Racoon

[CanAm500]

Anyone hunt these smell little creaters?

I had one climb up my back tree this morning, when I get home I will post some pics.

[Iron-Head]

I would like to get out and bag a few of them but there seems to be a shortage of them in legal shooting zones.......I guess ill have to take one with my spear What about you Paintballer you gunna try for some this year?

[CanAm500]

I dont know....what does one do with the carcuss after shooting it?

I wanted to shoot this one up the tree with my bro's pellet rifle but mom said "I dont want the dogs going after it".

Do you have to have a tag to bag one of them (racoons)?

[smitty16]

I dont think you havet to have a tag my brother shot one with the pellet gun in my backyard in yobou

[ex bc guide]

The season for coom is now over march 31, and you do not need a tag for them
Mike

[Jager]

I think the season for coon on the Island is April 1-Mar 31 = all year! You just have to remember to renew your licence by the 1st of April. No tag needed.

I think it would be tough to specifically hunt coons unless you've got a dog. They're mostly nocturnal and hole up during the daylight hours. All the varmits that I know were shot in the ol' mans woodshed or 'cause they were harassing the neighbors chickens.

[Iron-Head]

I guess traps and or snares would be better then?...
Symon

[CanAm500]

Yes the regs say Apr 1st. And they are also schedual B animals.

But what would you do with the carcuss, I wouldnt want to eat it....rabies...

[000buck]

recipe for a coon trap.

chicken wire, mudflap,stainless bowl and an old extension cord.

lay the chicken wire down (about 24"x 24")
put a 6" circle of rubber in the center.
stand bowl on rubber fill with water
strip female end of extension cord and install alligator clips connect the nuetral to the chicken wire and the hot to the bowl.
put out dry cat food and plug in the cord

be very cautious of domestic animals in the area as this trap does not discriminate.

when the lights go out ........fricaseed coon. safe trash cans

[huntwriter]

But what would you do with the carcuss, I wouldnt want to eat it....rabies...

I have known people who ate coons. But I think they where desperate for food.

Most coon hunters I know hunt them for the fur. The carcass is left in the woods for the other animals. Some take the carcasses home and cook them into a stewe with rice for the coon dogs, supposedly that makes them more eager to hunt coons.