Flying coons

[Ronnie H]

Starting a young pup hunting some by himself and with a old hound tonight he got treed and had the coon big hard running kind. I squaled once to catch a eye and that coon took to the air,jumped from the top of a large oak and hit the ground running.And I had two young men hunting with me and planed to put that coon on the ground but not that way.

[Gary Roberson]

Where were you hunting? Sounds like South Texas or Hill Country. Great to hear that you had some youngsters with you.
Adios,
Gary

[Ronnie H]

Hi Gary, this was in the Sulphur river bottoms. School let out last friday for Christmas and been hunting with them every night. I well remember the joy of someone taking me hunting as a kid. Words can't explain the look those boys had when that coon took a leap out of that tree. All the way to the truck I would hear the sound of one of them trying to squal. It's like hearing a young roster learning to crow.

[Gary Roberson]

Priceless. For years I took from 30-50 Boy Scouts that were camped at Sol Mayer at Ft. McKavett. Usually about a dozen at a time. They loved it and chances are it was the last time most of them ever hunted as they were from the cities.
Adios,
Gary