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Post by featherduster on Mar 16, 2016 13:50:46 GMT -5
Last week a neighbor lady asked me shoot a sick coon wandering around her yard, so I did.
Today I open my garage door and I have a coon wandering around in my driveway so I sent him to raccoon heaven and on the way to his funeral down the road from the house I drive up on another one rolling around on the ground,he too went to raccoon heaven.
It appears we have something effecting our raccoon population besides my 22lr.
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Post by hatchetjack on Mar 16, 2016 14:16:54 GMT -5
Contact CO and let them know...
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Post by hornzilla on Mar 16, 2016 15:45:19 GMT -5
There bad about destemper (sp?). That's why we vac all our hounds.
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Post by throbak on Mar 16, 2016 16:57:35 GMT -5
Someone's poisoning them
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Post by nfalls116 on Mar 16, 2016 17:03:14 GMT -5
There bad about destemper (sp?). That's why we vac all our hounds. sounds like it. I'd say ma nature must feel like you had a few many raccoons |
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Post by greghopper on Mar 16, 2016 18:03:34 GMT -5
Yep....If there not careful someone's pet will be next! |
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Post by esshup on Mar 16, 2016 21:18:53 GMT -5
I expect to see more diseased coons this year. With the fur prices in the toilet, I don't think very many were trapped this year.
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Post by firstwd on Mar 16, 2016 21:40:40 GMT -5
I'm thinking it's been too wet for distemper. If all were found is close proximity I would think poison as well. Call the CO so testing can be done either way.
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Post by nfalls116 on Mar 16, 2016 22:03:34 GMT -5
I expect to see more diseased coons this year. With the fur prices in the toilet, I don't think very many were trapped this year. the last two years have been that way coon all over, you know fur prices have tankes when people are grading them before they pick them up off the side of the road  |
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Post by nfalls116 on Mar 16, 2016 22:08:13 GMT -5
I'm thinking it's been too wet for distemper. If all were found is close proximity I would think poison as well. Call the CO so testing can be done either way. I agree with call CO but if one in a den got it wouldn't they all end up with it? |
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Post by firstwd on Mar 16, 2016 22:24:32 GMT -5
I'm thinking it's been too wet for distemper. If all were found is close proximity I would think poison as well. Call the CO so testing can be done either way. I agree with call CO but if one in a den got it wouldn't they all end up with it? Possibly |
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Post by nfalls116 on Mar 16, 2016 22:31:42 GMT -5
We need lab results!
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Post by bullseye69 on Mar 16, 2016 22:53:29 GMT -5
Were they walking kind of like dragging their back end?
If so its a disease not poison, can't remember what its called. Could be rabies or distemper. But maybe poison to I guess. JMO
This is from something I found on the net.
If you see a raccoon out during the day, take a moment and pay attention to what the animal is doing. Is it purposeful, as though it is late for an appointment, and has a lot to do? Is it wandering aimlessly? Is the animal well kept, clean looking, and not acting drunk or disoriented? A raccoon that is out during the day, regardless of the reason, should be clean, shiny looking, and should be in a hurry. People often see them running from one place to another, or hurriedly grabbing bird seed off the ground while constantly looking over their shoulder for trouble. This is absolutely normal.
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Post by drs on Mar 17, 2016 3:57:50 GMT -5
There bad about destemper (sp?). That's why we vac all our hounds. Sounds like it's an outbreak of Distemper to me also. Dogs can also contract this viral disease. |
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Post by steiny on Mar 17, 2016 6:55:08 GMT -5
My buddy is a big time coon hunter, killed about 150 this fall. Said he found lots of dead and sick coons while hunting this past season. With fur prices so low, nobody is hunting or trapping them and the population is real high. They are dying of distemper, just mother natures way of thinning the population.
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Post by featherduster on Mar 17, 2016 6:59:36 GMT -5
I contacted the DNR and advised them of the sick animals.
These animals are acting like ZOMBIES just walking around aimlessly.
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Post by parson on Mar 17, 2016 8:04:11 GMT -5
I contacted the DNR and advised them of the sick animals. These animals are acting like ZOMBIES just walking around aimlessly.[/quote
Probably just teenagers! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2016 8:07:36 GMT -5
Most years I don't trap many if any during the coldest part of winter. This year I did and for the 1st time I didn't even have to bait the trap. There are so many, that all you have to do is to place the trap in their path.
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Post by bartiks on Mar 28, 2016 1:25:30 GMT -5
What is this distemper? I've never heard of it before, and how contagious is it to pets. Do they have to be in the proximity of the animal or do they need to be bit?
And lastly I don't believe in shooting them with a rifle, I believe in hitting them with my car while I'm running late to work doing 45mph, then having to worry about how am I going to get the piece of plastic dragging the road to ride rite until I get back home to fix it. Come to think of it after I went ahead and waxed mama all over the road the very next morning I had to use evasive maneuvers to avoid the vigil of the children. After about a week of this I think that family tree was cut down, or run over since it looked like they all lined up and preferred to be run down next to their mother.
Thankfully I was only responsible for one fatality there, my poor car couldn't handle much more damage to the front end.
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Post by esshup on Mar 28, 2016 4:27:16 GMT -5
What is this distemper? I've never heard of it before, and how contagious is it to pets. Do they have to be in the proximity of the animal or do they need to be bit? And lastly I don't believe in shooting them with a rifle, I believe in hitting them with my car while I'm running late to work doing 45mph, then having to worry about how am I going to get the piece of plastic dragging the road to ride rite until I get back home to fix it. Come to think of it after I went ahead and waxed mama all over the road the very next morning I had to use evasive maneuvers to avoid the vigil of the children. After about a week of this I think that family tree was cut down, or run over since it looked like they all lined up and preferred to be run down next to their mother. Thankfully I was only responsible for one fatality there, my poor car couldn't handle much more damage to the front end. |
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