Apprentice gets another first

With some time to spare this afternoon I decided to go out and try to call in some raccoons with my neighbours boy. .

We went to one of the farms I have permission to hunt. We went for a walk to seek out a few old trees that may be holding raccoons (hiding/sleeping in them).
This is his very first time out for raccoons. I usually do this raccoon calling a few times a year and usually manage to get a few to come out and have a look, today was no different. This fellow came out on the third tree we tried. He was our only taker this afternoon.


http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...psfodgrypk.jpg

Nice. Only good coon is a dead coon. Looks to be a good size as well.

Nice! I'm sure his first coyote is soon to follow!

That is a big raccoon! Congratulations :)

some good eats there Fratri!!:thumbup:

Never heard of calling them, if you can explain I would appreciate. Normally I walk the bush on nice sunny days in the winter and find them sunning in squirrel nests or crooks of trees trying to warm up some.

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Originally Posted by jim

some good eats there Fratri!!:thumbup:

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ah.....I don't think so :)
At least not for me.

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Originally Posted by gooseman

Never heard of calling them, if you can explain I would appreciate. Normally I walk the bush on nice sunny days in the winter and find them sunning in squirrel nests or crooks of trees trying to warm up some.

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I basically find an old dead tree that has a few holes in it, put my ecaller on the opposite side and start playing raccoon fighting sounds for a minute and then play raccoon pup distress for another minute, If 2-3 minutes pass by and no raccoon comes out to investigate the sound, I move to another tree...
here is a post I put up in the past......It is a pretty cool way to spend an afternoon.

http://www.oodmag.com/community/show...other-one-down-)


Edit: Here is a youtube video that explains it pretty good....Like I said, pretty cool way to spend an afternoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dIz0PzndGo

I have a few friends that swear Racoon is the their favourite game meat!

So do I, but they eat country racoons not garbage eating city racoons.

Is raccoon hunting even legal in the city?

You can not discharge a firearm/crossbow in any city. A licensed trapper can trap a raccoon for you.

Nice big coon, congrats to him! Curious if you are tanning the hide for the young lad??

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Originally Posted by duckslayer

Nice big coon, congrats to him! Curious if you are tanning the hide for the young lad??

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No we let him go as his hide wasn't the greatest....

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Originally Posted by fratri

No we let him go as his hide wasn't the greatest....

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Who? The young lad or the coon? ;)

That was one big one. Congrats to both of you.