mountain coon

[brycejohnson]

This picture is off one of my gamer cameras in the mountains, usually I get pictures of cool things like bears and deer and fox, even a few bobcats and lions. I have had cameras in the area for over a year and this is the first coon picture I have gotten, which being a coon hunter excites me a bit, the cool thing about it is the camera is around 3800 ft elevation, so my question is, how many of you coon hunt at higher elevations like this? I would sure like to get up and try it. I'd like to hear about it also.

Bryce

[FullCryHounds]

I caught three coons this year here in CO. that were at 9500 feet. And, it was in Dec. Just about any body of water will hold coons around here.

[azhoundhunter88]

I catch them here in AZ at 5500 feet sometimes there up high if there's water.

[brycejohnson]

Man that is high, I would like to do some of that. I think I am going to try some of the mountain coon when they open back up. I'm afraid I am going to have trouble striking one. How thick are the coon at those elevations? A pretty good population or more spread out?

Bryce

[azhoundhunter88]

i find the same ammount at both elevations. you just have to go and try it out and see wat happens. if theres water then there is coons always remember that.

[treetalkingjp]

We are at 4500 and we caught 61 coons this year none off bait .all but a few was on game lands .

[guy54]

I am not sure that elevation has anything to do with where the coon are. If there is water and a food source the coon could be there. We have caught several coon at 7200 feet elevation. Years ago my dad was elk hunting and trapped a coon raiding his elk camp at about nine or ten thousand feet.

[dmunk]

In most of the Mtn West even the valleys are over 5,000 ft so it is very regular to see coon at pretty high elevations on the mountains. I would say though that the populations of mtn coons here are much more spread out than the coons down low in the agricultural land. People are a coons best friend! Our crops, trash, orchards, irrigation systems, empty buildings have allowed them to spread into many areas they would never be normally. Talking to old timers i always here how they never had racoon in most of the west when they were young.
Best place to hunt coon (if it were legal) would be in alot of these big cities. Went to visit my sister in Oakland C.A and walking a block and a half at dusk saw like 5 adult racoons. They were everywhere! Not sure where they all hide during the day? Good to know theres at least one game species to hound hunt that is increasing instead of disappearing!

[pchop]

Them city coons live in the sewer and attic s

[slowandeasy]

Them mountain coon are much easier to trail. As they leave five tracks two in the front and three in the back. Good luck with them you will find them everywhere there is water.


Take care, Willie

[azhoundhunter88]

Agreed I been catchin them low desert and up on the rim in the pines. Where I been really treein them had been about 4000 ft so ya there everywhere water is.

[azhoundhunter88]

Hey slowandeasy where do you do your coon hunting here in az?