Thread: First 2'fer Ever for Me.......

I sling pellets at the tree rats daily around here. If they hear a door open they cut a trail. Rat Terrier treed one just this morning and as I walked up with my pellet gun the big Gray lept from 30ft in the air to do a belly flop as it hit the ground. That didn't slow it down a bit as the Terrier was right on it's bushy tail.

What a said face coon, every morning I have seen something in the yard so yesterday I set the trap.



I expect this is the first of many..............

You got “CAGECOON”

He's sad he got caught so early in the season. You weren't suppose to have the traps out yet...

Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie

You got “CAGECOON”

OMG! This is the BEST YET! just Awesome!

Trap is set. 2 monster coons were crusing my yard 2 mornings ago. Those together I don't know if the trap will hold together.

Man from my years of knowledge where you live, you are going to wear out the metal on that cage catching those critters. My grandfather was a dedicated coon hunter. We didn’t make many trips down there back then as he use to say paying thirty five cents a gallon for gas, it was just to expensive to drive an hour south to hunt them. He would pass out because if the water is right down there I will drive down three or four times a week.
But back then we had relatives that lived there and we would occasionally go stay with them and the coon dogs were in Heaven down in your neck of the woods. Those dogs would go crazy! They were coons up every tree. But we or the dogs were not accustomed to gators or those huge rats y’all have close to the marsh. Matter of a fact we raised a coon from a dropper bottle made an awesome pet for a number of years. Even made an awesome show and tale until it climbed up a girl who had on a dresses leg in the third grade. Bad idea!!!
But his fate came one night he broke out of his cage and in those good old days the dogs ran free. So he came face to face with two of the best coon dogs in South Mississippi. Now that might be an idea, just get you a couple of coon dogs. But I can assure you, y’all are going to have some sleepless nights if the dogs any good. Happy hunting!


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I didn't pay attention the last time I set the trap but the paddle arm was bent by the last coon. I fixed it late yesterday evening and caught another last night. After sunrise I will post the convict's picture.