We are experiencing a population explosion of coons in SW OK. Has anyone else noticed this increase?
Nope but we have a few.
Had 2 on my roof last month.
Having only lived next to Lake Lawtonka for four years I can’t speak to a population explosion but I can say there are a huge number (aka crap load) of dead raccoons in the roads. Just driving here to the store (17 miles) I have counted as many as 8 dead coons. Also I’m thinking they travel in pairs because as more times than not there are two that have been ran over in close proximity to one another.
Haha, the state of OK removed trapping restrictions and limits years ago............and they are still like flies. Between me and my friends I bet we've trapped over a thousand in the last three or four years. I've caught a 138 of them off of just one deer feeder this calendar year, and I've trapped that place for about five years now lol.
I can't compete with your numbers, but between the coons and armadillo's, there is certainly a population explosion.
The Oklahoma Dept of Wildlife needs to put a .50 to $1.00 bounty on them.
Fur buyers won't pay a dime for them anymore, so nobody traps.
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Coons have trails with nothing but coon tracks in them on my place. Cant put out chicken out till daylight or the coons will get it.
