Have been seeing numerous coons out moving at dusk and even earlier (Iowa), with good light the last few days. I know the rain gets them moving, but it is that time of year when they really start chowing down to build reserves for winter. You will start to notice many laying dead along the roadsides too. Check your coops and runs!
the rain gets them moving because it brings earthworms to the top a food of coon the worms are a right fair bait the family groups won,t break up until jan-feb when the mom comes back into heat then the boar will run the little ones off the "little ones" are pretty much grown at this point they just ain,t as layered with fat yet
I've heard females usually stay in related female-only families and males will travel together in unrelated male groups.
I lost my rooster to a coon tonight. I only had one rooster and four hens but he protected them to the death.
