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was wondering if any of the big time coon hunters ever rig there dogs for coons, is there a place or a person that reagularly hunt this way for coons. the reson i ask was wednesday night i was roadin the dogs for coons, the ball n chain called to see when i was gettin home, so i said rain on it threw the dogs on the box ,got a pup that needs the practice, and bout a mile down the road, they both struck, just a couple wimpy ass barks, nothing like a bear, i put them on the ground the went all the way across a rice feild opened up and 20 min later they were caught, i was happy dogs were happy, wife was happy cause i was home early, i had never tried it but was wonderin if there are people that do it thanks.

do it quite a bit here

all the time.

These guys rig pretty well. But i personally like to make the dogs and myself work a little harder. Some times I wish i had a muzzle to put on my female until we got to were i want to hunt, and she aint a babbler, she's been honest most of the time. Gets the job done when i drop her.



from a hunt last week

That's the only way we run coons here in maine. We can cover a lot of ground. Gas prices suck but with a good coon dog we get a lot of strikes and tree a lot of coons

We do alot also, we coon hunt and squirrel hunt rigging!!
curman

Thant is how I hunt 80% of the time. I can cover more area in a less amount of time with them on the box. We have good roads that follow rivers in the coast range that are fun to hunt. I will box them in the light rain ( as long as it is not to cold) and they do well. Good luck and have fun...

-N

RIG OR ROAD HUNT 90% OF THE TIME COVER MORE GROUND IN LESS TIME AND TREE MORE COONS

That's the only way we run coons here in maine. We can cover a lot of ground. Gas prices suck but with a good coon dog we get a lot of strikes and tree a lot of coons

I second that..works great.

Rigging for coons is a good way to teach dogs to rig for bear; BUT it is very aggrivating to be out bear hunting early in the morning and rigging a coon....Makes you wana beat your dogs....lol

Heck.. We've rigged them in a snow storm and managed to put them up

But yeah.. I've rigged for coon quite a bit and quite succesfully.. I would prefer to do it that way most of the time

That how we do it unless we can't drive into a spot. Dogs can strike off the board even a 20 mph. Run hotter tracks to I think. Although I have had my btn strike and not bark on a track just locate and tree. Must have winded it just right I figured. Anyway cover more ground to. I do road a bit to partly cause I don't have time to hunt that much and the dogs get more exercise that way.

we rig for everything sometimes if i think dogs just aint striking off box i will turn around and road them through were we just came but i never knew there was any other way to hunt

Curman - I love the full size box!!!!


I also rig mine for coons.

Curman,

Was the box on the Toyoto made by the dogboxman (Mike) in Va? That sure looks like some of his fine work.