Yes yes yes, they're very cute... but people who feed wild animals are not doing them any favor (with maybe an exception for hummingbird feeders). The worst/best example of this is people who feed bears. Eventually the bears become too "comfortable" around humans, and they then end up needing to be destroyed when they repeatedly wander through human inhabited areas where the bears shouldn't be.
Who's going to feed that booming raccoon population when the elderly man is no longer around. A good number of them will probably end up starving to death.
Yes yes yes, they're very cute... but people who feed wild animals are not doing them any favor (with maybe an exception for hummingbird feeders). The worst/best example of this is people who feed bears. Eventually the bears become too "comfortable" around humans, and they then end up needing to be destroyed when they repeatedly wander through human inhabited areas where the bears shouldn't be.
Who's going to feed that booming raccoon population when the elderly man is no longer around. A good number of them will probably end up starving to death.
I mean, if the old man dies outside, then at least the Racoons can go another couple of weeks... I'm just sayin'.
I mean, if the old man dies outside, then at least the Racoons can go another couple of weeks... I'm just sayin'.
"Old man tastes like chicken!"
One day years ago when I arrived home, there was a mother raccoon and her cubs on my back porch. The mom made it quite clear I was not welcome to come up the stairs. She stood up on her hind legs and dared me to come any closer. Since the back door was the only door I had keys for, she was going to have to move. I ducked into the carport to grab a shovel. When mom saw me return with the shovel, she decided to escort her cubs off my porch. I wouldn't have struck her (unless she rushed at me), so I'm glad it ended the way it did.
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Originally posted by maryjane:
But never estimate the power of a dead squirrel.
Okay, I won't... but I'll guess a live squirrel to be about 1 SP (Squirrel Power).
Originally posted by Patrick: One day years ago when I arrived home, there was a mother raccoon and her cubs on my back porch. The mom made it quite clear I was not welcome to come up the stairs. She stood up on her hind legs and dared me to come any closer. Since the back door was the only door I had keys for, she was going to have to move. I ducked into the carport to grab a shovel. When mom saw me return with the shovel, she decided to escort her cubs off my porch. I wouldn't have struck her (unless she rushed at me), so I'm glad it ended the way it did.
Yeah, it's good you had a shovel... I would have done the same thing.
What really surprised me in this video was just how fat these raccoons were. The only time I've seen that many raccoons was when I was in San Francisco many years back... like 2012 or something. I was down at the old NAVY yard, and just driving around late at night to check out the sites before I returned home the next day. I drove down to some area where a bunch of old NAVY military homes were (from like the early 1900s... maybe 1930s, etc). There were at least 40-50 raccoons crawling in and out of a single dumpster by the water. It was the craziest thing I'd ever seen.
Each of them though was like half the girth of these fatties in this video.
Each of them though was like half the girth of these fatties in this video.
No first-hand experience but, a few years ago I had a maintenance man that swore his "Coon" stew was the best one could get anywhere. Fattening them up might be a good idea. He used to bring a lunch and always offered to share. Never took him up on the offer. But, maybe the old guy in the video was harvesting a "Coon" every now and then?
I've eaten other meats and if cooked right, it all (most) tastes like chicken...................
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Originally posted by maryjane:
But never estimate the power of a dead squirrel.
He also brought Squirrel sandwiches to work for his lunch. Passed on that also.
Rams
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Well, that sounds interesting. When I lived in Mississippi, there was a gent that advertised Coon meat, you could get it either cut up or as a whole. While I'm sure that if cooked correctly, it would be tasty. I have tried Kegogi (dog meat), monkey and rattle snake and a few other meats (I consider exotic) before but, none was as good as beef.
Rams
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Well, that sounds interesting. When I lived in Mississippi, there was a gent that advertised Coon meat, you could get it either cut up or as a whole. While I'm sure that if cooked correctly, it would be tasty. I have tried Kegogi (dog meat), monkey and rattle snake and a few other meats (I consider exotic) before but, none was as good as beef.
Rams
Have you had alligator meat? It's pretty common down here in Florida. It's not easy to get it like say, in Tampa or something (even though we have alligators here), but it was common amongst the Seminole and Miccosukki Indians here in Florida, so if you go down to Miami, off Tamiami trail, there are dozens of gator meat shacks... in a similar fashion to when you go to Maine during lobster season and they have those lobster shacks all up and down the road.
Anyway, it's really damned good. Tastes like a chicken nugget that's a little bit spicier (natural flavoring) and a little bit tougher than chicken. They're really good...
Anyway, it's really damned good. Tastes like a chicken nugget that's a little bit spicier (natural flavoring) and a little bit tougher than chicken. They're really good...
Yes, I have tried it a couple of times. Once in FL where I attending a Production School and then at our local Bass Pro Store where they offer Gator Bites. Didn't really enjoy them either time, too spicy for me but, you're right, it's a much tougher meat to chew.
Was offered and ate some bear roast my uncle killed with his bow and arrow once, found it to be very greasy tasting. May have been the way it was prepared, don't know.
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A) Camping at Trinity lake in 1969- in the night we heard something messin' with our food boxes (Basically apple boxes)...look out of tent and see racoon trying to pull a bag of fig-newtons out through the hand-hole- my father took a pic but we realized later that he had not synched the flash so all we had in the pic was...Eyes!
Recently did a mock-up of what the bandit looked like- and, yes- he really had his tongue sticking out!
B) A few years later, we were up at my grandma's cabin (Olympic peninsula) and we hear something on the roof- we run outside and spot a racoon trying to pull up a shingle- we are all standing back, but my youngest cousin (approx' 9) is standing closer and throwing rocks at the racoon- suddenly, the racoon catches one of the rocks and starts checking it out...Robby turns and yells "He caught it!!" but should not have turned his back on the masked bandit....the 'coon realized that the rock was not nourishing, and released it- so it rolled down the (A-frame) roof and nailed Robby right in the back of the head....didn't seem to do any damage- but Rob has married- and divorced three extremely...."Wide" women....
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