Here's a little story about "curb side shopping" fur style. "Stinkbait" (because he loves catfishing) is also a part-time scrapper, has a country place where we catch some coon, and is a free lance mason worker. I'm currently trapping 2 farm places for raccoon although the action is hit and miss because of the cold weather and the season is getting near the end (the fur quality will start declining in the coming weeks to a month, although our northern coon seem to keep their fur good longer than less cold places because they're not as active through the winter, at least my opinion).

The coon vexed me last night at the hay farm. No action there since Sat. and then 2 out of the 3 dps in action but no scores. The one in the granary that I had mini mellows and grape flavored jello powder in it with a golf ball on top to keep out the mice, had the golf ball off and the bait cleaned out but no movement of the trap. I re-baited with some fish kebble just enough to cover the trigger. Abouy a 100 yards away in the back side of the hay barn, the coon must have gotten a single toe caught and was able to pull out. Wrapped some of the baling plastic around the stake. Re-baited with kebble and grape gelatin powder. No action of any kind at Thor's place.

On the way to Thor's a saw a still "decent" road killed coon but was running really late to work so I called Stinkbait who I knew was still home. Told him where it was. He got that one and then on the way to his current work site, he picked up 2 more (all within 10 miles). Someone called him in the afternoon about another one and he grabbed that one on the way home. He just about got another himself tonight but was a split second too late. Fur still looks good to me with no rubs although the one has a black patch when brushed a certain way. A couple just clipped, a couple others will be joys to skin but not a bad day picking up the pieces...







P.S. The coon weighed between 11-17 pounds, pretty average for around here.