Who on this board has been Coon Hunting???
 

So who besides me have been on a coon hunt?
I'm talking about walking through the woods
and swamps, spiders and snakes and the ole'
coon hunting dogs treeing a coon. For animal
lovers I'll leave out the last part.

When I have more time, I'll tell yall about my
father's coon hunting monkey.

does squirrel hunting count?

In before possible fappery over misunderstood intentions concerning wording!

;)

No, no, no. That's too easy. I'm talking swamp, snakes and mean ole'
coon hunting dogs.

Using the letters RA would change my story. Jerry Clower always called
them coons. I had a mean one as a pet....for a short time.

read my mind. :lol:

easy? obviously you are not aware of the wiles of the squirrels of northeastern ohio. they're vengeful and cagey.

My friend I'm all too aware of those pesky little rodents.
My brother was bitten in the leg by one of those Bama squirrels
just this year. (and that's no lie)

I was on a snipe hunt in the Boy Scouts.

That really pissed me off, as I recall.

I was bitten on the leg by a three-year-old human. So I'm all too aware of those pesky little rodents.

I've been coon hunting before.

Although I only carried the cooler.

With a chaw of Redman in my jaw.

From which I almost threw up.

I'd drank way too much wine.

And I had to hide my tears, when they shot the coon out of the tree, and the dogs were ripping it to shreds.

I never went coon hunting again. And they never knew I cried.:(

David, I know all about Snipe hunting. I'm going to take my four year old
nephew out for a hunt of those mysterious creatures.

Seekerj, I've been bitten too.

HomerMcVie, Redman, Wine and dogs ripping apart a coon. Sounds
like you've been on a real coon hunt.

I never liked shooting the coon out of the tree, I guess that's what we had
our pet monkey for.

I bet PETA would like this thread.

This thread makes me sad :distress:

It's been over 25 years since I went on a coon hunt.
I don't care for hunting at all.......well except for Snipe
like David had mentioned.

On a side note, there were over five deer in my yard last night.

Yep, I grew up in the ranks of real rednecks. I can pull that image off, too, if necessary.

Me too :( And I actually am a member of PETA, but I don't want to put a damper on everyone's Coon Hunting so I will respect everyone's views on it, and hunting in general.

Hunting! This thread does not make me sad.

Good. It wasn't meant to make anyone feel bad.
My dad was a big hunter. He liked hunting with
friends, and most especially his coon dogs.

hunting doesn't make me sad either.
it keeps the deer populations down since they don't have any natural enemies.

I shot and killed a raccoon once.
It haunts me til this day, I could never kill another living thing again.
I'm too much of a softy towards animals to be a hunter.

but it is almost a necessity to keep the numbers reasonable.

Just curious, how old were you when you killed the raccoon?

As of yesterday morning (approx...4:30 a.m.) there's one less
varmint in Alabama. No, I'm not talking about Saban.

I don't believe in hunting for sport or at all really but that's just me. I came from Ohio and noticed down here in Florida the raccoons are much less shy and friendlier and a bit bigger down here than up north. Some are as big as medium sized dogs down here with their longer legs. They'll come right up to you in the picnic area at South Lido Beach park in broad daylight. I've also seen them at night rummaging near the trash cans down at the Venice Pier parking lot. Not making a mess or anything, they'll just startle you sometimes if they're out.

^^ I don't really care for hunting either. I just make pest disappear.

Killing a racoon for dogs to rip apart seems completely senseless - but I'm a vegetarian and I abhore hunting for sport, so I guess I am biased. Not trying to be judgemental, it's just in my nature to nurture and protect animals of all kinds.

At least use it - eat it, make something with the fur. It's death should not be in vain or for entertainment. Though I don't imagine racoon meat would be very good. :shrug:

I once fed one that wandered onto my porch. I went out for a cigarette, and it was dark and the porch light was off. I lived, at the time, right off of Colfax Ave. in Denver, which is filled with bars and roach motels, and is a haven for hookers and drug dealers...so a racoon on my porch was sort of an oddity. Anyway, I thought it was a giant cat - until it came closer. When it saw me and I saw it, our eyes met and it ran about 6 feet away. So I went inside and got it an apple which it ate with both hands while I watched.

I was hoping it might come back, but I never saw it again.

Peta?
 

http://www.petakillsanimals.com/

They'd never get a cent from me.

Hahaha...
 

not me, I love to take people snipe hunting, especially in eerie, dark places away from society that gives one goosebumps.

Almost as fun as taking someone to "Summit Bridge" :shocked:

What's this you speak of?