coon huntin'

[cj.]

Has everyone been busy huntin' or what?..

How have things been going lately?

[huntforever]

Ya I have been out 3-4 nights a week since the opener. I am getting my year old male black & tan trained to track and tree those furry ring tails in the tree tops.I Have been having very successful cornfield races and treeing in the woods. Got this fall season so far 3 nice coon weighing 25, 30 and a big boar at 35 pounds.

[walkercoonhunter]

Been busier then heck aint even goten to get out since season opened. Now Im headed to NC for work for two weeks, and wont be able to focus on my pup for a while. Should be good timing by the time I get back though.

[twinpinekennels]

just got in from tonite, treed a huge 35 pound boar and another 20 pounder. not to bad of nite. here is a pic and sorry its not great it was on my cell, hope u enjoy. the one dog on the right is my buck dog, he is spanky on top and smoky river on bottom, awesome dog, the other is a dog out of wild n blue pounder that mackie manns was hunting with me.. walker hit me up when u get home and will get the dogs out!!!




http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/GetAttachment4.jpg

[cj.]

Nice.... I just started hunting my young b&t alone. For some reason he's not opening on trail by himself, that better change. First night he treed a single , and then a grinner!!! He did not like the consequences. 2nd night he treed another single. Last night he treed 3 times , 2 singles and what I think was slick.

[predatordave]

busy, busy, busy. i have been moving so my time has been limited to hunt. managed to get out twice so far for kill season. Fmann and I hooked up the first night and tried to kill some but to no avail. treed 4 times with one den, twice on the same world record high walnut tree full of leaves and with a treestand full of coon poop, and once more on another huge tree with many leaves. then we had 3 times the dogs ended up boohooing across the river. i was not very happy with my boys, especially my 5 year old plott that knows what he is doing. my young blue male needs to start going alone so the plott got sent to a buddies house for some bear work.
second time out the young dog got out alone and made me a little happier. ended up coming home with three. hope to get out some more this week.

later, dave

[twinpinekennels]

we treed three tonite, didnt hunt for very long but was a very good nite. sorry but no pics from tonite

[LarryA]

hasn't been going too great. My 3 boys and I have been out, but we haven't manage to shoot one out yet. My oldest boy has a 7 month old walker female that is showing to have the tools for the job. We thought we could easily drop one to her, but the last couple of week ends were a wash. Last weekend, we had high hopes with the moon no longer being an issue, and the fuel pump on my truck went out on our way to the woods Friday night.

Looks like the rain may be an issue this weekend, and I suspect the deer will start rutting soon. I don't like hunting a pup who doesn't know what it is supposed to be chasing during the rut.

[scottmi]

Where at in Southern Michigan are you guys killin 35 pound coon? Thats a pretty good sized coon.

[john warren]

man you guys have me wanting to go coon hunting,,,if only i didn;t conk out and hit the hay by ten .....old age sucks....

[twinpinekennels]

scott- i was hunting around grandledge on a farm, that is the biggest coon i have ever killed, what are u guys getting for coon right now that arent skinned and tanned, i just take my coon in whole and i got 8 dollars for that big boar, adn i ended up with 21 dollars total for 5 coon. if any one knows of any good buyers not to far from lansing please let me know. thanks

[scottmi]

hey twin pine, thursday nite i killed 7 that i sold whole, three were kittens and 2 decent sized and 2 about 15-16 pounds and i got $62 not skinned

then saturday nite i killed 11 and I got $104 for those one, those were skinned out though

I sell to Zachrich in Napoleon, Ohio

Willie stephens in Jackson is prolly your best bet up that way

[twinpinekennels]

were u located at scott, maybe a hunt one nite? let me know

[hellbilly]

Willie is a good guy and will treat you right.



Stephens Furs (http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Stephens.Furs.517-596-2738)

8827 Coon Hill Rd
Munith, MI 49259
517-596-2738

[twinpinekennels]

thanks hellbilly, i actually might take some coon over to him later today, he is about 40 min away.

[scottmi]

I live in morenci, close to ohio line, where abouts are you at?

[twinpinekennels]

im up by lansing, would consider making a trip down that way, what type of hounds u running?

[scottmi]

I run english dogs, mainly just hunt an old 9 year old dog, nothin to high powered or great but kill a few with him, talked to some guys that sold some coon and they went down, got 10 dollars tops and averaged around 5 or so i guess, did u end up goin to jackson?

[twinpinekennels]

ya i took 7 coon back to him and i got 67 dollars for them. i treed 7 the other nite and left them all but 2 lil ones that i shot out for some pups. hows ur hunting been going?

[predatordave]

Yeah guys I heard that prices were going down too. I had a buddy take some back to willard pray here in lapeer. I guess he was saying the world market being bad is hurting the fur prices. Good thing I don't hunt for the money.
Later, dave

[cj.]

Prices will not be high this year.... does not bother me at all. It is crazy though how many people I've ran into while hunting this year. Nice to meet some other hunters, but it's like they came out of the wood work this year. My only guess was the predicted high fur prices this year.

[twinpinekennels]

ya i with u predator.... i hunt cuz i love the dog work and all the people who hunt as well i will prolly not take any more coon back this year, i have noticed that there arent that many coon lying on the roadside either...wierd

[slicktree]

Prices will not be high this year.... does not bother me at all. It is crazy though how many people I've ran into while hunting this year. Nice to meet some other hunters, but it's like they came out of the wood work this year. My only guess was the predicted high fur prices this year.


seems like fur prices are predicted to be high every year, they could be 1 dollar or worth 100 dollars, it doesnt matter im not quitting ever

[hellbilly]

Few pictures from last night

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp208/swansonoutdoors/PICT1023.jpg

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp208/swansonoutdoors/PICT1025.jpg

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp208/swansonoutdoors/PICT1022.jpg

[twinpinekennels]

nice pics hellbilly! i need to remember to take my camera out with me more often. i have been hunting wiht a buddy who has some majestic hounds. they sure are some nice and loud dogs. i have just recently heard of them and was impressed. there mainly big game hounds but do a good job on coon. he has a couple of pups left out of his litter, so if any one are looking for some big game or coon hounds let me know. how has the hunting been goin for everyone?

[predatordave]

Great pics. My hunting has sucked so far. My young dog has been doing good but I just haven't seen the numbers of trees I am used to. I don't know if it is the other dogs I have been hunting with or if it is the places we have been going to. Too many fox and yote races for me. At least my young boy has been straight for me. I think I need to go back hunting by myself again.
Later, dave

[twinpinekennels]

just got in from hunting, treed 9 times, 4 had coon, 3 were great big dens and 2 were slicks:rant:. all in all though great nite to be out. couple friends from indiana came up to hunt and had a great time with them

[hellbilly]

I just got in also. 7 trees, 2 coon:(,2 den, 1 hole in the ground, 1 slicks, and 1 may-bee(still had to many leaves and was bigger then hell. Dog is getting better on track.

[twinpinekennels]

hellbilly- did ur dogs run a lot of tracks last nite, the trees that had coon in them and the dens were all lay ups. not a whole lot of track runnin last nite.

[hellbilly]

No it didnt seem like there where lots of tracks. I went out about 9 and got back in around 2:30. If tracks where heavy I would have treed more. IT did seem like the later it got the more they where moving.

[cj.]

Last night was a blast....

Young dog hit a track, did'nt go to far and fell treed. Then shut up, and continued to whine.

Get in there, and he had climbed a dead oak leaning into another big oak, and he's up about 30 foot. I climbed up after him but it was no good, If i would ahve grabbed on both of us probably would have fell out. After 45 minutes of coaxing, he finally turned around and climbed down.


He had the coon though. Wish I had a camera with me

[hellbilly]

Nice. I for got to tell you joe about zeke climbing a tree and getting about 20' up, i went after him but he fell. I though for sure he would be hurt but he jumped up and kept treeing.