In response to Kazfam, most wild game contains parasites such as worms, protozoa, bacteria, fleas and ticks.
Skinning, gutting and cooking* thoroughly will take care of most all of those dangers; unless you know of some cyst forming parasite that can survive through all of that?
I'd be obliged...
Cooked 'coons are safe to eat and delicious!
Here's some recipes from a newsletter I get from Backwoods bound.com
http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zracoon.html
If you also have problems with Opossums:
POP’S OPOSSUM
~ 1 opossum, remove most of the fat
~ garlic powder
~ salt
~ black pepper
~...
I noticed that under the heading "Racoon problems" nothing was mentioned about their taste for chicken... Oh, there were blurbs about coons in the chimney, trash can and gardens but not one thing about their insatiable hunger for fresh chicken!
Rascals Indeed!
:hu
An interesting thread. I personally like the bow and arrow solution; either that or a hand grenade. But that makes too much of a mess, and wastes a lotta meat!
Speaking of meat:
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Coon - Meal In A Bag*
Sent in by Charlie Barrett.
~ 1 cleaned raccoon
~ 8 medium Irish(red) potatoes, peeled...