. It tends to be dry. The moon has an effect on the tides, weather, tracking conditions ect. Obviously sometimes you get over cast full moon nights, but ussually it is clear and cool and dry. (not as much dew)

Anyone that hunts coon in the day time will tell you they run harder. In Northern WI. you can run a coon for hours before you tree them in the daytime. They will kill more on the ground in the daytime also. Last night it was about like daylight to an animal.

All that being said, if you have a good dog you can still get some action.
Kyle

Posted by Clay on 10-07-2006 02:36 PM:

moon phase

The moon being out can cause coons to run alott harder. My experience has been in the past you can really see what kind of dog you have. The reason I say this: Of course dogs and coon are Nocturnal but with the added light they can see better for further distances. This will tell the truly broke dogs from the fonys. If a dog will sight race off game tree a possum or any thing else that it's not suppose to do it will happen when the moon is full.

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Posted by J. Hill on 10-07-2006 02:37 PM:

quote:
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Can I drink you a buy ?

sure justin

Posted by Bj1 on 10-07-2006 04:28 PM:

Last night here in northern illinois it was so bright you did'nt need a light, decided to go make a drop or 2 and see what happens and work on some things ( LOL) with my 2 yr old B&T female. It took awhile to get struck, just messed around and around in one area, then heard her move alittle farther out and then the race was on!!!!! 1/2 to 3/4 mile in a straight line right along a ridge along some R.R. tracks, heard her load up and start to tree, hustled butt to her and she was on alittle sappling tree about 4 inches round and i when i seen that i said to myself WHY???? (this is where we were gunna work on some things) LOL. It was thick as all he*^ so i shined from back aways, nothing!!! so got up next to the tree to make sure it was'nt slick or slick tailed, gave it a shine, nothing!!!! standing there in disbelief and getting mad and wondering the next move i looked up with no light on and i see a clump of leaves,vines, limbs, etc. so i reached up and gave this little tree a shake, seen something move so turned on my light and i'll be darned if a ringed tail was now in sight out of that clump, lit it up now and walla ole coony could be seen. Boy i was pretty proud then so gave the little girl some TLC, and said "BOB QUIT WHILE YOUR AHEAD ".....

Posted by mjflores on 10-07-2006 08:30 PM:

In my experience, moon phase has ZERO effect on coons. It's all a wives tail. Did a study all summer long, with my trail camera that logs moon phase, temp, and time. I took pics everynight, for months..regardless of moon phase. I hunt on full moons and cant see a difference in behavior either. It's all a huge steamy loag of whoo-puckinutter!!

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Posted by Doug Bowers on 10-07-2006 11:22 PM:

full moon

TREED TWO ON THE OUT SIDE LAST NIGHT,I DIDNT GO TILL 1:00 THIS MORNNING, DANNIEL FELKER CAME DOWN TO MY PLACE WITH HIS DOG ,GN.NT TIMBER,HE IS OUT OF CUTTER ,LOOKED REAL GOOD.

Posted by GA DAWG on 10-08-2006 02:42 AM:

I dont think it makes a hill of beans in the summer time,All the leaves on the trees keep the moonlight blocked out.In the dead of winter you will most definatly tree more den trees.I've never noticed em run harder or longer but tree more dens.I think because its so bright they dont want to venture far from home.With the moon being brite they are afraid something might catch em!!

Posted by BRYAN J on 10-08-2006 03:34 AM:

Well full moon here and we ran 1 track for about 5 minutes and treed with the coon. It was about 8:30. Treed a layup right after. Coon don't move I think real well in the moon but you can still tree.

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Posted by Autumn Clements on 10-08-2006 03:46 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by larrypoe
I dont think the moon has anything to do with tracking condishions, but it for sure has one on how game moves. I have also noticed that on full moon nights, I find more coon by body than eyes.

I agree with Larry. Seems like the coons run farther and also won't look so you have to find the fur.

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Posted by HOBO on 10-08-2006 03:51 AM:

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Young dogs can seem to see trashy game better in the moonlight. JMO, Trott.

Whats seeing the trash got to do with anything?? They run it with their noses don't they?

I don't usually see any big difference in a full moon or no moon,other than I don't need my light as much.

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Posted by Eric Gregory on 10-08-2006 05:11 AM:

I dont know if the moon hurts it that much or not we treed two last night and had a whopper of a deer race too. Every track we came across seemed to be a hot one LOL

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Posted by travis becker on 10-09-2006 05:09 AM:

another great night here in mn under a full moon, three for three. a nice cool night as well.Travis

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Posted by redmanmi on 10-09-2006 11:28 AM:

we ran 2 sat night better than a mile each and both ending up in someones front yard and both times they had the meat

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