Many many years ago longer than Fish likes to think about.He promised Peanut he would take him coon hunting on a Friday night after he got off work at midnight. Well as luck would have it on that Friday night, it was cold and, there was one heck of a frost. But one thing Fish had learned was that kid's don't understand when you say you will do something and then don't. |
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Well Fish had a coon dog, yep a Treeing Walker if you looked at his other pages, called Ole Mike. Now Ole Mike had such a cold nose. Well let me tell you about his cold nose. One time when Fish and Ole mike went coon hunting. Ole Mike treed an old coon up a big Oak tree with all its leaves still on. Now Fish was a tollerable good shot but for some reason the coon didn't fall and Fish could not see it any more. About 8 days later Ole Mike ran that same coon and treed on the same tree. But this time the leaves were all gone and there set Mr. Coon caught in a fork. Now tell me that Ole Mike didn't have a cold nose. |
So back to the midnight hunt. Well Fish got Ole Mike fed a bite as soon as he got home from work, then ate a bite hisself. Fish always believed that dogs hunted better if they wern't hungry. After eating they went over and got Peanut and away they went. Well Fish figured they were going for a midnight stroll. As it was really cold and one heck of a frost. The frost was so thick it was about 1/2 thick. |
Wern't very long until Ole Mike opened up, now this track was so old that,Peanut and Fish just walked along and watched Ole Mike work that track. Across a log, tapped on a tree,across an old gate,into a corn field,then to the creek and back to the woods. Ole Mike worked that track for 1 1/2 hours. Finally up a big Oak tree. |
That coon wasn't fooling Ole Mike. When Ole Mike finally put Mr. coon on a tree guess what it was .Yep one of them big Ole Oaks with it leaves still on. Now not figuring on getting a coon any way. All Fish had brought along was a 22 pistol. Up in the tree Fish climbed so he could get a good shot, wern't leaving this one, at Mr.Coon. Now let Fish tell you that was the biggest gosh darn coon he had ever saw. After about 6 shots Mr. Coon had enough so out he jumped and was he ever mad at the world. |
Now Ole Mike's eyes were not the best. If there had been such a thing Fish would have got him glasses. When Mr. Coon jumped out he came down so the light was shining in Ole MIkes eyes. And he got away from Ole Mike. But Peanut grabbed a club and started thumping on Mr. Coon. Now Mr. Coon had enough of that so up the first tree he went just a little ole skinny tree. Guess he figured the Big Oak was not safe. |
Well Fish told Peanut to get a club and keep the light out of Ol MIkes eyes. The moon was so bright Fish didn't even need a light to see Mr.Coon so up the ol skinney tree Fish goes. Only about 15 feet off the ground there sets Mr.Coon. Well Fish starts shaking and lo and behold Mr. Coon jumped right on Fish's back. Ripping a brand new lined Levi jacket right down the back. Also knocking Fish off his limb.And darn it there he was,caught by his feet hanging upside down, swinging back and forth. With every swing the pistol was cracking him in the ribs. Looking down there was Peanut thumping on Mr. Coon with Fish's brand new 5 cell flash light. Ole mIke had a death grip on Mr. Coon and it was all over. Well almost any way. Fish finally got hisself pulled up and got down out of the tree. |
Well lets see 1 brand new lined Levi jacket19.95. 1 brand new 5 cell flash light 4.95 that comes to about 24.90. Not bad for a .50 coon. Now like Fish said earlier that was the biggest coon he had ever saw it weighed 32 pounds. At least we had some good eating. Ain't nuting like barbecued coon |
Well my friends a small price to pay for making a young lad happy. This is another coon hunting story as told by Fish. And if you can find Peanut he may or maynot tell you if it is true.That you must decide for yourself. "HAPPY HUNTING TO YOU" |
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