The largest raccoons, where are they from?
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03/14/18 04:34 PM
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When I was in Illinois (suburbs of Chicago) I remember catching raccoons that got up into the +40 pound range, but in Utah where I live now, raccoons in the lower to mid 30's are exceptionally rare. So it makes me wonder how accurate my memory really was on the size of the raccoons I caught in Illinois. This got me wondering further, how big do raccoons really get, and where are the biggest raccoons being caught?
So what have you guys experienced? What are the heaviest weights on raccoons you have caught, and what states were they caught in? And how rare is it to catch a raccoon over 40 lbs? Is it really even possible to catch a raccoon over 50 lbs? Thanks to all who reply!
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Re: The largest raccoons, where are they from?
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03/14/18 04:47 PM
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10% of my coon will go over 30lbs. Have only caught a couple 40s. Had a season think it was 2011 160 coons skinned 25.5 lb average. See a few on the roads that are huge in August at the height of sweet corn season.
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Re: The largest raccoons, where are they from?
[Re: Minkener]
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03/14/18 04:56 PM
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It takes a heck of a coon to go 30#.
I have personally only got two that went over 30#, and they were barely over.
So by percentage, I would say that by me, maybe 1% will go 30+.
Some people refuse to see the truth when you bludgeon them over the head with it.
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Re: The largest raccoons, where are they from?
[Re: Minkener]
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03/14/18 06:19 PM
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I know when I was doing put up for NAFA we just hated doing ND coon, big and gristly.
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Re: The largest raccoons, where are they from?
[Re: Minkener]
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In the '70's one was taken here in Delta county that weighed 45 pds.on the DNR scale in Escanaba.They were calling it the state record.Don't know if anybody broke it since.
Buck(formely known as Zandra)
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Re: The largest raccoons, where are they from?
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03/14/18 06:44 PM
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Back in high school my buddy and I shot one that weighed 46# on a certified scale. Biggest I have ever gotten. I have caught a fair number in the mid 30's, but that is spread over several thousand coon and many years. In northeast NE, I think my average coon was a 3X, but I didn't trap coon in the water much, so mine probably ran a bit bigger than some.
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Re: The largest raccoons, where are they from?
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03/14/18 06:55 PM
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I have only witnessed a few from years of trapping this area.Southern WI.Il. border.Here is a pic of a real 31 pounder.Hung it on a standard 6'8" door.Next to a few average coon.All tanned. I think we're close. Brad
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Re: The largest raccoons, where are they from?
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03/14/18 07:19 PM
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Patrapper that is a monster here. I assume that I might have taken one in Pa over 21. In NY I did get a big one and everyone knows that I weight everything but for some reason not that one. Maybe 25......jk
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