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THOSE ARE VERY NEAT THINK I WILL MAKE SOME OF THEM MYSELF...THANKS FOR SHARING...

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Thats really neat. Wish I hand land to do that on. Of course knowing my luck I would open the den to check it and I would have a mean ol grumpy boar that wants to use my face as a chew toy.

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We are going to give them a shot.

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WHAT'S ALL THAT JAPANESE WRITING ALL OVER THEM??? JUST KIDDING, GOOD LUCK!!!

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John let me know how these work, Good luck.

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WHAT'S ALL THAT JAPANESE WRITING ALL OVER THEM??? JUST KIDDING, GOOD LUCK!!!

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fester, your den boxes are built on the classic style, deep and narrow, like a hollow tree. it seems it would be better if you built them as you did but mount them horizontally. that way the coon would have much more room. as it is, the coon rest at the bottom of a well. it takes a lot of lumber the usualy way. if you make it, say 14' x 14" and three feet tall, that's a lot of wood. and the coon still have little space. i built one from scrap 2' x 12" treated lumber, three feet long but always thought it was too narrow. then it occured to me to mount it horizontally. i haven't done it yet but that's the way i'm going. what do you think:"

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I totally despise the one my neighbor has cuz it holds coons and every spring a sow finds it and decides to have little ones that make my dogs bark so I remove them from the area the coons that is

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YES VERY GOOD IDEA. I WILL BE PUTTING SOME UP AROUND HERE. HOW HIGH OFF THE GROUNG DO YOU NORMALLY HANG YOURS?

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fester, your den boxes are built on the classic style, deep and narrow, like a hollow tree. it seems it would be better if you built them as you did but mount them horizontally. that way the coon would have much more room. as it is, the coon rest at the bottom of a well. it takes a lot of lumber the usualy way. if you make it, say 14' x 14" and three feet tall, that's a lot of wood. and the coon still have little space. i built one from scrap 2' x 12" treated lumber, three feet long but always thought it was too narrow. then it occured to me to mount it horizontally. i haven't done it yet but that's the way i'm going. what do you think:"

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I like to mount the boxes vertically,the coons have plenty of room to hatch a litter, and like in a natural den tree they will pile on top of each other to stay warm in the winter.

I just hung this box a couple of months ago and already it has a coon in it. If this is a sow, you can clearly see she would have plenty of room.

In the next month or so I'll try and get some pics of some kits.
Hope this helps!

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Originally posted by Fester
I like to mount the boxes vertically,the coons have plenty of room to hatch a litter, and like in a natural den tree they will pile on top of each other to stay warm in the winter.

I just hung this box a couple of months ago and already it has a coon in it. If this is a sow, you can clearly see she would have plenty of room.

In the next month or so I'll try and get some pics of some kits.
Hope this helps!

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I'll say this, your one cool dude. Any man that don't mind leaving the coon in the tree I wouldn't mind following him in the woods. Your boxes are great.

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worth building them just to see the kitttens, always nice to know there are some new ones to tree. thanks for the pics

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i think i wouldn't mind killing one or two if i had provided shelter that allow them to reproduce and save more little ones.

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have you noticed more coons in your area?

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awesome idea and looks like they work great! I will be building a few of these tomorrow out of some sinker cypress I pulled out of the river. Thanks for sharing this!

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You sir are a genius & a conservationist Thanks for the idea & sharin',I got land ta put them on & plenty of scrape to build 'em.

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Awesome idea ive got to build some of those.

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Very cool, thread. Can't believe I missed it. It would be pretty sweet to make the bottom plexy glass so if you happened to ever tree on it, you could see fur

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That's what I was thinkin',but on the side of the box.

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How high up do you put your boxes? ive seen people put small chicken wire in wood duck boxes to help the hen climb in and out do you put a grip strip in your boxes to help coon climb in and out? i couldnt tell in your pictures. These den boxes are a great idea giving back to the coon population today only improves your coon hunt tommorow

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Make them out of plexyglass and we can get plus points on them.

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