Racoon Population

[Woody's Janitor]

We are experiencing a population explosion of coons in SW OK. Has anyone else noticed this increase?

 

[XYZ]

Nope but we have a few.

 

[okcBob]

Had 2 on my roof last month.

 

[Firpo]

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.

 

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[Okie4570]

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.

 

[dennishoddy]

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.