Don't forget the free spaghetti noodles in the leg meat.

UGH....

Welp I ate it. And believe me I cooked the heck out of it

All wild meat will have varying degrees of parasites etc,even inspected meat like pork has stuff.
First off-overall appearance of the animal-is it healthy looking.Second look at internal organs like liver, kidneys etc for spots or lesions.
Then when butchering keep the meat clean,and trim out lymph nodes(commonly referred to as glands),they look like little beans near joints.
Then trim the extraneous fat,and look at the meat for worms cysts etc.personally I would discard an animal or fish with worms or cysts,but they wont hurt you once the meat is cooked well done.

For carne animals like coon soak meat in salt water overnight in fridge,then cook well done.
Trichinosis is a concern with some animals that may eat carrion(bears,pigs, etc)but is also not a problem unless meat is undercooked,or jerked.

Also keep in mind where the animal was living before considering it for consumption.Example dont hunt for food animals near a dump or industrial area.

Well...how did you cook it and how did it taste?

Tasted good, mix between turkey and pork and beef. Roasted in oven for a long time (dont know how long, 3 hours?) with onions and garlic and spices ect.

Have had "web fat" in all types of game including deer.

Just find something decent to eat. Much easier.

Eat it, it's amazing. We eat it all the time around here and render the fat to use as a substitute for butter. It works extremely well. It tastes just like bear meat if you have ever had that, just as greasy in my opinion too.

I’d starve to death before I ate coon!!

I’ve had coon a few times, never thought it to be half bad. Lots of fancy cooking folks will actually use that caul fat and wrap meat with it, roasts etc…… it’s kind of a delicacy I believe. I was showing it to my 4 year old when we were gutting our deer and he thought it was pretty cool. Now you got me interested and I’m gonna make sure to save it from my next deer to cook with! Happy trapping! ScottW

Times must be hard in New Brunswick. I'm not being insulting, just my worthless 2 cents.

You have obviously never been hungry. Neither have I yet I know there is very little I would not when thing get tough and look around and tell me it's not heading that way.

I have eaten coon. That was before I skinned so many and saw all the worms. But if things get bad they will go back on the menu along with a lot of other critters I would not normally eat, coyote and opossum anyone?

Infact since bear was mentioned it got me thinking coon is probably about the same as far as diet and parasites. They both like eating out of trash cans.

Good for you. A young guy recently joined my camp. He shows the same enthusiasm and curiosity that you do.

We had coyotes hitting the bone pile where we discarded the remains from processing two deer. He wanted to shoot one and was wondering what they'd taste like. I've never had coyote but told him if he got one we'd cook some up and give it a try.

I've never been that hungry.

Asianic meat called" Sweet meat" when translated