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Albino Raccoon #5532675
05/25/16 07:21 AM
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Was lucky enough to catch one on Monday. Anyone else ever catch one?

I don't know how to post pics to this site but here is a link to my facebook page where there is a picture

https://www.facebook.com/IllianaWildlife


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Re: Albino Raccoon [Re: bjansma] #5533150
05/25/16 06:26 PM
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That's pretty cool. I've never seen one.

Re: Albino Raccoon [Re: bjansma] #5533878
05/26/16 03:57 PM
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Not to rain on your parade,but,if,you can see a faint mask,on the coon's face and faint stripes around its tail,it is a leucistic color phase and not a true albino,which would be completely white,with pink eyes. Good Luck!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism

This is a leucistic coon,also,but,it is incorrectly identified as an albino coon.

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/assignment-chicago/2011/12/extremely-rare-albino-raccoon.html

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Re: Albino Raccoon [Re: bjansma] #5534063
05/26/16 07:15 PM
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My parade is all wet. Thought I had something there.

That is interesting, and thank you for the clarification. I noticed the story you linked to raccoon was in Chicago. Chicago is a big place but mine was caught minutes from the south side.


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Re: Albino Raccoon [Re: bjansma] #5534261
05/26/16 09:48 PM
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Very cool.

Re: Albino Raccoon [Re: bjansma] #5534835
05/27/16 02:48 PM
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I have a mounted female leucistic coon,that I caught in 1994,I caught over 1,500 coons that season,just to catch that one. Though,they are not true albinos,they do have some value,on the taxidermy market,since,they are somewhat rare and make unusual mounts. Good Luck!

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Re: Albino Raccoon [Re: bjansma] #5534851
05/27/16 03:12 PM
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No salvage allowed under a nuisance license in IL. I am ok with that 99.99% of the time. Little twinge of regret with this one. A mount would have been cool.


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Re: Albino Raccoon [Re: bjansma] #5542028
06/04/16 03:28 AM
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Thats very nice!!!!


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Re: Albino Raccoon [Re: bjansma] #5542030
06/04/16 03:33 AM
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That's not leucistic, look at its eyes! Anyone can clearly see that's a zombie raccoon.


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Re: Albino Raccoon [Re: bjansma] #5542045
06/04/16 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted By: bjansma
No salvage allowed under a nuisance license in IL. I am ok with that 99.99% of the time. Little twinge of regret with this one. A mount would have been cool.



Maybe a college or museum would have the permits to mount it.

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