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of his tail to the end of his nose, 4 feet and 4 

 inches. I caught another one last winter that 

 weighed 25 pounds and measured four feet and 

 2 inches from his nose to the end of his tail. 



I catch a good many that weigh over 20 

 pounds. Another thing I want to tell jou is 

 this, in over 20 years of 'coon hunting I have 

 never cut a tree down to get a 'coon. There is 

 too much of that kind of work done. Where are 

 all of the 'coons going to stay when you get all 

 of the den trees cut down? I want to ask you 

 where is the land owner that wants 'coon 

 hunters cutting his timber down? Think of cut- 

 ting a fine, large tree down because it has a hole 

 in it with a 'coon inside. If I get a 'coon in 

 such a tree and can't climb it, I just call ttie 

 dogs away from the tree and let him go until 

 some other time. I make it my business to go 

 that way again some night, and the chances are 

 I get that same 'coon in such a tree and can't 

 climb it, I just tree a head of Mr. 'Coon if I 

 can, and he goes up some tree that I can get 

 him, out of when he sees he is cut off from his 

 den tree, and the tree is left for the next 'coon 

 that comes along. So, brothers, please cut the 

 tree cutting out, as it is for your own good to 

 let those kind of trees stand if you want to hunt 

 'coon. When you go around thru the timber 

 destroying it, some one is going to call a halt 



