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Posted by blueman3 on 02-07-2012 03:51 PM:

Coon Population in NC

Has anyone else had a problem not bein able to strike a coon here lately. I live in the central part if the state and it seems like the coon population is down. Is anybody else having this problem?

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Posted by tarriverwalkers on 02-07-2012 04:27 PM:

No ive treed about 4 coons anite for the last month. butter i can say I've run alot of boars the last two weeks I've kill about 10 boars.

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Posted by blueman3 on 02-07-2012 05:34 PM:

it must just be my area or my dogs one lol

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Posted by CLJohnson on 02-07-2012 07:04 PM:

Do what I do and blame the moon

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Posted by robgregory on 02-07-2012 08:39 PM:

blueman3

I got the same problem.We got about 5 or six decent farms to hunt.And ever one of 'em were sure places to strike a track.It's been really bad here lately tho.We also acquired permission to hunt a new farm.One that any coonhunter would surely bet his last dollar it would be full of coon.It has a lot of hardwoods and A creek on one side and a river on another.I've only seen 2 coon in there since our season started.I know we have had a problem with rabies and distemper in our coons for at least 10 yrs. or more.Now we have coyotes that have moved in.And I don't just mean a few.People 'round here are startin' to see 'em nearly everday.I don't know for sure that is the problem,but it's the only thing I can think of.
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Posted by TARriver red on 02-07-2012 09:38 PM:

I have noticed that the coon population has been down my way this year also. I know that the coons in one of my honey holes must have gotten distemper or some sort of disease. I have found alot of dead coons in the woods. I know nobody has been in there because it behind my house. I believe that the weather we have been having has something to due with the way the coons are moving. Some nights I can get in them and tree 5 to 6 singles and other nights I cant hardly strike a track. I have been hunting these spots all my life and this has been one of the worst kill seasons that I can remember. I also agree with Rob about the coyotes. I think when they get thick in a place everything else seems to move out.

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Posted by BHKNC on 02-07-2012 10:20 PM:

Same Here

Same around my area, btwn the yotes and a few hunters i know who kill all n th tree the pop is down, and I'm almost 100% positive this weather is thrown eveyhing off on top of that....

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Posted by Slo Motion23 on 02-07-2012 10:40 PM:

Its down here also in the green swamp. Tree a few singles here and there but this rut is killing me im trying to work with a 11 month old pup and these long runs with these boar coons is ending in the dog loosing it. But oh well theres always next year

Posted by Terry Adams on 02-07-2012 10:41 PM:

coon population down.........here's a few of reasons

1- In listening to a lot of land owners,in which most are deer hunters, they are wanting the coyotes off their land, because they are afraid they are going to kill all their deer. So they are getting rid of them the lazy way, by meat laced with poison. What do think the coons do when they come across this bait.

2- The new NC - Written Permission Law that went into affect this year, has a lot of people hunting Game Lands and when they tree a coon, they shoot all the coons out they tree, because they assume the next guy coming along will if they don't. Coons are like deer when it comes to breeding, they room for miles, and if they enter Game Land, they're dead.

3- Deer hunters AGAIN are a problem for the coon hunter. They are now trapping coons and killing them for a few dollars from the "Furr buying man". They are complaining about the coons eating all their corn they're baiting for their prize deer.

4- And I'm sure some are dieing from be sick.

Posted by blueman3 on 02-07-2012 11:32 PM:

yeah ive not been seein as many coons run over on the roads either here around home

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Posted by amazingcursouth on 02-07-2012 11:38 PM:

i used to hunt the flat woods down in bennett. but that was along time ago. im grew up in seagrove and we had a good population up there

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Posted by blueman3 on 02-08-2012 12:23 AM:

Yeah the flat woods ain't much but pines and cutovers now..there's not to many hardwoods in there anymore

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Posted by BHKNC on 02-08-2012 05:50 AM:

Another thing

I aint seen as many roadkills either, but the cuttin ay have a lot to do with it to....i know the paper mills and such like plantin pines back cuz they grow fast....but what about all the dens and mast trees they're killin off too? I THINK TREE FARMS SHOULD PLANT 3 hardwoods for every pine they plant....this is affecting deer, bear and squirrel pops too...

Posted by J Strickland on 02-08-2012 08:33 AM:

The places I hunt I AM THE ONLY one hunting these areas. They are LEASED land that I have leased or gain permission to hunt. NOW with these areas I have NO PROBLEM treeing coons, BUT when I want to make a quick drop or two without having to drive 15-20 min and I go to just a random spot that is being hunted to death by every other coon hunter in my area OF COURSE I wont strike nothing unless it is 800 yards or more. We have a PROBLEM with hunters around here who like to BRAGG with how many they got at the end of the season and some are known for , If they tree 3 coons in one tree all 3 must die. NOW me I have killed 18 coons since season came in 8 of those coon was just last week , we wanted to see last week how many our pups could tree in one week. I leave more coons than I shoot. If we continue to shoot every coon we tree then we are not going to have NO COONS to tree. I treed 2 coons tonite and GUESS what ? I left bot in there trees. YOU DONT have to give your dog a coon everytime, A good job and pat up is just as good!

ALSO #3 in Terry Adams post is TRUE also, I talked with a guy the other day who said he had trapped 11 coons out a set of timber he had his deer stand in because the coons tore his corn pile up this season before his deer could eat.

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Posted by TRDean on 02-08-2012 11:41 AM:

Anybody

hunt up around Granville County? Lookin for people to hunt with.

Tim

Posted by tarriverwalkers on 02-08-2012 01:25 PM:

2drops 2coons last nite on a full moon nite

Posted by amazingcursouth on 02-08-2012 01:49 PM:

what part of nc you in tarriver

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Posted by Terry Adams on 02-08-2012 05:52 PM:

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Originally posted by tarriverwalkers
2drops 2coons last nite on a full moon nite

I had a good hunt last night in that full moon also. I hunted "Lil'Man by himself, 4 drops - 3 coons, the last drop Mr. coon put something on him (bunch of big pines) he couldn't figure out which one he was in, if there at all. I usually don't have problems treeing coons on full moon nights.

Posted by tarriverwalkers on 02-08-2012 06:04 PM:

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Posted by Matt Lee-NC on 02-08-2012 06:12 PM:

At our hunting club a deer hunter said he trapped 4 coon, said he wanted to make a fur cap.....

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Posted by croatankid on 02-08-2012 06:50 PM:

i see very few coon in the croatan nat'l forest. i've never seen one cross the road in front on me in that forest. my dogs has defaulted to running fox and the occasional possum and bear.

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Posted by blueghost on 02-09-2012 12:21 AM:

Could be your coons ain't moving when you are hunting. I live on the state line Of N.c And V.A sometimes have the same problem Treed three Friday and dog had to get a mile deep to tree one Saturday night

Posted by Jay Bird 76 on 02-09-2012 05:43 AM:

Im hunting near the Va and NC line as well. Ive heard of more people trapping coons lately, really I just hope my dog doesnt get caught.

Posted by blueman3 on 02-09-2012 02:28 PM:

yeah blueghost that may be my problem because i cut loose right at dark

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Posted by TRDean on 02-10-2012 01:56 PM:

This is a timely thread...

Just a couple weeks ago I contacted Colleen Olfenbuttel (the NC furbearing biologist) about the coon pupulation. Among other things she sent me this..

However, since 1987, the NCWRC has surveyed coon clubs on the number of raccoons seen during their field trial events. Here is a link to the report: http://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0...rial_report.pdf

It is an interesting read...and gives a little insight.

Hope this help you fellas...

Tim

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