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Coon caught on ground

turned loose last night right at dark and the hounds struck a track pretty quick and ran about 150yds when we began to hear a coon squalling and dogs scuffling. i knew right away what had happened even though ive never experienced this before. it was a wierd situation and i dont know why the coon didnt run up a tree when it heard the dogs coming. it wasnt like they caught it in the middle of a field where it didnt have a chance, it was laying near plenty of big trees to climb and had plenty of time to do so. i noticed it was a sow and when i skinned it i found 2 kits ready to be born any day so the only thing i can think of is that she came down to get a drink and started to go in labor while on the ground? or she may have been injured previously. any sujestions what else could have happened?

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Logan Kennedy 804-894-4352
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maybe your dog climbed up the tree and pulled out, or maybe bigfoot knocked it out to the dogs...who knows

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Aaron & Vicki Taylor 804-516-8137

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You can skin coon in May in Virginia?

No the dogs had already killed it when i got to them so i didnt want to just waste it so i brought it home and skinned it to see if it had kits

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Logan Kennedy 804-894-4352
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'PR' Bent Creek Eye of the Storm

I've had a couple caught on the ground usually there kittens though.

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Originally posted by Logan.Kennedy
No the dogs had already killed it when i got to them so i didnt want to just waste it so i brought it home and skinned it to see if it had kits

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Billy Beckham
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PKC CH, GRNITECH Beckham's Hillbilly Bones

I have been hearing about people saying they are already seeing kits so the main reason i skinned it was to get an idea of how far along the sows are around here.

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Logan Kennedy 804-894-4352
GrCh GrNiteCh Pr Kennedys Black Diamond
'PR' Bent Creek Eye of the Storm

I have had many dogs catch coon on the ground in the last 40 years. It has usually been after a long race and the coon just refused to climb.

Full of kittens and she was too heavy to climb fast. Happens alot this time of year.