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Plore
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Posted - 07/16/2009 :  10:47:05  Show Profile Send Plore a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Trapping
Zones 1 & 2: October 15 - January 31
Zone 3: November 1 - January 31
Raccoon may be taken on private property by a property owner or designee all year if they are doing or about to do damage on private property. A license or written permit is not needed.

Hunting
Statewide: October 1 - January 31
Raccoon may be taken on private property by a property owner or designee all year if they are doing or about to do damage on private property. A license or written permit is not needed. See Nighttime Raccoon and Predator Hunting for specific regulations governing the hunting of this species at night.

Paul Lorenc
734-558-3554 (cell)
Southern Michigan Land Manager

JimmyC
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Posted - 07/16/2009 :  13:28:12  Show Profile Send JimmyC a Private Message  Reply with Quote
This is good to know. I could of shot about 20 of them one afternoon 2 years ago out on 109 but did not realize that it was legal (and actually encouraged). I will not make the same mistake again.
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Plore
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Posted - 07/18/2009 :  07:19:58  Show Profile Send Plore a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Yea this was news to me as well. I think it's great for the purpose of thinning out Coons. I suspect though that if your goal is to get the pelts for $$ then there are certain times of the year that are better than others for a good pelt.

Paul Lorenc
734-558-3554 (cell)
Southern Michigan Land Manager
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frank
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Posted - 07/18/2009 :  12:07:49  Show Profile Send frank a Private Message  Reply with Quote
If your wanting to take them for the money, you might want to wait about 3-5 years. This year they are mostly worthless, I have talked with 3 different fur buyers and they all say the same thing. Leave them in the woods, they are saying you could "possibly" get 5-10 dollars for a XL coon hide put up meaning skined, streched and dried this is for a prime hide.

If your wanting to kill them for the farmers, then the best best would be to drop them in a ditch or leave them lay where you shoot them. Another thing you want to consider is your not allowed to have them in your possition if you don't have a license while driving down the road.

The Mi DNR has a list of local fur buyers on their web page. You can contact any of them and try and figure out what you might be able to get for them if anything.

Frank Manning
Mid Michigan/Thumb Area
LandManager
frankm1968@hotmail.com
(810)347-5292
Edited by - frank on 07/18/2009 12:09:01
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JimmyC
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Posted - 07/18/2009 :  12:50:10  Show Profile Send JimmyC a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I would shoot them due to the issues farmers in southern michigan have with them due to overpopulation.
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B King
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Posted - 07/18/2009 :  17:01:09  Show Profile Send B King a Private Message  Reply with Quote
My father-in-law got started hunting coons for the meat. He sold them in the shops in Flint. He would bury the hide. I am not sure I would eat one, but I hate to see them dumped in a ditch if you can find someone who likes them.

Bob King
ASC Out Of State Coordinator
Cell# 989-321-0869
kingfisher1719@aol.com
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