Registered: Dec 2006
Location: indiana
Posts: 313

is there a legal way to kill coons out of season. i know you can take a coyote or varment year round if it is destroying property, but do coons count and if so can you use dogs. i just dont feel like getting stopped by the game warden again this summer.

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Registered: Dec 2008
Location: sandy hook ky
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do like me i kill coon when a dog needs one wheather season is in or closed but i leave them sit in winter same as summer.NEVER EVER SHOOT 2 OUT OF SAME TREE even in season.dont worie about the dnr that is there job if they catch me we will still be freands becals i got a job to and that is if my pup trees his first coon in the dnr yard it gets shoot out.happy hunting

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Registered: Dec 2005
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I don't think there is any way to take coon legally in IN. with a dog out of season but you could ask the local DNR officer to find out. It can't hurt to ask they can't do anything for just asking.

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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Paragon IN
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Page 14 of 2008-2009 Indiana Hunting & trapping guide
"A resident landowner or tenant may take using legal methods, without a permit, a beaver,.........or raccoon that is discovered damaging property. You must report the taking of the animal to a conservation officer within 72 hours.

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Registered: Jan 2007
Location: indiana
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your worrying too much lol. by the way did you ever find your dog?

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Registered: Jun 2008
Location: indiana
Posts: 95

I askd the dnr the same question. I had several guys that wanted me to hunt and I was told I coulnt if I didnt shoot the coon. I have too much to lose if I was to get caught. I was considering getting a nuisance permit and was told that you could not get that permit and use dogs to eliminate those animals.

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Registered: Mar 2006
Location: INDIANA
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Its called like a jepradation or something like that, but yes I had a farmer get one of those permits for me a decade ago and used it during the summer coon hunting on his farm.

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Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Batesville, Indiana
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Brad, that’s a “Depredation Permit” and you could have been arrested. Depredation Permits do not cover killing coons out of season with a hound. Read up on the law and note the terminology, “using legal methods”. Taking coons with hounds out of season is not a legal method.

You can check with Chris

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Registered: Dec 2006
Location: indiana
Posts: 313

i guess i'll call the dnr. if there is no legal way to take a coon for a pup out of season i guess i'll use cb's this summer no craig i haven't found her yet, but i'm still looking

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Registered: Mar 2006
Location: INDIANA
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Hey Jerry, thanks for the pointer, I did this like 12 years ago and being ignorant I hunted with it. I guess I am lucky I did not get arrested.

jking I would ask you as a fellow hunter and houndsman from the Hoosier state to follow our laws outlined in the DNR. Openly saying you are going to take coon out of season with CBs puts a bad name and label on the coon hunters and I don't want to be associated with the bad name. It makes me feel embarrassed and disappointed that I hunted with a permit 12 years ago but it was done innocently. If we want things to change for our sport then we have to change things by obeying the law. Think about it!!

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Registered: Dec 2006
Location: indiana
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i never openly said i would take a coon out of season. just because someone uses a certain type of ammunition doesn't mean they are taking game illegally.

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