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Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7038340
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yes you can ,i do every year an make bird suet

Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7038341
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i use to waterproof boots with it.

Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7038418
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Good clean coon fat rendered makes a fine cooking oil.


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Re: Raccoon fat [Re: west river rogue] #7038449
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Originally Posted by west river rogue
i use to waterproof boots with it.


I did that ONCE. Ended up tossing the boots after I couldn't stand the smell anymore. Maybe I've just skun too man coon but (like rats) can't stand the smell anymore.

Re: Raccoon fat [Re: Davisfur] #7038452
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Originally Posted by Davisfur
Coon fat has been a staple fuel in our furshed woodstove for years. Nothing gets the temp up on a cold day like a big chunk of coon fat. It can also be rendered down to and made into candles. Makes a pretty nice little grease candle.


Coon fat gums up the screen on your cap pretty good. Does the same with the inner pipe. It's weird. It looks like a ton of black spiderwebs all over the place. Burns like crazy though....Just not a fan of cleaning the cap off all the time.

Re: Raccoon fat [Re: QuietButDeadly] #7038453
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Originally Posted by QuietButDeadly
Good clean coon fat rendered makes a fine cooking oil.


Barf

Re: Raccoon fat [Re: Calvin] #7038503
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Originally Posted by Calvin
Originally Posted by QuietButDeadly
Good clean coon fat rendered makes a fine cooking oil.


Barf


If you have not tried it, don't knock it.

Had a fella render some at the NC Convention a couple years ago. And, yes, there were a lot of skeptics in the crowd. After he strained it, he used it to pan fry up some bobcat rear quarter steaks. He also served the cracklings to anyone who wanted to try them while they lasted which was not long at all. The bobcat fried in the coon grease did not last long either. The skeptics who had an open mind about it, learned something that day.


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Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7038539
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Cat deep fried in coon fat mmmm good.


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Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7039123
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We used to use it for stove fuel while fleshing in the fur shed.. Makes a nice, hot fire. We still put the scrapings out back for suet for the birds.. They will flat work it over in the cold times.

Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7039154
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Some folks asked me for all the raccoon fat I could get them , they wanted to make some lotion for there hands .
I set them up with a good supply but never seen any of the finished product .


Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7039175
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Originally Posted by k snow
Looks like I'll be digging out the wife's good pot.

Should I leave the kitchen windows open? grin



If you use her real good pots, you might want to leave the front door open as that's probably where she is going to throw you out of. grin

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Re: Raccoon fat [Re: CTRAPS] #7039179
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Originally Posted by CTRAPS
Originally Posted by k snow
Looks like I'll be digging out the wife's good pot.

Should I leave the kitchen windows open? grin



If you use her real good pots, you might want to leave the front door open as that's probably where she is going to throw you out of. grin


Getting thrown out would be the least painful outcome I can imagine from that. She wouldn't kill me either, that would be too quick.

Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7039195
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Honestly, once it's rendered, it just smells like any cooking oil. But I would render it outside over a fire, and not in my wife's good cookware, because I like living.


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Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7039198
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Well, I caught a regular raccoon and a real dark, really big but tailless one this morning. Looks like both will be donating fat to the experiment.

Re: Raccoon fat [Re: Calvin] #7039317
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Originally Posted by Calvin
Originally Posted by QuietButDeadly
Good clean coon fat rendered makes a fine cooking oil.


Barf


X2 sick

Makes good instant boyscout tho!!!!

Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7039320
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I've burned coon fat and the whole carcass in a outdoor furnace and the flames would shoot out of the pipe like a jet engine.

Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7039386
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I rendered it for several years and even commercially selling for awhile to a guy that biofuel when fuel was so expensive. You can use it for everything from cooking, candles, boot grease and even light duty lubrication. No it does not stink when burned smells like a fast food joint.

Re: Raccoon fat [Re: Jurassic Park] #7039408
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Park
Originally Posted by Davisfur
Coon fat has been a staple fuel in our furshed woodstove for years. Nothing gets the temp up on a cold day like a big chunk of coon fat. It can also be rendered down to and made into candles. Makes a pretty nice little grease candle.


What’s the candle smell like? Rabies?


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Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7039440
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You do know the coon is in the bear family right ?

Re: Raccoon fat [Re: k snow] #7453153
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Well, I did render down some raccoon fat earlier this winter and I tried it this last weekend as a patch lube for my flintlock. Shoot day was 12 degrees, spit patching was NOT going to work. I was very impressed with the fat as a patch lube. Shot number 15 loaded as easy as the first, no swabbing the barrel at all. Accuracy seemed normal. I will definitely be rendering down more.

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