What do you do with them?

[eggshell]

from one old trapper to another, thx runngun

[dzsmith]

Was a time I never killed something and let it go to waste. But these are different times.

Python, pigs, coyotes and lionfish are destroying the balance of nature. We need to kill them off to give native species a fighting chance. Let 'em lay where I shoot them. I include raccoon's & possum in this. 

Don't even want think about what we'll be killing off in 20 years.

the only thing that has affected the balance of nature is us.......

[Turkeybutt]

I personally never ate raccoon that I know of. I ate my share of groundhogs in my day and they aren't bad if you get a young one. The older ones seem to be a little tuff.
We have a gun club here that has an annual groundhog feast which people seem to enjoy but alcohol does come into play on their assessment. They shake and bake them and end up pretty good I thought.
Heck with the right BBQ sauce even a flip-flop might taste good! Bon Appetit!
I would give groundhog a thumbs up over the escargot
(Snails) and or Rumaki ( Goose liver rapped in bacon) that I had at some fancy restaurant. There isn't enough alcohol or bacon that could save those two dishes!
When the wife asked, " How do I like the escargot and rumaki hon" my reply was, " I wish I was a dog about now, that way I could lick my butt and get the taste of that escargot and rumaki out of my mouth".
Needless to say the wife wasn't too happy with my assessment!

[Sir-diealot]

" I wish I was a dog about now so I could lick my butt and get the taste of that escargot and rumaki out of my mouth".

Sounds like how I feel eating anything at McDonald's.

[Magdump]

I put them in our "bone yard" where all the deer and turkey carcasses go.  Over the years it has turned into quite the bone studded patch of woods.  The vultures and scavengers make quick work of them. 

If you don't have the ability to establish your own bone yard, one could leave them by the side of the road and everyone will assume it was roadkill. The local/county dead critter collector will fetch it or it will be eaten.

[idratherb]

  Im loving this thread!!!

[Cut N Run]

Buddy of mine ran coon dogs and sold his catch for dog food.  Don't know if it was commercial or local, but they used to buy all he could bring 'em.

Jim

[cgarner1]

Buddy of mine ran coon dogs and sold his catch for dog food.  Don't know if it was commercial or local, but they used to buy all he could bring 'em.

Jim

X2 on the coon dog approach if you think your conscious might get the better of you. I've raised and hunted hounds for several years now and you are rewarding the dogs with killing the coon while eliminating a predator. It's getting really hard for people to run hounds for any type of game now and I can about guarantee a coon hunter would be glad to help out. If letting someone run their dogs on the property is not an option, then give the trapped coons to someone with dogs. Live coons are the best for training puppies

[TurkeyReaper69]

Not sure what region of the country your in, but those Florida blacks loved coons! I used to sell em when I was in high school for 15-25 bucks cleaned. Plenty of beer and tobacco to go round for the boys from the coon business.