Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Yesterday at like 5:15 PM, my brother came home and saw the garbage can flip over. As of now, at 5:15 it is still light out. My brother went inside to get me, but I was at a friends party. This morning I woke up and my dad told me the garbage was torn apart, the can flipped and it was a mess. Dad put a bounty on the coon or any coon for that matter. My other brother then spotted the racoon at 8:00 PM yesterday evening as well. So I'm about to head out for him with the bow. Wish me luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! UPDATE: Didn't get anything, but could have shot a nice doe over and over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gitcha_some Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! hha yeah i shot a coon with the bow a couple of weeks ago...skinned and out and plan to make a hat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! They're a pain in the butt eh! A couple weeks back I was up at the lake, almost tripped over a coon! I treed him, ran upstairs and got my 20ga, when I got out he was about 30 feet up in the tree, I took aim and BANG!........... SMUCK, he hit the ground and that was the end of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! Ok.. I got one last night, but I will post the story later.. I gotta get to school... Pics were taken at 6:30 AM, so they are a little dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshM Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! As stated above, there have been raccoons tearing apart our garbage cans and ripping open the bags. My brother saw one one day while it was still light out and the last thing I want around here is a rabid coon. So I got sick and tired of having to deal with the garbage every morning and I did something about it. I keep a spotlight on my dresser so I can look out into the yard every so often and see what's around. I have seen fox, coon, deer, turkeys real early in the morning, you get the point. I have seen plenty of game from my bedroom window. Anyway, Sunday night I look outside at about 8:45 PM and there is a coon turning the birdfeeder upside down. That just about set me off. I grabbed my little brother and my bow. Threw the slippers on in pajamas and nocked an arrow. When we get outside through the back door, the coon ducks down behind a ridge. We get down there very stealthily. I then start making a kissing sound against my hand like something in distress. Then I hear some leaves rustle and tell my brother to start looking around with the spotlight. We're scanning, scanning, then - wait, what was that? - EYES! A racoon is staring at us while climbing up a tree. I suspected that he was getting some elevation so he would be able to see what is going on such as the kissing noise I was making.. FREE MEAL.. or so he thought. I get my brother to stand behind me with the spotlight so he could light up my pins, I estimate the yardage to be about 17 or 18 yards, find my 20 yard pin and lay it on 'em. I let the arrow fly, I hear the noise of the arrow hitting it's mark and then the coon growls and runs up the tree. I can clearly see that my arrow is in him and in him good. He then went up into the tree about 25-30 ft up howling in distress. After about 2 minutes of him howling, I hear the leaves up in the trees crumble and while that happened, we were watching him with the spotlight. I did not want to take a chance at losing another arrow with another shot. Anyway, we hear and see this crash and then we hear a loud thud and the howling just stopped. We then decided to let him sit until morning. I got up at 6:00 AM Monday morning and went outside, found my arrow then not 2 yards from where the arrow was, lay my coon. It was a perfect hit right in the lungs, but I don't know how it came out on his back left side. There was a perfect 3 blade "Y" right in his vital area. How about that story for my first raccoon, first predator for that matter? Mick, I took the tail and a paw. He was cold as heck and couldn't do much of anything with him. Plus I had to get to school. I took him to a field where a coyote, crows or something will pick em up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6sixpoint_nobrows Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! nice story, i remember my first coon with a bow, i was walking through a tree line when i saw 4 small figures run by a brush pile then run up the tree and stare at me, walked back to about 20 yards and put it right in his chest, smack and it screamed loud for about 5 seconds until the shock wave set in and he was done, it was almost a complete pass through, just my knock sticking out of his front chest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! Congrats on the coon Joe, way to go bud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! Congrats on the coon Joe!!!!!! That was a great story. Contact your local fur dealer and he may be able to put you on someone who makes hats and such. Or he may just buy the coon off you. Get another one! Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG_BUCK_1 Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest littlered Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! last year i was out hunting, i wasn't seeing much and what do i see mr. coon walking right toward me. i hit him through the guts and he climbed a tree with my arrow came back. the next morning and he was dead, never did get my arrow back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WvBowhunterKE Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! good job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: DARN COONS! good shooting, thats really cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Re: DARN COONS! Shot a pesty coon last spring that was living in my barn attic...the other day I heard two rolling around fighting or playing up there again.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest indianahunter1 Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Re: DARN COONS! i shot a coon with the 22 rifle lastnight right through the right eye ! my stepson shot one too in the head ! congrat's on a nice shot joe ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shawn Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Re: DARN COONS! Congrats Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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