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Raccoons breed in Ohio end of January deep into February now boars are swelling up , raccoons have the same gestation of dogs , 60 to 63 days ! That is the peak time ! Never any slow nights when they are full blown breeding !

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Scott Morris
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Went last night 18 degrees with 10/15 mph wind in NW Ohio. 3 good tracks from 100 to 500 yards long all ending on dens with coons tapping a few trees first. I believe next week it will really pick up with the breeding and getting a few more on the outside. January breeding is my favorite time of year to hunt. good luck and be safe everyone.

Scott, not sure what part of OH you are from but here in North Central, Crawford, Marion, Seneca, Huron and Harding Rut is pretty much over late Jan. Its just your yearlings that might come in late. 25 yrs ago I use to get laid off in the winter and had to make that up selling fur, so I took a lot of coon back then. Depending on the year the week after Christmas was the cut off date for taking good clean hides. After that they were rubbed bad and scratched to beat all. Which really stinks because as far as being prime ( thick heavy fur) they were just getting there but were junk hides do to the rubs and hair pull. OSU did some good research on Coon movement, using GPS collars and were able to confirm that some sows are have 2 litters, and that young sows pretty much can come in heat anytime of the year. I highly recommend everyone to watch the PBS show they aired on it if you can find it.

Check the Odnr website , they’ll tell you when the majority of breeding is done ! Can’t have kittens being born in Feb and January , mama had to have liquid water to feed them , all animal cycles are based off hours of light and dark in the 24 hour cycles, that’s why deer breed in Ohio in November , so their young are born in the spring ! Coons are not breeding much now , that’s a fact , you can be anywhere in Ohio in 3 hours , few hours isn’t going to be much different ! If they are breeding you can hit a good one in the daylight ! Just the facts bud! Will be getting hot soon? Never struggle to get after anything when they are breeding hot and heavy! Click this link. https://ohiodnr.gov/discover-and-le...mammals/raccoon

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Scott Morris
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I take what DNR says with a grain of salt, are they still claiming we don't have Bobcat in the state of OH LOL? I hunt all year I go by what I see myself in the woods, not what old wise tales claimed. Look at Deer hunting. Now that people are handing over money left and right to do it. There is a lot of research now proving the old timer myths wrong. Plus all the trail cams. I had an albino pet coon born in the 1st week of Feb. I got him because he lost a foot to frost bite, had him for many years. I have had dogs pull kitten coon out of Dens in the 1st week of Nov. before, dog got 3 before I got into the tree and saw what was going on. This past spring I found 3 litters in the 1st week of march. I know at least 2 of the litters made it, because I kept treeing them all year. ( and no I don't take many coon at all now). We had a Doe have a fawn this year on Sept 1st. Pretty sure it didn't make it, I never saw it after the 1st two weeks. I was really suprized how healthy the coon were this winter with the swamps being dried up, but I have yet to see a sick one.