Some people say the fat makes it taste bad, but I've never noticed it. It ain't pork, but it's fine eating.
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That gave me a laugh.

Have you ever watched what chickens eat or been in a chicken processing plant . Same with turkeys . They will eat each other if one gets wounded . And they have no problem scavenging out of the carcass pile they eaven eat their own poop

Ground up quite a few coon back when the bank account was extra thin. Always tasted like food to me. :-)

We have lots of deer and they are very good eating. Seems the older you get the more you want to do things that where done in the younger years. Thanks everyone for the tips and may your feet stay dry and the traps full of prime fur

if you trim as much fat off as you can then boil it till it will come off the bone. drain and let it cool. pick the meat off and remove any remaining fat. put the meat in a crock pot with a mix of half kc masterpiece and half gates hot bbq sauce then let it cook on low for about 4 more hours it makes a good sandwich.

a young one trimmed and boiled like that is an okay sandwich plain. lather it up good with miracle whip and put some cheese slices in there.

The main problem arises when coon feces gets smeared on the meat and then ground up like hamburger. You can end up feeling poorly and having worms to deal with after eating.

Sam Wood made a nice video on this. I seem to remember there are also a bunch of glands on the back but I don't know if he covered it or not.

I prepare coon and beaver much like danny does only difference is i dont stew in the sauce that long unless it just works out that way . I also take the plain pulled meat and make sandwiches with a little ketchup if we do a big kettle of coons or beaver we will throw some whole onions , garlic , red pepper and apples in the boil off water like we do our mutton . After you pull all the meat you can bag it up in freezer bags and freeze it , it keeps well like that and is very versatile like pulled pork .
Try sauteing onions and green peppers,and garlic until almost caramelized then add the precooked pulled coon meat and cook until hot serve like you would fajitas

bodycount you need to have somebody show you how to prepare/butcher meat if your getting feces in it.

I think I'm gonna puke !!!!!!

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ate many a coon in the 70"s,then with the invasion of baylis ascarids procyonis I stopped. Its not just a roundworm,its one that gets misdirected in humans and bores thru eyes,liver etc. COOK them WELL,,very well!!! we use to boil then add bbq sauce to them. Tasty

Yikes!
If you're that bad at butchering, have someone else do it.

I can't argue with severe diarrhea. It can be deadly. Just a tiny bit of fecal matter is all it takes. I worked for USDA meat inspection. I know a little bit about this matter. Some people poo poo this and pay the price.

i have eaten at least as much home butchered meat as store bought. never had stomach trouble from an animal we butchered ourselves.

bodycount, hogs and beef always get started the same way. cut all the way round the anus and get it loose. pull it up and tie a string around it. before skinning before scalding. step one after hanging it up. i like a little fresh hamburger raw with mayonnaise when butchering at home.

People only get the round worm if you ingest the eggs. "Eggs passed in raccoon feces are not immediately infectious. In the environment, eggs take 2 to 4 weeks to become infectious" from google. So dont get some Old crap on it and your good.

Then you should be familiar with USDA"s temperature of lethality I believe it is appendix A where they set the standards for temperature killing all bacteria and parisites .
I dont want caca on my meat eathier . The only time it gets on any meat we butcher is on gut shot deer and we dont generaly eat the parts it can get to amyway if in doubt cut it out is the rule where feces is concerned

My chickens eat the coon and I eat the chicken that’s as close as I come to eating a coon.

I grew up on a farm so have first-hand knowledge on what a pig will eat. When we fed cattle corn to fatten them we always run a few pigs behind them to salvage the undigested corn in the fresh manure. Those hogs ate it like candy. They even chased the chickens around begging for a fresh dropping. Coon meat is sounding better and better! Give me a heaping helping of fresh coon. I will take my chances.