Well I don't know whether I should congradulate you or laugh! They are edible, but I have never tried one, I had a heck of a time with possums in one place I lived, they love dog food and I feed my dogs in the garage, they have to be one of the ugliest animals I have ever seen. That looks to be an average size possum for Va., is that a big one where you are at? I took one by the tail out of my garage that was twice the size of the one you got, twice, the third time I caught him in the garage I pitched him through my barbwire fence! Funny thing, he never came back.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Proud father of a Devil Dog