Author Topic: Best sound for calling Racoons? (Read 781 times)

tipiguy · « **on:** July 06, 2004, 09:59:32 AM »

What sound is best for calling in racoons? I will be hunting SW PA.

tipiguy

varmit_master · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2004, 10:37:23 AM »

Hi i would try a bird in distress sound like the yellow hammer wood pecker in distress or a rodent sound and call around water hope this has help VM

Jerry Lester · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2004, 03:17:58 PM »

Agreed on the bird sounds. I think it works so good because a bird going crazy at night just isn't natural. It also is death on grey foxes.

I start my coon stands with about 10 minutes of a woodpecker distress, followed by about 5 minutes of a coon fight, then repeat it. Usually the coons will come in, and climb a tree around you somewhere. Make sure to scan the trees really close 360 dgrees around you for at least 150 yards before you leave.

Bob in TX · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2004, 12:06:23 PM »

I would skip the birds and go right to the coon fight.........

hammerless99 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 08, 2004, 05:06:45 PM »

Are there any hand calls that will work for racoons? There's a ton of them around my neck of woods. Would you hunt them just before dark?

Bob in TX · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2004, 03:16:49 AM »

......get a coon squaller hand call. Just go to allpredatorcalls.com.

Good Hunting..........

Ladobe · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2004, 05:37:38 AM »

Quote from: Bob in TX

I would skip the birds and go right to the coon fight.........

Ditto what Bod said. My coon squallers are way, way more effective than bird distress calls for coons.

varmit_master · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2004, 12:02:42 PM »

Hi i will have to go Jerry one that one i would use the bird tape and then goto a coon fight another coon would think they are fighting over food a bird i have one of Gary Roberson from Burmham Brothers VHS tape and it shows him calling them in with a bird sound VM

Catfish · « **Reply #8 on:** July 12, 2004, 05:21:36 PM »

Forget it. If you want to just kill as many coon as you can, get a carbide lite, if you don`t want to mess with carbide put a red lens on your electric lite and walk around the woods makeing alot of noise and shineinbg trees. A wooden spoon and a pan make a great noise maker and so does about anything esle. Walking and makeing noise works best in early season, but then so does any thing else.

WD45 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 03, 2004, 07:17:45 AM »

Heck with all that running around ... thats what the dogs er fer

BTW ... using a red lens is NOT legal in my state, so you may want to check prior to saying hello to the warden at an unexpected time. Ya know... They just dont seem to come when yer expecting them :grin:

persistentprogrammer · « **Reply #10 on:** August 03, 2004, 02:00:29 PM »

Garbage in distress.

Sorry, I had to do it.