Went out to my spot this morning to do some deer hunting. As I was walking out at 5:00 am I saw a set of eyes glowing from my head lamp. At first I thought it was a deer, but didn't hear it run off or snort. As I walked in to my stand here come a coon right at me, all I saw was teeth. I threw a stick at it and it still was coming at me. With my light on I could see it had something all around it's mouth. Two more sticks and the coon went up a tree. It come back down as I walked pass the tree and I nocked a arrow, just to be safe.
I have to say I was a little scared at first. The coon went up another tree right next to my stand and I then could tell it had rabies. This stuff was dripping from it's mouth. I got set a loosed a arrow at it and missed. I nocked another arrow and loosed that one. Thud it hit and hit hard. the coon went up about another 5 foot in the tree and just stayed there, I moved around to get another shot when the coon came out of the tree.
I hit him just behind the ribs and put the arrow in the chest area. Coon season doesn't start till Tomorrow night about 7:45 pm so I sent a email to NJ F&W telling them what I did. Still waiting for a reply. Well I didn't get a deer or seen one, but My self made red oak bow now has MoJo.
Here is 2 pic's of him. I cleaned him up some since there was stuff on his face and blood all over him. From tip of noise to tip of tail 28" long