Edge Report post Posted September 19, 2016 PBS Nature RACCOON NATION Feb 07, 2012 Geography: The raccoon is native to North America and can be found throughout the United States, except for parts of the Rocky Mountains, and southwestern states like Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. New World Encyclopedia: New habitats that have recently been occupied by raccoons (aside from urban areas) include mountain ranges, such as the Western Rocky Mountains, prairies, and coastal marshes. After a population explosion starting in the 1940s, the estimated number of raccoons in North America in the late 1980s was 15 to 20 times higher than in the 1930s, when raccoons were comparatively rare. Urbanization, the expansion of agriculture, deliberate introductions, and the extermination of natural predators of the raccoon have probably caused this increase in abundance and distribution.[5] I believe they've always been in wet areas of AZ, but their range and population has exploded. I'm trying to find an article I read last night published by the U of A regarding 19th century fur trappers in AZ unable to locate raccoons here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elecshoc Report post Posted September 19, 2016 dang some you guys are some racist bastards, but hella funny though at the same time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6ANut Report post Posted September 19, 2016 All over Munds park, back in the day when no one was up here during the winters we used to have a coon killing contest in the PARK........ My dad never was one for rules, quite odd because he is a lawyer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikaele Report post Posted September 19, 2016 Wash next to house on Tatum and Dynamite and a dead one on Cave Creek about Beardsley. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmall Report post Posted September 19, 2016 Saw this one just outside of Prescott yesterday. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoghntr Report post Posted September 19, 2016 Wash next to house on Tatum and Dynamite and a dead one on Cave Creek about Beardsley. I have seen coons & badgers hit right there also Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ringer Report post Posted September 19, 2016 I have seen them just about all over the state but usually near a water source. Seen coata mundies around Tucson and up at Apache lake. Seen otters on Bartlett. Had a beaver near the Phoenix airport in a small lake we used to own. Never know how they travel around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted September 19, 2016 Wash next to house on Tatum and Dynamite and a dead one on Cave Creek about Beardsley. I have seen coons & badgers hit right there also We had a big ol badger hit in the road just a few hundred yards north of my coon sighting on 163rd 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted September 19, 2016 Saw this one just outside of Prescott yesterday.he seems well trained 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Beavers Report post Posted September 19, 2016 Coons? LOL this is all I thought of when I read the thread title. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countrykid Report post Posted September 19, 2016 Mesa, Queen Creek, Payson, Salt River...just to name a few Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heat Report post Posted September 19, 2016 I checked "the" reference for mammals in Arizona here at work. Here is what Mammals of Arizona by Hoffmeister has to say: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted September 19, 2016 http://www.wideopenspaces.com/brush-cleaning-cooking-raccoon/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Beavers Report post Posted September 19, 2016 LOL Man in coon skin hat tells all Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
520HUNT Report post Posted September 20, 2016 Chase Field... Running thru the rafters above my seats in section 323 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
