November coon hunt

[Swift One]

Finally found this pic on one of my SD cards.  Thought I lost it.  This was a pretty good night in November.  In one stand, we called up 9 of the masked bandits, shot 4 and recovered 3.  the forth one hit the ground dead, but we just couldn't find it in all the heavy brush we were calling in.  My bud (the one in the pic), has been out with me before calling coon, but he was just amazed at how many of them came to the call.  He had a good time putting the crosshairs of my 22mag between the eyes and pulling the trigger on em.  I had just as much fun running the light and watching him giggle his but off everytime we found eyes looking at us.  CCI 40gr HPs are DEADLY on raccoons!!!!

[bigvarmnt]

What color light and what call worked best. Thanks

[Swift One]

First part of November, we like to use coon pups and some coon fighting.  All three of the coons in the pic are females.  Later on in the season like mid December (if it isnt too cold or alot of snow in the ground) we like to use more coon fighting and boar sounds.  When it comes to lights, we generally use red ones for scanning and shooting.  However, we have used white for shooting and the coons don't seem to really be bothered by it. 

[bigvarmnt]

I picked this light up from Gander Mountain last year for about $80.00. Thought I'd probably take it back but it's not too bad. More powerful than I thought it would be. might be great for coon in the woods.

I have coon dist, coon fight, young coon dist, and coon pups on my caller.

Can't wait to try it

I'd like a nice coon skin.

Somehow I screwed up. Can't find the attach pic place.

[bigvarmnt]

Maybe I'm too old to be wandering around in the woods at night

I'm gonna check into those little scope mounted lights in your link.

It's a Cyclops with a switch for spot and flood. See if this works.

[Swift One]

The guys on predator masters seem to be taking a big liking to the XLR250 lights for any type of night hunting.  Some of them are using the XLR250s for scanning and shooting. I guess the battery life is pretty good.  I think the package comes with the light, mount, two batteries and a charger.  For under $150, that would seem like a preetty good deal.  Small, lightweight, ad reliable.  Bigvarmnt, if you go out this time of the year, def try the coon fight sound. And be prepared for a charging coon.  I have had two of them charge at me before.  I will tell you right now, it will get the blood pumping.  I too would like to have a nice coon skin to hang on ther wall, but I want a big one.  My buddy shot this one a few years back.  It was enormous!  That would have made a nice skin.


The second one from the right was a PIG too.

[bigvarmnt]

Oh Yea! That big one would have looked nice on the wall. I shot a nice one a couple years ago and sold it to the fur buyer. Didn't get too much but didn't want to just throw it away. Do you know what weight would be considered a pretty big coon? Don't know if you ever weigh the ones you get.

That light might make a good Christmas present I always thought I wanted a Light Force but never could find a price or where to get them. Went to their site and others. The ones you show look nice and compact. Prob a lot less money too.

Nice Pics, Thanks 

[Swift One]

For me, I would want the skin off something starting at the 20lb mark.  They are out there, especially the big boars.  The one in the first pics was very big and heavy.  The lightforce scope mounted lights are around $235.

[Glanceblamm]

It is incredible the amount of briars n brambles that one can bust through at night...specially when trying to get to a dog that is at bay. These activitys were for a younger me though.

I sure can confirm that WMR with the 40 gr HP's putting the hurt on them as said. Mine was a case where a Cousin had six of them in his old high raftered barn. He could tell that I was amused at his story but he said Not Funny, they are eating 25lbs of hog food a week I got them all and they did get thrown in with a lot of pelts that a friend who was trapping had accumulated.