Registered: Oct 2008
Location: Western Virginia
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Just wondering how y'all's kills season is going over the states? What state are hunting and how have the coons been moving for ya? I'm in Va. Coon have been moving early for the most part here.

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I live in Pike County Ky. Our coonhunting has been extremely tough. I have only killed 5 or 6 since season came in back in October. The coons was hit hard this year by a disease called distemper according to the fish and wildlife department. I went from having pictures of 6 coons on my trail camera in August to not having a picture from September Til now. Made 1 tree with my young dog and it was a den. It sure makes it rough on the young dogs.

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it's been warm than cold ,dry than wet here in pa but we have been gettin some coon. last nite the wind was just howling, temp was cold only went for 1 drop but got 1 treed before we got to cold.

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Only been three times since deer season went out. I haven't caught one on the outside yet.

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Registered: Jun 2013
Location: Pilot,Va.
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The coon population in the places that I hunt is extremely low.I have hunted these same areas for years and this is the worst season since the '76 season,and that was due to having too much snow.But,I don't hunt cornfields,I like the mountains where I don't tree in someones yard,and there aren't any acorns in these mountains. good hunting to all of you.

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Dogs have treed 66 coon here in eastern Ohio. A few dens and a couple of pines and 2 for sure slicks. I have hunted harder in other years but my nightly average is 3 coon a night, best year I have ever had in that regards! Ron Jackson

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Registered: Sep 2013
Location: Northport Alabama
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Been good here in east Tn, I have treed early as 6:30 pm and as early as 5:00 am just varies on full moon do better in the am. Treed and saw coon every night except two nights.

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Been good here in east Tn, I have treed early as 6:30 pm and as early as 5:00 am just varies on full moon do better in the am. Treed and saw coon every night except two nights.

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Originally posted by coonhunter00
I live in Pike County Ky. Our coonhunting has been extremely tough. I have only killed 5 or 6 since season came in back in October. The coons was hit hard this year by a disease called distemper according to the fish and wildlife department. I went from having pictures of 6 coons on my trail camera in August to not having a picture from September Til now. Made 1 tree with my young dog and it was a den. It sure makes it rough on the young dogs.

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You are more than welcomed, bring that little female pup with you LOL!

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Location: Western Virginia
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A big deer hunter. My family never ran dogs during deer season. Just a excuse but I our coons this I just don't know something weird happened this year I believe due to a almost zero acorn crop. It has effect coon movement drastically. I've only been a few nights since deer season went out and I haven't caught one on the outside much less put my dog on a coon track. I don't have corn fields or bottom land to hunt I live in mountains in the Alleghany Highlands of Virginia. My dogs rig off the truck and walk hunt as well but rigging off the truck allows me to cover tons of ground in short time and I've had trouble just even getting a strike. Ride for miles and miles and not even get a strike off the truck some is weird wrong. Coons are laying low saving their energy or something not sure what's going on. I have a friend that has been hunting more than me one night he'll tree 2-3 coons and then the next 3 or 4 nights won't even strike a track.

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I live in N. Central WV and haven't had any problem treeing coon. I don't hunt near as hard as I used to but we've only gone a couple of nights without seeing coon. Me and my friend Tim hunt together and we've probably seen between 40 to 50 sense season came in and we didn't hunt at all in deer season which lasted for a month. Coon population seems good in these parts although we had no acorn crop at all. After this hard freeze, they should be out in force. Remember to save some for next year.

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Registered: Sep 2010
Location: Arkansas
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In my part of Arkansas the kill season has been good so far except for the weather. Lots of rain and cold, but i have treed more coon this year than the last few. Seems like the numbers are back this year

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We been treein a good many coons but I've only treed three trees all year that only had one coon. A lot of times when they getting ready to rut they lay up some.

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was going pretty good here in ks till the snow drifted the roads to a lot of my spots and the temps dropped off pretty good there for a little while went out last night treed one was getting about three every time i went out before

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I live in Mt. Storm W.Va and things has been funny up this way. There is a few more hunters out but I don't think much dog power so I don't think that's the deal. I haven't been out much in season but things are off on my coon population. I ran coon with snow on the ground and single digit temps before and this year I haven't tracked a coon through November or December and I was all over in bear season. I don't know if they're laid up or died off but things need to change around here.

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I live in Mt. Storm W.Va and things has been funny up this way. There is a few more hunters out but I don't think much dog power so I don't think that's the deal. I haven't been out much in season but things are off on my coon population. I ran coon with snow on the ground and single digit temps before and this year I haven't tracked a coon through November or December and I was all over in bear season. I don't know if they're laid up or died off but things need to change around here.

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Going tonight and hope I see some action. Petersburg coon club is having a meeting and mite have a money hunt or a big coon contest depending on the rain. I'll give a report on what I may find tonight.

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Registered: Jun 2013
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Are down a bit in are area,i got to hunt the week after are rifle deer season,i had the best dog I ever rasied he was 4 1/2 yrs old,we hunted 4 nights that week which was thanksgiving week.woke up that sat.mouring to find my dog looking like he swallowed 2 watermelons rushed him to the vet.to find out he had a twisted stomach made it tell sunday mouring.He will be missed,i kept a pup from him he is 8 mo. old.

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Twisted guts kill a lot of good dogs. Sorry for lossing him to early.

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This season has been pretty tough so far, I have killed abt 12 coons this year. The coons on WMA are thin, it takes a real good to tree one there. Since deer season has closed I've had better luck on some of my private spots. I have been trying to get a pup going this year also and it has been real tough on him when the coons are thin around here.

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Are down a bit in are area,i got to hunt the week after are rifle deer season,i had the best dog I ever rasied he was 4 1/2 yrs old,we hunted 4 nights that week which was thanksgiving week.woke up that sat.mouring to find my dog looking like he swallowed 2 watermelons rushed him to the vet.to find out he had a twisted stomach made it tell sunday mouring.He will be missed,i kept a pup from him he is 8 mo. old.

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Its a awful way for a dog to go and to watch him go thru that.

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Me and Lil got our limit in a couple hours. Worked one a half mile and the 2nd coon she worked out a tough feeding track got it worked up hot and treed him. Had a ball listening to Lil do her thing!





My buddy Atley with his blue gyp Dot and Cameron with his walker Crown also got there Limit.

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17 trees with coon a few den trees a couple good tracks to holes and caught two. This in the past week, six nights.

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