JP some of the specimens I did for the museum back in the 70-80's their average weight was 15-18 kg and spring weight of 10-14 kg( 22-31#)
The sub-species destination is P-l-glenleainus, since most came from the university property near that town.
young of the year go 8-10 kg and hind foot measurement is >125 mm.

Looks like that boy was looking for a little love, or were you using some of that "tree Climber" lure

Around here 25 is big and 30 is huge.
Back many years ago I caught a legitimate 43 pounder.
It was large framed but way too fat for its size.
I suspect that it had been living easy out of garbage cans.

28 lbs is big coon most places. He should be prime.

At least you let him take a selfie.

Thats a chunk

Lol the funny thing about that raccoon was he played dead when I got up to him. Couldn’t believe it!

Part Possum !!!! LOL

I consider 26 pounds and up a big coon for here. 28 pounds is a big coon.

Keith

Yep, it'd be big coon to me.

Don't catch many but a couple of early winter late season coons at 32 and 24 while running cubbies for Fisher/Cat's. Late November to early December in with some warm weather.

Gotta be disappointing to realize it’s a coon in the trap instead of a bobcat eh lol

WOW!!!! I've taken my share of coon and around here north central Pa in the "mountains" anything over 20 is big. I have taken two big ones, one in upstate NY and one here that were big to me and skinned in the woods but I doubt that they were over 25. I have a scale in the truck and wieght most anything but not those two. Over 20 is big here......jk

I used to weigh and keep records of every raccoon I caught. Greatest percentage 22-26 lbs. Some smaller 14-18 lb. range. Also some in the 28 - 30lb. The heaviest I ever weighed was 32Lb. 8 oz. 28 lb. is a big coon. I don't care where its from.

28 lb coon is a Monster down here
You could ride it at the Rodeo.
Congratulations JP

JP, a 28 lb coon is no slouch.

Don't forget to show us a picture of the finished mitts when you get them done.

True....Most so called 40 lb coon have never been weighed. I caught one at 41 in my lifetime and will likely never catch another one. It took me a solid 5 minutes to pry it's head out of a #220 with my setters. No idea how it got it in there in the first place.

Coon sizes range quite abit depending on how far north you are. I remember letting dink YOY coon loose in MS until I realized that was a normal sized adult coon for the location.

28 is real respectable no matter where you're at.

20 pounds is about tops down here. I only recall about 10 or so coons that have stretched to the 4x size out of well over a thousand since the late 70s. Not many 3x either....a few over 100.

Most keepers here....XL and 2x...weigh about 10 or 12 lbs.

I don't weigh mine, guess I should...caught a big one today, I'd say maybe 21-25, I've caught bigger, just happy to catch at this point.

Yup, I will!


I caught another raccoon. She weighed 19lbs. Skinned, fleshed, and put up. Man are they ever greasy eh!
The fat pushed off like melted butter. Was super easy, but what a mess!

They have big A** holes too!

I seen 1 32 pound Dead coon on a scale in IL 43 years ago . Huge wide head and a tail that was 2 inches long.
I talked to a old fur buyer for GWF one time and he told me me those 30 plus pounders a lot of them have short tails , they have lived a long long time through some tough winters and a lot of of them their tails froze and fell off. He also told me he bought a 47 LB coon in upper MN the biggest he ever bought out of 10’s of thousands. Said a diary farmer fed it a pail of milk and cat food almost every day of hits life. Had to finally Shoot it one day because it killed wife favorite cat. They stretched it on a Coyote wire stretcher. Base touched the bottom of the stretcher. I wish I could have seen that. I am 61 and my biggest was 28 pounds and I made a rug out of him. MD