trapping coons
03-02-2007, 04:30 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Locust Grove, VA
Posts: 137
trapping coons
I have a lot of coons at my place and trap them regularly in a cage style box trap. I take them far enough away and release them so they don't come back. I was thinking about keeping hides during the legal trapping season. Any ideas of how to process the hides, and do you eat the meat? I've heard of people eating coon meat but I'm not sure.
03-02-2007, 05:44 PM
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 612
RE: trapping coons
Check your regulations regarding trapping. In my state they are more or less varmits and can be trapped year around. In other states there are seasons and you need a license and need to trap during the season.
Relocating and releasing animals sounds nice and kind and all of that and disneyish. When you relocate an animal you are taking it to another area that it is unfamiliar with, where it does not know wherefood and cover are. You are introducing it to an area where there are already other animals and it is in effect invading their territory. Animals are generally not friendly to other animals hedging into thier area. If they are carrying disease, something you often won't know, you may inadvertantlyspread that disease to the new area. Relocation sounds nice, but in reality is generally a poor idea. Consider it.
If they are causing damage, trap and kill them within the bounds of the law. If you can do it in the fall and winter when the pelts have value, all the better.
Relocating and releasing animals sounds nice and kind and all of that and disneyish. When you relocate an animal you are taking it to another area that it is unfamiliar with, where it does not know wherefood and cover are. You are introducing it to an area where there are already other animals and it is in effect invading their territory. Animals are generally not friendly to other animals hedging into thier area. If they are carrying disease, something you often won't know, you may inadvertantlyspread that disease to the new area. Relocation sounds nice, but in reality is generally a poor idea. Consider it.
If they are causing damage, trap and kill them within the bounds of the law. If you can do it in the fall and winter when the pelts have value, all the better.
03-02-2007, 05:48 PM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 612
RE: trapping coons
Oh..and inanswer to the other questions: The meat is edible. Many eat it, many don't. Do a google search on raccoon meat for ideas.I have Tom Osborn's fur processing video. It is very well done and for $20.00 it will give you five hours of instruction on how to skin, flesh, and stretch hide for most furbearers.
http://www.fntpost.com/product_detail.php?cid=521&product_id=2089
http://www.fntpost.com/product_detail.php?cid=521&product_id=2089
03-03-2007, 07:48 AM
#5
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Roanoke, VA
Posts: 730
RE: trapping coons
thanks for the info trapper. They do tear up my garbage, thescreenaround ourporch, and veggie plants.
03-03-2007, 09:07 AM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 612
RE: trapping coons
Most states have a contingency for damage control that allows managment out of season. Call your warden and see if you can legally deal with damage causing coon on your property, whether you can get a damage control permit, etc....
03-11-2007, 12:03 PM
#8
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 32
RE: trapping coons
i put intifreeze in cow tanks in the middle of woods/edge of corn fields..check it a few days later..theyre is usually 15/20 coons within 20 yards of the tank...if u want em to not move..add a bit of gasoline to the mixture
