Coon Hunting Question

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The only way you can use a 22 at night is with a hound or trapper checking traps. You can call but must use a shotgun not sure about a bow. coon eating corn on a pile is not classed as damage causing, so they can only be shot or trapped in the seasons allowed. coon causing damage may be controled at any time by lawful means of take.

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Posted: 05 Aug 2008 9:37 PM
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Does anyone know if it is legal to coon hunt, after dark, sitting on a corn pile, with a .22 or even a 410 and a coonlight, with NO DOG? i get pictures of soooo many coons on my trail cam, i wanna thin the .....herd? i cant have a dog, and now a days the properties are too small to run a dog, he will get me on someone elses property within 2 mins... just looking for a legal way to coon hunt with no dog... maybe with a call...? Please only post facts, i dont want to get myself in trouble with the law.. if noone knows for sure ill send F&G an email, (but they take weeks to get back to me...and usually never know the right answer themselves..) __________________ Jersey Jays Taxidermy "True expressions for the passionate outdoorsman" Jason Wizner http://www.jerseyjaystaxidermy.com 587 Paulison Ave 551-206-2623 Clifton, NJ 07011 Best Hunting Club in NEW JERSEY! >>> http://WWW.BARBERTOWNSPORTSMENSCLUB.COM

Posted: 05 Aug 2008 9:49 PM
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I can identify with that. Coons are taking up all the memory. __________________ EAT SLEEP HUNT Make your dreams a reality. Take a kid hunting. Film your next hunt. www.nloutdoors.com

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 5:38 AM
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let a trapper help you. but you need to wait till november. with high numbers, if a rabbies or distemper starts it will wipe them all out. .22 is out, can only use them to dispatch trapped animals, and then it's shorts only. email f+g the question. give a local trapper the go. __________________ united bowhunters of NJ NJ fur harvesters Monroeville

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 7:31 AM
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I agree email f&G and when you find out let us know because I have a really bad coon problem on my East Amwell spot. It's really annoying sorting out 1000 pics and 600 are coons __________________ EAT SLEEP HUNT Make your dreams a reality. Take a kid hunting. Film your next hunt. www.nloutdoors.com

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 7:32 AM
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The only way you can use a 22 at night is with a hound or trapper checking traps. You can call but must use a shotgun not sure about a bow. coon eating corn on a pile is not classed as damage causing, so they can only be shot or trapped in the seasons allowed. coon causing damage may be controled at any time by lawful means of take. __________________ ACP Wildlife Control Services Rednecks Pride Game Calls / Outdoor scents

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 7:45 AM
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Quote: The only way you can use a 22 at night is with a hound or trapper checking traps. You can call but must use a shotgun not sure about a bow. coon eating corn on a pile is not classed as damage causing, so they can only be shot or trapped in the seasons allowed. coon causing damage may be controled at any time by lawful means of take. Bingo __________________ <- <- <- <- ~ <- <- <- <- I'd rather be working.........a Bird! Pro Staffer

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 8:04 AM
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Sooooo, your saying if i dont have a trap or a dog, i cannot carry a .22 how about a shotgun? 410 preferrably... i will definately only hunt them during the season.. not at all damaging anything.. we only have 1 guy who traps in our club. the rest of us live so far from the land to check traps daily.. my dad tells me i can set a trap in an area like ours and catch a coon overnight no problem. they used to use barrel traps back in the day... my grandpa RIP had amazing dogs and they used to go out before i was born and clean house! lol my dad says he had a silent dog (wouldnt bark on the trail), so the coon wouldnt know he was comming until too late.. had to run up the tree nearest, there was never much of a chase with that dog.. he got the job done quick.. __________________ Jersey Jays Taxidermy "True expressions for the passionate outdoorsman" Jason Wizner http://www.jerseyjaystaxidermy.com 587 Paulison Ave 551-206-2623 Clifton, NJ 07011 Best Hunting Club in NEW JERSEY! >>> http://WWW.BARBERTOWNSPORTSMENSCLUB.COM

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 8:11 AM
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i think the issue is hunting over bait. im not to sure about the legality of that so you still may want to talk to someone from F&G __________________ Hunting isnt catch and release

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 8:18 AM
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I happen to know an old coon hunter. I will ask him tonight and find out what the deal is. __________________ EAT SLEEP HUNT Make your dreams a reality. Take a kid hunting. Film your next hunt. www.nloutdoors.com

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 1:28 PM
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Quote: I happen to know an old coon hunter. I will ask him tonight and find out what the deal is. I happen to BE an old coon hunter ! And what redneck said 'IS' the deal! __________________ <- <- <- <- ~ <- <- <- <- I'd rather be working.........a Bird! Pro Staffer

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 4:42 PM
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so ill just sit there and call,,, away from the bait pile... and see what happens. ill just "walk through the bait" on the way to my calling spot lol just kidding, i want to do it legal, ill just send the email i guess, and ask if i can hunt over the bait.. thanks everyone. __________________ Jersey Jays Taxidermy "True expressions for the passionate outdoorsman" Jason Wizner http://www.jerseyjaystaxidermy.com 587 Paulison Ave 551-206-2623 Clifton, NJ 07011 Best Hunting Club in NEW JERSEY! >>> http://WWW.BARBERTOWNSPORTSMENSCLUB.COM

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 6:57 PM
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Just bring your trash cans with you for a blind __________________ "from my cold dead hands" "to all those in harms way, SEMPER FI"

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 7:34 PM
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Quote: Just bring your trash cans with you for a blind __________________ are you nuts? those north jersey bears love to rip a part trash cans. __________________ united bowhunters of nj nj fur harvesters monroeville