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I can smell den trees, I CANNOT smell if one is in it

Not very often

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Originally posted by shadinc
My thought is, that there's a difference between residual scent and live coon scent. An accurate dog knows the difference.

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Tom Wood

Last few coon dogs I had I didn’t praise up much at a den tree unless I could see the coon.

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Dan

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Donald Bergeron

That's 2 pictures I took about 40 years ago when I could still get off the ground.

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Donald Bergeron

Nice!! Bet not many people have done that!

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Dan

The pictures have faded. When first developed you could see the dogs treeing below. That's two different trees.

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Donald Bergeron

Den trees

My first thought on getting too many dens: "Is the dog running a backtrack?" You can usually tell.

But, if coon aren't moving, they will hang close to their dens (tree or hole in the ground).

Also, if a coon is being pursued, it will often head for refuge (den tree, hole in the ground, etc.).

If you've harvested coon off a den, hole, rock bank, etc. you'd notice that they tend to be older and larger than average. Smarter coon?