Registered: Aug 2007
Location: north central okla
Posts: 358
morning hunts
had a good morning hunt today.start track about 4;30 treed a coon about 5 '15 am hot for a little while make a loose than pick it again.hunt ing a red dog female out of y2kd and a bl female out of betty .by the way don you would have been proud of sadie.they pushed that coon pretty hard before he went up at the tree .his toungue was hanging out about 2 inchs.watch the sun come up .very nice aug sun rise
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the color won, t tree a coon but its true i like blue
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: waco, tx
Posts: 646
Some of the best and wildest coon hunts I've ever been on are morning hunts. Sure is pretty watching that sun come up with a hot cup of coffee in your hand an listening to hounds Treeing (close by)... Makes want go tomorrow.
I get off work at about midnight and get to the woods about 1:00.I like the hunting at that time of night.My partner gets off at 2:00 so it works out real nice.
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Brian Davis
Carrollton,Mo.64633
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Registered: May 2008
Location: Gillett, Pa
Posts: 1876
anybody watch carnivore on pred channel last week show was coonhunting in texas heck they wait till daylight to start hunting coon 2 weeks ago sunday i saw a sow and 3 kitts at 10:30 am crossing the road down the hill but didn't have time to give chase lol !
Registered: Jun 2007
Location: Menard,TX
Posts: 1158
In the summer months, I only hunt mornings as it is so hot in the evenings. I typically dump the dogs at 5:00 to 5:30 AM and hunt til about 8:30 unless the wind get up to high. If the wind stays down and it does not warm too fast will hunt past 9:00. You will not hit many hot tracks but your dogs will have to learn to trail.
Thanks for watching CARNIVORE.
Adios,
Gary
I trained one pup here a few years back with about 90% morning hunts. My only problem is I did not find the coon as many of the trees were either dens or big Bay Trees we have in the swamps down here. This dog went on to win 4th in the SS hunt but in my opinion missed too much. I always thought the morning hunting and not knowing for sure if the coon was there and not being able to correct her young was a factor. You guys see a lot of coon after daylight?
Registered: Jun 2007
Location: Menard,TX
Posts: 1158
I don't see many moving after daylight but I catch any where from two to 6. A lot of your success will be dictated by the active feeding times that can be found in the solunar tables or many GPS or Garmin systems.
Adios,
Gary
Registered: May 2008
Location: Gillett, Pa
Posts: 1876
hunting club next door guy's all say they see coon well after daylight when archery hunting deer i say were the heck were they lastnight ! only kidding i let 90% live to run again
Registered: Aug 2007
Location: north central okla
Posts: 358
hunt
went hunting this morning old school it today.no tracking collors.just listern ing to race and hope we are going the rig/ht way had good hunt caught dogs at the tree about ahour long race
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the color won, t tree a coon but its true i like blue
Registered: Aug 2007
Location: north central okla
Posts: 358
went hunting this morning .started a track run fore about 1 hour.then it went wrong.dog treed on the creek water edge told my wife they are treed in a hole.get down by the creek they at waters edge one dog treeeing .so i go to a crossing see they have it caught and killed.but i wade out in the creek to the hole and they have caught and killed a 25 lb beaver.now the wife is mad at her dogs for this mishap.but i say the beaver was ridding the coon and when the coon went into the hole knocked the beaver off his back.just kidding her a little .but that is what really happened
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the color won, t tree a coon but its true i like blue
Registered: Jun 2007
Location: Menard,TX
Posts: 1158
I have hunted the last three mornings and caught two one morning and three each of the last two mornings. It is extremely dry as it has not rained since early July. I am finished by 8:30 AM as it is up in the 80's and wind gets up.
Adios,
Gary
08-11-2012 02:22 PM
