It take a huge coon to weigh 30+lbs. There have been some documented 40+ coons in Mn. but you'll have to have pictures and notarized statements from official scales for me to buy a 50# wild coon story.

Average is about 13 to 15, have got quite a few at or just above 20, biggest ever was 27.

How we measure a big coons, put them headfirst into a 5 gallon pail and if the hind legs and tail are above the top lip of the pail then it's a big coon.

My biggest was caught near a golf course with adjacent landfill. Living the high life and weighed 30 pounds, 3 ounces and went 6X and eventual Top Lot back when coons were worth good money. Caught him in a Grizz Getr and when I walked up he laid on his back and just spread out he was so fat.
Big coon in my neck of the woods is over 20 pounds. Lots in the mid-teens. Biggest this year was 28.5 pounds which is second-biggest ever.
I consider 25 pounds plus a Boone and Crockett-sized coon! Probably caught 12-15 of those over the years.

How much does a XL coon pelt weigh after it's been fleshed and dried?

I’ve caught 87 or 88 coon so far this year and have never seen so many over 20# . I’ve weighed 5 that went between 23 and 24# , usually only a few over 20# .

Late season racoon in these parts it's not uncommon to see 30-35 lb. boars. but have heard of some larger.

Me- 23 lb. son- 24 lb. Not many like that around here.

Never got one over 36"-

This year has been a ton of 20 plus coons I believe distemper has worked over the little ones but I could be wrong

I have caught some big coin but never weighed any of them. Usually caught late in the fall some with snow on the ground.

One of the biggest I can remember was in a dirthole set out in a cornfield big boar weighed 28lbs ...I did catch a really big one a few years ago big sow she had big patch missing out of her back so I let her go ran right down a groundhog hole off the field edge probably why it was rubbed...but I seem to catch my biggest coon out in the fields away from the creeks

I think guys tell more coon stories than fish stories. I weigh every coon on a digital scale and it takes a monster coon to get past 25 lbs. Some may have more fat stored for winter, who knows. I watched a YouTube video of a guy claiming the coon he was skinning weighed 28 pounds, it honestly looked like a 20 pounder to me, short body with nothing striking about it's size visually. I don't care, I don't think many live to a ripe old age even with low fur value, I still like reducing the population.

I've only weighed 1 coon because it was so much bigger than any other. 31#. It also had the best coat I'd ever seen around here. My buyer swore to himself when he saw it. Kinda of a shame knowing I've already caught the best coon I'll ever take

here in my part of kentucky(eastern, mountains) big coons are 15-20 pounds. not a lot of agriculture for them to feast upon. Now when I was younger I use trap coon for family who raises game birds in lower Michigan, corn country... Between eggs and corn it seemed like every coon I caught was huge.. around 20 pounds.. I think my biggest was around 30 pounds, maybe a bit over.. Big sloppy,fat boar who had been raiding pheasant eggs for a long time.. Now just coon caught in the wild,away from the game pens around 20 pounds is my biggest..

I'll dig up another picture of this one. On a certified scale he weighed in at 36.1 lbs. The others next to him weigh 17 and 18 lbs. I caught him 1/2 mile from a small Northern Nebraska town about 10 years ago and I assume he was a "cat pan coon" like I call all critters that eat out of some gal's pan they put out for their felines. Nice bellies on these, harvested the day after Thanksgiving. I got a stubtail, ear chewed male this year that had 3 feet, close (1/2 mile) from guy's house that coyote trapped 2 years ago that was in the 25 lb range. I caught 2 others in MN, south of Brainerd when I lived there in '82 and I weighed the smaller of those at 29 lbs. Did not weigh the larger but he was as big as this one. I sold some big ones for 5.00/carcass this month but I had to look for a buyer. With the lack of illegal spotlighters here the last 2-3 years, I suspect I can get some close to this weight if I go hard for them but at my age I am reluctant to kill some and sort for a trophy........................... the mike

Here's a guy holding that coon for MRS. mike when I still could claim I was a trapper/hunter. Now I am just slow and old with memories (I think) LOL. ............the mike......... P.S. somewhere I have a picture of 3 coons I got in 1 day about 6 - 7 years ago here that weighed 26-28 lbs and I will try to find that one

Caught several thousand here around kc one 30 and one 29 the 29 was just long and tall with very little fat.

Put any critter on the back of a tracker and it will look big