Coon vs. Deer

Bill Carlsen · October 07, 2011, 08:36:00 AM

We have an overabundance or racoons on our property so I have set out some traps (lower right in pics) to try to deplete the population. When I pulled the camera card yesterday I found this sequence. The coon won this one but I got another one in a nearby trap and can only hope it was this guy who has gone on to greener pastures.

KentuckyTJ · October 07, 2011, 08:54:00 AM

Cool pix Bill, get some snares and put them in the creek banks. You will clean up on them.

huntmaster80 · October 07, 2011, 09:51:00 AM

those are some cool pics!!!!

Night Wing · October 07, 2011, 09:54:00 AM

Nice set of photos of the "confrontation". :D

nightowl1 · October 07, 2011, 10:03:00 AM

Looks like the young buck decided to be the bigger man. haha

glass76 · October 07, 2011, 11:24:00 AM

Great pics.

October 07, 2011, 11:42:00 AM

The racoons are protected in Iowa by the need to have a fur bearers license to shoot them. There are way too many of them here. I am thinking there should be open season on them like coyotes and everyone should have coon skin linings and collars on their coats.
Best of luck with your traps.

wv lungbuster · October 07, 2011, 07:16:00 PM

What a coon he is huge.

bentpole · October 07, 2011, 07:43:00 PM

MCNSC · October 07, 2011, 09:13:00 PM

Cool pics. Trail cameras are great just to see what is out there. I once saw a coon run off a spike buck,looked like he did it just for fun.

Benny Nganabbarru · October 07, 2011, 09:25:00 PM

Stump73 · October 07, 2011, 10:08:00 PM

These pictures are great!

Coonbait · October 07, 2011, 10:59:00 PM

Looks like that coon is waiting for somebody to put on the heavy weight CHAMP belt!
Glenn

Friend · October 07, 2011, 11:58:00 PM

Coons aren't pursued anything like they were in times of not long ago.

Now they seem to be every where. I always imagine that for every coon(skunks included) I see, there are two less turkeys that I will not see.

5deer · October 08, 2011, 12:05:00 AM

looks like it's laughing at the trap

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GRINCH · October 08, 2011, 02:20:00 AM

Very entertaining thanks for posting.

Bill Carlsen · October 08, 2011, 08:04:00 AM

I got one of the youngsters at that site yesterday and a really big one near my wife's stand two days ago. I figure I have 3 big ones left that need a change of scenery.

straitera · October 08, 2011, 09:09:00 AM

Get after 'em Bill. Make yourself a hat. Had one but too scared to wear it into the woods.

Zbone · October 09, 2011, 05:50:00 PM

Cool pix, thanx for sharing.

Four near grown coon cubs once had a confrontation with a button buck under my tree. One of the most hilarious things I'd ever seen in the woods. Still creates a smile thinking bout it...8^)

Blaino · October 09, 2011, 09:20:00 PM

Really cool set of pictures. I have seen some coons run off a small buck also. I got a few friends that are big time coon hunters that say if a coon wants to be he will be the baddest joker in the woods. One told me a story how a coon drown his dog in the river.....