Registered: Oct 2006
Location: eaton rapids, mi
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Has anyone else around mid michigan been finding dead coons in the woods? Seen them curled up on the ground at the bottom of den trees no holes and they look like they were healthy. What type of disease could kill them that fast? Rabies?

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i honestly havent seen any it may just be that area i would take it and call a dnr field office and find out whats going on

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Distemper

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Ben i ahve a buddy here taht works in the metro parks. They found about a dozen coon in a 200 yard diameter in one of their parks. this was back in september. Don't believe they sent them in to be tested, but said it looked to be distemper.

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Its getting bad every night I hunt i will find at least 1. Shawn has been coyote hunting and has found a pile of dead coon so far this year.

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When the coon lay up for periods of time this time of the year they come out weak. If they weren't strong when they denned up.....they don't make it.

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Originally posted by bstewarts
Its getting bad every night I hunt i will find at least 1. Shawn has been coyote hunting and has found a pile of dead coon so far this year.

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That's jsut cause I've been hunting his spots

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here in nw. ia. we see that a lot the coon are thick get distemper and die if you look close at there but hole you will notice they have diarrhea pick them up they stink and dont weight much if the furs good skin them of.

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I have seen it in our area a couple years back - natures way of thinning over population. Just need to kill a few more to keep em thinned down. lol

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You been finding them over in your neck of the woods Ben, I havent found any yet. Wheres Shawn at that hes finding so many?

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They have been mostly south of mason but i have seen a couple on state ground.

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i found 2 behind my place in south haven 10 yards apart could have been the nieghbor who shot um out and left them an found 1 at another spot both back in november

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very posible they have been poisoned by people that have problems due to the racoons

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MOTHER NATURE IS DOING ITS TTHING ARE C00N GET TO THICK AND THEY JUST START DIEING OFF DONT WORRIE YOU WILL ALWAYS HIT A TRACK AND THE POP. WILL BIULD BACK UP IN 2 OR 3 YEARS THEN 5 TO TEN YEARS THE CIYCLE STARTS OVER A GINN.BUT IF HIDES GET AS HIGH AS THEY DID IN THE MID 70S $20 TO $50 D0LLADS A PIECE. AFTER FIVE YAERS OF THAT IT WAS HARD TO STIKE A TRACK .

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