Night Time activity is at a record high!

[only1harry]

Randy,
You have a critter factory in your backyard!  Enjoy it and start shooting!  hehehe

There was 1 fairly large coon amongst the 3-4 different ones that visited.. maybe around 20lbs.  I bet you have a monster 25-30 pounder out there somewhere.

PS.
Some advice:  If one coon is eating the bait, and the other isn't, the one eating is the dominant one and almost always bigger.  Shoot the one eating, not the one walking circles around the one eating, or begging to get some scraps - those are usually smaller or "young adults".

[atchman2]

Man!  I've got a ton of chicken bones chunked down there, an almost perfect hiding spot now with a FLOOR to keep me out of the mud, but it is raining and snowing like crazy.  Hopefully my wife will remember the tarp I asked her to buy for me at Wally World.  I have a bunch of old tent poles to make a cover.  It is coming up on the witching hour for the varmints!  They usually start around 8:30.  

Yesterday when it was still semi-warm I verified the 350 with Predators.  She was hitting one ragged hole at 20 yards so if I miss it is my pathetic aim or jitters.  

I've never actually seen two at the same time.  Usually I have tunnelvision looking at the one near the camera or bait.  There have been a couple of times where I've seen a coon and a possum over to one side.  It seems when the coons are active the other critters tend to stay away.

[jake]

wow you sure have alot of critters! yeah, chicken bones drive them crazy! goodluck, i hope you get em!

[Gene_SC]

I think Randy should have a night time fun shoot at his place... Remember to bring your hot coffee and foul weather gear.. Nice pics Randy.

[JimH]

Great photos. Does your camera take video or just stills? And does it record the time of day it takes the shots? Maybe you mentioned this previously, but what camera is it? I got a bandit crapping on my hot tub, not so much this winter, but when it's warmer he empties my wifes feeder and then craps on my tub or on the roof. I'd like to know what his patterns are. Last year I got one with a shovel. By Daisy pump with pointed rounds just bounced off at 10 feet, so I whacked him on the head instead and finished him with an ax. Now that I have a higher power gun, I haven't seen him.

[atchman2]

I think it is a "Wildgame" camera from Bass Pro Shops.  

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_10202927____SearchResults

It will take video.  I got a new SD card for it yesterday, but it was so nasty outside I didn't go out in the woods to put the new card in it.  

The wind was 30 mph!  The dinger didn't go off before 11 PM I guess the critters were hunkered down as well.  My son and I just went to bed and turned it and the lights off.  Hopefully it will be better tonight since my wife is gone, I have more time to hunt.