Market for Raccoon meat???

[batoncolle]

Definitely an animal I wouldn't worry about wasting the meat, or see if a bird rescue might take the meat like Geaux suggested.

Although when a few of us hunted them many years ago, one of my friends knew an old guy that would take every last one of them. That old fella loved to eat coon...

 

[2jackrussell]

Leaving the feet attached to something, that's big in the butcher shops in Asia.
Most times they left the heads on too.

Apparently there is a market for the meat.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015...ter-local-supermarket-sells-raccoons-as-food/

 

[harrycalahan]

just had a thought.... call your local chinese restaurant. Probably wont give ya much for it though.

 

[BHJ]

Be darn careful around the feces.
I saw on a TV show called eaten alive where a guy unknowingly touched some while turkey hunting and then touched his eye. The parasite that entered his eye started eating it from the inside out. According to the show it took a really sharp doctor to figure out why he was going blind.

http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/baylisascaris/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylisascaris

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/worm-eats-mans-retina-terrible-parasites/story?id=11700175

 

[bearpugh]

no offense. but if i'm down to eating coons, i'm not paying for it. lol

 

[Traderjohn]

Hey racoon BBQ is pretty fair as I recall.
We all laughed when it was put on, but we ate every bit of it.

Tastes just like chicken as you would imagine. lol
In the wild they're not eating from trashcans, like squirrels they're eating good stuff.

You mean to tell me that squirrels in the wild eat out of trash cans?

 

[Traderjohn]

I'll talk to the wife about it tonight. We feed the dog raw meats. She's always looking for different kinds, because you shouldn't feed them the same protein time after time.

I'll let you know if she wants to try some. A rabbit costs us about $5 live, $7 or $8 cleaned. A coon being twice the weight I guess $10. You don't have to butcher it and it's already skinned, but you would have to keep it cold. Just like you were going to sell it to a person.

What do you think, should I ask her?

Dogs will not eat coon meat, even if you cook it.

 

[biker_bill]

You mean to tell me that squirrels in the wild eat out of trash cans?

lol, You missed the comma! I actually used punctuation!

 

[heystranger]

Coon meat is not greasy. Possum is greasy. Coon meat is real red colored and barbecued it is good. There is a gland that needs removing first before you cook it. Down South here it is eaten regular in the winter time.

 

[07JKX]

OMG... as if ask and delivered:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/40595126...ozen-raccoons/?intcmp=obnetwork#sp=show-clips