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Just debating the perfect track conditions with another coon hunter, thought I'd see what is considered best by most.

IMO. Dry short grass in a open field, with no wind and a wet coon. Or same as before, but with a momma coon that's been nursing kittens and gotten wet.

My cousin says dry coon, muddy creek bank.

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After a spring shower, woods have a damp feel. Coons wet from the rain, and just keeps gettin wet and leaving a better scent trail. I know the dog doesn't care, but I prefer that.

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Hunt coon dogs and you don't have to where about all that. JMO!!

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Barometer rising and moist conditions and a nursing coon is the LAST thing I want to run!!!!

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Figured a momma coon would be extra stinky being in a den with kittens, say crossed a creek and got wet. And yes I know it don't matter. Just for the sake of conversation. Or we can all bicker like normal some more?

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I don't know about perfect track conditions,but it's not what they are here....been tough,too dry,so dry the ticks need an inch rain to rehydrate.My dog tracks well with a lil frost on

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I hunt black dogs so I don't know that track conditions make a difference. Just unsnap and walk to trees full of eyes.

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Just wait for another month or two. You'll have people saying...I think my dog went silent.....momma coon. As for the rest of what I meant I LIKE a rising barometer. Scent lifts better. The heavier air isn't pushing scent down. A condition I don't like is when the ground first freezes or a dropping barometer. Scenting conditions change drastically when the ground first turns hard and it takes a couple of days for the dogs to adjust sometimes.....and I have black dogs...and at times they struggle. Anybody that says different is as full of crap as a Christmas goose!!!

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I don't know about perfect track conditions,but it's not what they are here....been tough,too dry,so dry the ticks need an inch rain to rehydrate.My dog tracks well with a lil frost on

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Here in New Mexico the best tracking conditions is when the wind isn't blowing. It's dry here most of the time, but it rained here last summer. I don't remember what day, in July or August. If you see a tick here, he's packing a canteen. When the wind is blowing, it takes all the scent away, especially on top of the ridges.

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Well boys I now have a new take on perfect tracking conditions.....went solo again tonight the wind was blowing about 3 to 5mph out of the south west,there was something on the ground I used to see a lot in the past I think they call it dew or something idk been to long since I saw any,but Joker tree me 4 coon in the first 30 minutes of our hunt,then took off and finally got over 200 yards in and stuck a runner that lasted all of 30 minutes fell treed about 550 yards,turned him again same thing.....long story short we tracked and treed 10 coon from 12:30 to 3:00 prolly could of treed more but,working over 50 hours a week and huntin 25 to thirty will make an old man out of you QUICK!!

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Steve

Can I go hunting with you in your coon paradise? Four coon in 30 minutes, WOW. Atleast one of us is treeing some coon. Maybe I need a new dog.

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I was in pretty open pasture,with hedgerows running threw it,turned out on a lil pond and the coon were taking to the trees....got good coon numbers and a hell of a track dog,but he lacks in tree power. Well any way when I had walkers they would never tree on this place just run threw it and we would walk under 10 to 15 going to em

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