odd coon story

Fishing on BurntCane Saturday. Motoring along when I spot a commotion in the water ahead. Splashing, I thought either a fish or turtle on a yo-yo or limb line. Cohort said looks like a bird maybe a duck splashing around. Turned out to be a raccoon next to drowning. He was upright and struggling to keep his head up. Spinning in a circle about ten feet from shore and making no progress to get there. Went under a time or two. We stuck the net out and he grabbed hold. After some work we pushed him over to the bank and he ambled off. Blind in at least one eye. Pretty scraggly looking. Thought coons could swim. Got any ideas as to what
was up??



Oh yes by the way the fishing sucked.

Beware of Rabid coons !:eek:

Cant figure that one Gomer, coons is good swimmwers. Maybe ol coon was poorly and tried to make too long a swim and jest give out. Sounds odd

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Originally Posted by captcall

coons is good swimmwers.Sounds odd

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Originally Posted by captcall

Cant figure that one Gomer, coons is good swimmwers. Maybe ol coon was poorly and tried to make too long a swim and jest give out. Sounds odd

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that is what i figured. he looked old and decrepit but of course so did I.

how was the fishing on burnt cane

I don't know if I would have messed with a crazy coon. I crowded this one out of his fishing hole a few weeks ago.


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Originally Posted by river slabs are better

how was the fishing on burnt cane

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One of the worst I have had there. Got to bragging to old Friday night and ate humble pie Saturday
. I figured the east wind would screw me up. It did.

Water is an odd brown stained color. Hard to see my submerged cover.when I did see a stump wheel we catch them they would not bite.
Bass fishermen were catching 1or2 small ones each.not much there either

I woild think Old Coonhiemers illness or rabbies.

:confused:Prob'ly crazy with the heat:D

I don't mess with nothing going in circles except with a .22!!
Crazy co-incidence....I passed a possum out in the middle of Lake Maumelle about 1 mile from the shore he was coming from and at least 1/4 mile to where he was going. By the time I realized what he was and turned around, I couldn't find him. I guess my wake dun him in.
DP

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I don't mess with nothing going in circles except with a .22!!
Crazy co-incidence....I passed a possum out in the middle of Lake Maumelle about 1 mile from the shore he was coming from and at least 1/4 mile to where he was going. By the time I realized what he was and turned around, I couldn't find him. I guess my wake dun him in.
DP

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My hero!! Hate possums!!

That was no possum. It must have been an aquatic chupacabra. Deadly!!!!!

I hate rabid coons about like a possum hates an axe handle.

Sounds like distempher<sp?>

In my past experiences it has always been distempher, it is very hard on the coon population, Down in south Arkansas where I deer hunt, there was a bad case of it and it nearly wiped out the coon population, it was not uncommon when walking thru the woods to see several dead or dying coons. Thats what they did they would spin in circles and wallow out a hole in the dirt and leaves and eventually die. We did not see many coons in that neck of the deer woods for a couple of years. When one is affected generally the majority of the coon in that geographical location will get the desieze.

i thought that story was going to be about me when i read who wrote it and the topic.


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In my past experiences it has always been distempher, it is very hard on the coon population, Down in south Arkansas where I deer hunt, there was a bad case of it and it nearly wiped out the coon population, it was not uncommon when walking thru the woods to see several dead or dying coons. Thats what they did they would spin in circles and wallow out a hole in the dirt and leaves and eventually die. We did not see many coons in that neck of the deer woods for a couple of years. When one is affected generally the majority of the coon in that geographical location will get the desieze.

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Distempher makes sense, wouldnt think a radid coon would be swimmin

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Originally Posted by Gomer Snerd

That was no possum. It must have been an aquatic chupacabra. Deadly!!!!!

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I thought them things were just on the East coast or Cuba.
DP