Life span of raccoon

Burlkraft · July 11, 2011, 09:49:46 AM

Quote from: Jeff on July 10, 2011, 03:44:46 PM
Coon fur from this time of year I believe is worthless. I know people that eat coon, but Not me.

Why not?

Cleaned properly and BBQ'd coon is pretty DanG good!

Bro. Noble · July 11, 2011, 10:07:39 AM

Mom used to cook about anything Dad would bring in. We had lots of rabbits and squrril, but I liked coon better. Possoms were real low on my favored fare. ;)

Banjo picker · July 11, 2011, 05:32:49 PM

Bro. Noble I totaly agree about the possum...Mom cooked up one for grandpa when I was a kid ....the absolute worse thing I have ever put in my mouth...the grease sorta slicks over on the roof of your mouth and you can't seem to get rid of it..Tim

Tom · July 11, 2011, 08:02:54 PM

My Old Timer friend, Mr. Shippey, tells me that roasted/baked (?) possum is the best thing in the world. He ate it as a kid and spooned the grease on sweet potatoes. You can see his mouth watering as he tells you about it. Then He said, "I'll sop the grease with some light bread. It's good."

I guess I would eat possum if it were presented to me, but I have no desire to bake one when there is Beef available.

Opossum got a lot of people through the depression. You could catch them with your hands. Only the young fellows could run down a rabbit.

WDH · July 11, 2011, 09:19:48 PM

There is a reason that man domesticated cows and not possums

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pigman · July 11, 2011, 10:24:49 PM

Sometimes I have seen a possum catch a person's hand instead of the person catching the possum. Most times a possum will just "play possum" , but sometimes they use those sharp teeth.

dukndog · July 11, 2011, 10:29:24 PM

In the small southeast town of Gillett, Arkansas they have an annual coon supper for their community fundraiser. It's got to be the big political thing with the local politicians...even Bill Clinton has eat coon...among other things!!!

tyb525 · July 11, 2011, 11:22:57 PM

There are coon farms around, mostly for the furs.

Coon meat is a "best kept secret", so I've heard. Who knows, if history had taken a slightly different course, we might've been eating coons instead of chicken

clww · July 12, 2011, 01:26:41 PM

The latest residential oak tree I'm taking down, I had a mama coon in it for over a month. I tried live traps, leg holds, dead-falls and snares and was never successful in getting her. She is really smart. I got 6 feet from her in the tree when she was stretched out taking a nap and tried to get a loop around her. She woke up and batted the pole and rope away from her head, then went higher up the tree and promptly fell back asleep. She ended up moving across the street two doors down and into another hollow tree. I've been told by neighbors that she had another litter.

pigman · July 12, 2011, 03:36:03 PM

Four of the young coons are back today under the pear tree in mid afternoon.

I wonder at what distance I should be to get all four with one shot with the shotgun.

rbarshaw · July 12, 2011, 07:53:25 PM

When I was about 10, Mom cooked a coon That Dad shot, I remember that it was very good. I think it was cooked as a roast with vegtables. That evening Dad was eating a bowl of tapioca pudding, first time I had seen it, I asked him what it was, he said 'raccoon brain pudding', I believed that for many years till I recalled it with my mother and she told me what it really was. :D

Ron Scott · July 12, 2011, 08:27:37 PM

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Taylortractornut · July 14, 2011, 12:40:32 AM

Cant blame a possum for how they taste look at what they eat and which end that start eating it. Dad said when they were kids growing up at Turnpike MT in Burnsville everyone was poor. Dad said when ever a possum was caught it was put under a weighted down wash tub with water and ear corn and garden scraps to purge. Them

WDH · July 14, 2011, 07:50:09 AM

Taylor,

That is exactly how it was done down here to.

Magicman · July 14, 2011, 08:41:16 AM

A possum is just a buzzard with 4 legs. :-\

customsawyer · July 14, 2011, 04:57:49 PM

I think there is more meat on a possum than one would think cause I took one to a church supper that had about 75 people at it and there was still a lot of possum left for the next day. ;D

WDH · July 14, 2011, 09:37:09 PM

Yes, possum is very filling.

This porch possum eating the cats food is just shy of getting filled with lead

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Jeff · July 25, 2011, 01:12:12 PM

Creepy Coon Video.

dukndog · July 25, 2011, 01:21:47 PM

Now that thar is funny Jeff!!! You should try puttin a bigger item there to get his trapped like say a walnut!!

Ron57 · July 26, 2011, 10:25:41 AM

Years ago I had a trapline for muskrat and my grandmother said" Bring in a couple of those and Ill fry em up!!" Tastes like chicken digin_2
Grandma did make me cut off the rat tail before I brought it in the house.
Last year my boys had a trap line muskrat were bringing $8.00 top price. Coon was only $5.00 ave.

Troublermaker · July 27, 2011, 06:48:42 PM

Every since I was big enough to know anything we would eat rabbits, squirrel and muskrat. I have eaten coon when I was a kid and I love deer. Back then we eat most anything but I am not eating a possum. Anytime a dog will not eat it I am not going to eat it.