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Predator Hunting => Predator Hunting => Topic started by: waterfowler1183 on July 19, 2009, 03:24:01 PM
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Ok Ive been trapping ever since i could walk and hunting predators for the past 10 yrs. Now ive killed plenty of foxes and called coyotes while I guided in Idaho, but Ive never tried calling coons. I have lots of locations where coon are abundant and would like to give it a try. Any suggestions? Thanks
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Get between the corn and water and try coon puppies and coon fight
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like leglifter said look for corn water and den trees also. get yourself a copy of the dennis kirk coon puppies tape and just let r rip. they will either come to the top of a tree and look or come in.
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Or take Ben hunting with you. He blows the best Raccoon Distress I ever heard!!
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Now with the coon fight will you mostly call only the large boars or will all respond.
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What's the most realistic sounding coon hand call available?
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I use a critrcall standard and trill my tounge along with putting back pressure on the reed by cupping my hands and then working them till I get the right sound. but for a closed reed any deeper cottontail or jack rabbit reed works fine for me. I think I used THO's bonker call that day for that comp and it has a jack reed in it.
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Thanks Ben, I need to practice some more to get it right. When I call I can't tell if I'm calling a coon or a crow. That's why I need to practice a lot more. The first time I tried to call a coon, crows came in. I thought that was kind of odd.
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Earl can make a good coon fight series with a hand call
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Are you telling me that Earl has been keeping that a secret Bob?
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Must have Bill,
I got the demo in the hotel parking lot
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REALLY now, Earl has been holding out on me.
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OPPS
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Earl, remind me to kick you in the slats later.
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By the way, don't ask me what "slats" are. That's something my mother used to say to me all the time cause I was always doing something wrong.
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a couple times that i have been using distress calls I have called in nearby crows. normally means that they think it is real enough to come check out the comotion.