a raccoon falls victim.....

[Zach Roberts]

I loved that article man,but that's beside the point...no pun intended lol..... Nice kill man

[radius]

it ain't wasting even if you throw it away:  after all, you're protecting the chickens and your brother's money...i'm just surprised you shot it so much...

[Pappy]

Nice job Billy,Coon ant greasy it taste a lot like Venison,pretty tasty. The last one I killed I mad coon stew and it was very good.Now ground hog is greasy.
   Pappy

[huntertrapper]

see im lazy and a cave boy and id cut some meat off and just fry it in butter, not a real good way to prepare an old boar coon..

[bushytail]

I heard the younger ones taste better and are more tender.Maybe you need to cook the older ones longer at a lower temp.

[stickbender]

     Again Billy way to go.  And again way to respect the animal.  As for what Mad Crow, said, Believe it!  Years ago, when I was in the army, my dad took some friends down to our camp in the Big Cypress, and he thought he had enough food.  That is till he saw how two growing teenagers eat.  Well one of my friends hated black eye peas, so after they had eaten up all the chicken, and hamburger, they decided that they would go kill something to eat.  Well they killed a big ol Coon, and brought him back to the cabin, and started to clean and cook it.  Well my dad came back, and asked what smells?  When they told him they were cooking a coon, he asked them if they had removed the glands.  They responded with " What glands? "  Well, not only could they not eat it, the dogs wouldn't even eat it!  They ended up eating Black eyed peas......then remembered the big canal, and caught some fish.
     I have never eaten coon before, but I know some of the people in N.C. will fight you for one.  Some people I have worked with, just love it.  They fry it.  I know I have eaten Armadillo, and it is great.  Nope, doesn't taste like chicken, tastes like pork.  Just par boil it, then batter it and fry it.  Might work with Coon also.  Ask those who do eat it, they can tell better how to prepare, and cook it.  BUT DO BY ALL MEANS, REMOVE THE GLANDS!!!

                                                                             Wayne

                                                                   Wayne

[jamie]

nice work billy. im sure its been eaten by now but my favorite cooking method for all small game is on a spit over coals. belly up. when the juices in the belly have all but dissapeared its done. like said though glands and fat gotta go. had a buddy cook up a beaver for he had taken. he never removed the glands and you could smell it when he was cookin it. i let him take the first and only bite.

[Papa Matt]

Any brothers know where these glands are located so I can be sure to cut them out?

~~Papa Matt

[jamie]

depends on the critter. some have it in the front legs, some in all the legs. and so on and so on

[Papa Matt]

I know they're usually in the legs, but I mean specifically on a coon where are they? When you skin the beast, don't they come off with the skin or you have to cut them off of the meat after you already skin it?

~~Matt

[cracker]

Mighty tasty backed with bbq sauce and sweet taters. As for the hide coon skin cap.Ron

[billy]

The glands, also called Kernels, are located under the armpits and also on the lower back (from what I remember).  I did remove the glands from my raccoon.  They are about the size of a lima bean and are a hard, off-white nugget.  If you remove all the fat and excess crud you'll remove the glands in the process.  They're not buried in the muscle, but just outside of it.  Anyway, I still haven't eaten him yet, but $$$ is getting tight, so it'll probably be soon when I do cook him up!

[mullet]

   Cook him up, Billy. They are tasty, like cracker said, with BBQ sauce on the grill. There used to be an old Black man near here that would trap them, put them in cages and feed them Buttermilk and bisquits. Then he'd sell them for $30 a piece. Always had a waiting list on holidays.

[sailordad]

now thats sounding yummy

[D. Tiller]

Ya know what? We lack them type of charectors here in the NW. Makes life interesting!