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Post by genesis273 on Oct 22, 2024 11:39:11 GMT -5
What would cause this? 5 right by each other. Another one 20 yards away.  |
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Dead coons
Oct 22, 2024 12:03:56 GMT -5
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Oct 22, 2024 12:03:56 GMT -5
That’s pretty odd. No puncture wounds or anything?
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Post by parrothead on Oct 22, 2024 12:06:29 GMT -5
Someone put out some "Kool aid" they drank.
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Post by deadeer on Oct 22, 2024 12:25:55 GMT -5
Lead poisoning? 😉
I bet poison/antifreeze.
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 22, 2024 12:36:57 GMT -5
Middle of the woods by an old stream. Stream is dry and the area is muddy. No puncture wounds and IDK where they'd get antifreeze.
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Post by jman46151 on Oct 22, 2024 13:00:58 GMT -5
My money is on poison or they drank the last of the stagnant water in the stream.
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Post by parrothead on Oct 22, 2024 13:45:37 GMT -5
That close together I say the Fly bait drink.
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Dead coons
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Post by greghopper on Oct 22, 2024 13:56:10 GMT -5
Lightning strike maybe….
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Post by duff on Oct 22, 2024 13:58:41 GMT -5
That close together I say the Fly bait drink. Either they ate/drank something toxic close by or someone collected them and dumped them there. |
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Post by scrub-buster on Oct 22, 2024 14:28:07 GMT -5
Maybe someone trapped them and dumped them there?
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 22, 2024 16:08:04 GMT -5
I will probably never really know. Just odd
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 22, 2024 16:17:55 GMT -5
May never know but, conservation came and collected 2 of them for the State Biologist. They're taking them to Purdue for testing.
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Post by greghopper on Oct 22, 2024 17:23:44 GMT -5
May never know but, conservation came and collected 2 of them for the State Biologist. They're taking them to Purdue for testing. Good….someone using poison needs to learn a lesson. |
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Post by deadeer on Oct 22, 2024 17:24:58 GMT -5
Middle of the woods by an old stream. Stream is dry and the area is muddy. No puncture wounds and IDK where they'd get antifreeze. Was meaning maybe someone poisoned them remotely and dumped off? Did you ask to be contacted with results? Please share if so. |
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 22, 2024 22:35:06 GMT -5
Middle of the woods by an old stream. Stream is dry and the area is muddy. No puncture wounds and IDK where they'd get antifreeze. Was meaning maybe someone poisoned them remotely and dumped off? Did you ask to be contacted with results? Please share if so. I did. I will definitely update this when I hear the results. |
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Post by HighCotton on Oct 23, 2024 5:40:34 GMT -5
EHD is Possible with raccoons.
I learned this some years ago from Dean Zimmerman, DNR wildlife biologist/Purdue.
Apparently a bit more rare. And I would not think it would be the case here with them dying in such close proximity.
It will be interesting to see the outcome.
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Post by wsky70 on Oct 23, 2024 8:09:20 GMT -5
That is very strange, looking forward to hear the outcome...SF Woods
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Post by steiny on Oct 23, 2024 8:46:01 GMT -5
Some people use Golden Mairin (spelling?) fly bait in their barns and it pretty much kills everything real quick.
Possibly someone cleaned the barn of varmints then tossed them out there.
Will also add that coons in Indiana are now extremely overpopulated since the value of fur is zero and very few hunt or trap them anymore. When populations get so high like this, mother nature often steps in with a disease that hits them hard and significantly reduces numbers.
I trap a bunch every year just to try to keep the numbers in check. They are real hard on ground nesting birds of any type.
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Post by tine-n-spur on Oct 23, 2024 10:59:03 GMT -5
Yes my bet is on Golden Malrin good riddance I say
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 23, 2024 13:35:55 GMT -5
Definitely no love loss between raccoons and myself. Just curious if there's something more to be concerned with is all.
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