ytd
Rat Trapper
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Post by ytd on Jan 4, 2010 21:35:26 GMT -5
What would you consider to be a normal ratio of yearling coons to adult coons? Maybe 3-4 outta 10 ? Or more than that?
Over the past 3 years, our catch has dropped considerably on coons. And during the past few years, we've only caught a very small handful of yearlings. Just curious who and where else this is going on.
Thanks!
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Post by Sunshine on Jan 5, 2010 20:51:37 GMT -5
here if theres no disease we'll catch 7-10 yearlings to adults on average.
when distemper is around itll drop back to 2-3 per 10 yearlings here if we're lucky.
we think the disease gets the young ones first. i wonder if its possible those older coon actually become immune to distemper if theyve survived an outbreak in the past which would explain why mpre of the ld ones survive. weve caught coon here that are so old their teeth have worn down to nothing.?
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Post by backwoodsman on Jun 8, 2010 12:42:53 GMT -5
We are releasing our smaller coons when possible(footholds, no releasing out of coni's of course) due to the fur prices etc and we release/catch 2 or 3 on the "average" day while collecting 4-5 adults. Maybe 1-3 or 2-5 ratio for yearlings to adults here then? 1/3 of a days catch may be yearlings? Weve had distemper run thru here several times and the skunks last year were pretty sick all summer. Majority of the yotes werent salvagable due to mange etc.
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Post by trapper7 on Jun 23, 2010 11:36:22 GMT -5
I always release smaller coon too. I don't seem to catch that many smaller coon. I don't know what the ratio would be, but it did seem in my area, coon were down last year.
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Post by hotwire on Jun 25, 2010 21:40:14 GMT -5
Coon here are on the rebound from a bout of distemper 3 years ago. This accounts for the large number of smaller coon being caught last season. I tend to let the smaller coons go, too much work for too little gain.
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