Yankeeterrier 95 Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Just now, Varminator said: He breeds more for track drivers than coon dogs but ice seen some good coon dogs from his line We don’t have much fun to tree other than coon where I’m at. Up north there’s cats and you can go a state over to run bear but here it’s coon or opting for trail hounds/sight hounds for coyotes. My only thing with having a coon hound is I’d really be an asshole cause I’d never sleep Quote Link to post
Mooching Celt 659 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 The antis went out and released the mink in this country from the fur farms..............shame there wasn't any raccoon farms around or my kennels would have a couple of hounds in it next to the tykes 2 Quote Link to post
dillydog 8,462 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 You can buy them off the pet sites Quote Link to post
dillydog 8,462 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 You can buy them off the pet sites http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/domestic-exotics-classifieds/96319-hand-reared-raccoon-sale.html#/topics/96319 Quote Link to post
Yankeeterrier 95 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, dillydog said: You can buy them off the pet sites http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/domestic-exotics-classifieds/96319-hand-reared-raccoon-sale.html#/topics/96319 I know people who have had them as pets, although they just kept the odd young one they found. Decent pets but hated being cornered is the general consensus from the few people I’ve known who had them Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,416 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 A friend of mine used to buy a lot of birds on the continent and bring them back here to Ireland to sell. All legal with the proper paperwork. Now and again he'd be asked to bring in mammals and brought in Racoons, Dingos and Wallabees for collectors. Again all legal. When picking up these animals the sellers had Muntjac and Sun Bears too for sale. If you think the Mink's been a problem just be glad the Racoons not feral yet. Mind you, my lurcher treed a Fox the day before yesterday and me with no terrier to throw up that tree. Treeing Coons would be a hunt I'd enjoy. 3 Quote Link to post
forest of dean redneck 11,524 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 15 hours ago, Kaiser Sozé said: Cracking hounds bud? Those have got a strong front end on them.? 1 Quote Link to post
forest of dean redneck 11,524 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 19 minutes ago, Yankeeterrier said: I know people who have had them as pets, although they just kept the odd young one they found. Decent pets but hated being cornered is the general consensus from the few people I’ve known who had them It can get emotional when raccoons kick off on their owners , my missus got bit by a pet skunk years ago which I found amusing ?? 1 Quote Link to post
fat man 4,741 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 On 3/2/2018 at 21:20, neil cooney said: A friend of mine used to buy a lot of birds on the continent and bring them back here to Ireland to sell. All legal with the proper paperwork. Now and again he'd be asked to bring in mammals and brought in Racoons, Dingos and Wallabees for collectors. Again all legal. When picking up these animals the sellers had Muntjac and Sun Bears too for sale. If you think the Mink's been a problem just be glad the Racoons not feral yet. Mind you, my lurcher treed a Fox the day before yesterday and me with no terrier to throw up that tree. Treeing Coons would be a hunt I'd enjoy. Why didn't you climb up ya big fat f****r 1 Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,416 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 30 minutes ago, fat man said: Why didn't you climb up ya big fat f****r It was only an Ash tree and probably wouldn't have took the weight, LOL. Truth be told it's a tree I've walked by many's a time and never noticed how it branches out into four boughs and has a lot of ivy so I'll try a terrier in it some time. I've bolted many's a Fox from a tree. It saved a few days that would have been blank otherwise. Quote Link to post
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Local pack to me would have sparse days if it weren't for lime trees and such in the park .Takes a special dog to do tree work regular 1 Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,416 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 minute ago, foxdropper said: Local pack to me would have sparse days if it weren't for lime trees and such in the park .Takes a special dog to do tree work regular I had a little small bitch one time called Tig that Fatman bred out of his Tod and Bess, if I remember correctly ,who had a super nose. But she started marking Rabbits so I gave her to a Huntsman of a large pack. I told him not to use her for stopping but only when hounds marked and that she wouldn't let him down. I rang him a few weeks into cubbing and asked him how he was getting on with her ? He said I wasn't kidding about her nose. Hounds had marked a hole at the bottom of a tree and Tig was tried. She said no and they said Cooney's given us a bad one. Tig stood on her back legs looking up into the tree. They threw her up and the fox bolted. I've seen it a good few times and often wondered how many times a fox has looked down on us as we passed. 2 Quote Link to post
Jambalaya 304 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Everyone here who hunts tree dogs usually uses a hound or mountain cur type dogs. I coonhunted with treeing walkers and blue ticks all through my childhood.. owned a few as an adult but was too busy with gamecocks etc to pursue it seriously.. Quote Link to post
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 I think the lads are wrong that you are D A mate . Otherwise you' be 120 years old Quote Link to post
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