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raccoon
Night goat:
would ya eat it? have you eaten it?
not talking about the urban trash panda type coons, more of the type youd find way out in the woods (or cypress island in my case)
I never have, was just bored reading the regs and saw the season was sept 1-march 31st
thought it might be fun to break up the winters boredoms by going out and letting the dog find some raccoons to chase, seeing as you can hunt em at night with dogs and lights...
suppose they would always make a nice hat or something
merkaba93:
I'd try cooking it. I don't see how it would be all that different than squirrel or ground hog.
syoungs:
I have eaten it a few times. Meat is somewhat sweet, consistency close to pork.
We just roasted them when we tried it, and finished with some bbq sauce
I'd do it again.
STIKNSTRINGBOW:
Still trying to come to grip with just killing them.
I know where a lot are, see them all the time.
With having just taken the trapping class and figure I am going to man up.
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But in the mid '80's I had one for a pet.
Neighbors killed the adults because they were aggressive, then found babies.
Eyes were not even open, I bottle fed and used a warm washcloth to make it (defecate) until it got bigger.
Potty trained, slept with, and took everywhere with me until officer Jim Suda with the wdfw took him, and wrote me a $150 ticket for "wildlife in captivity" even though the raccoon was free to leave at any time...
Best pet I ever had.
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Now, those chicken killing egg stealers better stay off my property, and if I find one in my trap...
I'll have my daughter kill it (lol)..
Just kidding...
But yes, I'll probably eat one.
Two, if they are any good.
pcal:
Just hope they aren't dining on salmon.I ate a few bites of roasted coon back in Virginia and to get them ready to cook is quite involved.Skinned,remove glands under the front legs and small of the back.Then you parboiled twice pouring off the water.After all that you roast them like a goose in a racked roaster pan.I shot a couple hundred for sport.I shot as many as 10 on one night and as many possums with friends and their dogs treeing them.We would use .22 short to knock them out of the tree and let the dogs kill them.That would do little damage to the fur unless the coon was small .We'd hold the dogs and club the coon as the dogs would pull them apart.Possums would be killed and left.Few people I knew would eat coons let alone a possum.(any animal that would den in the carcass of a dead horse isnt high on my list for fine dining)
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