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Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7131342
01/11/21 08:40 AM
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I was but they ended up on the March 2013 auction, both were NC first page lotting and got $88 and $72 for the pair! The whole auction was amazing prices.

Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7131372
01/11/21 08:59 AM
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Won a rifle in 70 with one that topped out at 41#. Have never had another over 32.

Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7131414
01/11/21 09:29 AM
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JP, put the coon hide in the fridge overnight before fleshing it's alot nicer to work with.

Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7131741
01/11/21 01:46 PM
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25# into the mid thirty's thats big enough ,those really big boars are usually inferior in the fur department


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Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: newfox1] #7131827
01/11/21 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by newfox1
JP, put the coon hide in the fridge overnight before fleshing it's alot nicer to work with.


Thanks for that tip! I’ll remember it for the next one.


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Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7131865
01/11/21 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Park
Originally Posted by newfox1
JP, put the coon hide in the fridge overnight before fleshing it's alot nicer to work with.


Thanks for that tip! I’ll remember it for the next one.


Slot less greasy this way but just a tad harder to push. Still best to cool them down first tho.

Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7131890
01/11/21 03:14 PM
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I was thinking anything over 30 pounds.


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Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7132690
01/11/21 10:42 PM
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nice color too



Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: trapperpaul] #7132870
01/11/21 11:26 PM
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Put them in a the freezer for a time and then flesh as they thaw sure makes things cleaner too.

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Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7132897
01/11/21 11:34 PM
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I still have a 48" coon I caught in North Dakota - did not get it weighed.

Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7132936
01/11/21 11:48 PM
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I don't put up large numbers but I've yet to hit 30, been close, but I think 28 is also the heaviest I've weighed. I've caught a couple of beach balls with fur, but for some reason they didn't have the overall length and didn't top 25.


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Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7132948
01/11/21 11:57 PM
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I don't care what anybody says. 28lb is a big Coon. a few thousands of Coon from this area never had one over 37 lb


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Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7133021
01/12/21 01:00 AM
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I caught one in the early 80’s that was 28” from the nose to the base of the tail
Didn’t weight it , but was a big one for these parts, big to me anyway.

Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7133068
01/12/21 02:03 AM
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I usually don't even consider raccoons big here until they are measuring up against the coyotes. I can say I've never weighed a raccoon here. Never did understand why people care what things weigh. That's just me though.

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Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7133072
01/12/21 02:06 AM
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50 lbs.


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Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7133126
01/12/21 07:17 AM
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30 pounds was a big one when we chased them.


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Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7133211
01/12/21 09:03 AM
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Nice coon but nothing in the photos to judge size by so I zoomed in. At max zoom that's a really big coon.


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Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7133372
01/12/21 11:54 AM
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Whatever you think is a big coon good enough for me Reality has always disappointed me so i don't weigh mine


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Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7133472
01/12/21 02:08 PM
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Those weights are amazing to me, "here" a BIG coon is upper teens, I did kill 2 that were over 20# but they were eating cat food all summer, and they were HUGE, lol, I can't imagine a 30#, much less 40# coon...

Re: What do you consider a big raccoon? [Re: Jurassic Park] #7133737
01/12/21 05:33 PM
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Anything over 20 is a big coon, usually a 4X by that weight.


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