Never seen this before. Started to skin and they just poured out. Heard of wristworm before, is this it? I made sure to clean my knives good and disinfected everything.

Those are really common in mink and otters too, in the joints.

Want to say they are guinea worms, but could be wrong.

Not uncommon. Very gross, but not uncommon.

raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis)

YUMMM ! Makes you want to eat another coon, right?

those are guinea worms. raccoons and other water going critters pick them up by drinking infected water.

I'll take mine medium well, yumm

Do you guys skin them when you see them?

Guinea woms don't effect humans and don't hurt the fur so they get skinned

still freaking nasty though

Its always a surprise when you nick an ankle and them little things come pouring out.

We ate them and whatever other roadkill was available.

I don't have to eat them now and will continue my boycott on crockpot surprise meals !

Yup. They're gross, but don't hurt anything

Thanks for the information

Had someone post deer shot in Kansas that had them on back of whitetail deer.

Guessing I have skinned hundreds more coon that had them than didn't.

Can tell b4 skinning if a coon has guinea worms.....if there are sores/scabs on soles of back feet and/or ankles.

I've found plenty of those kinds of worms while skinning otter, but so far, none on a coon.

Always cook your coon on high heat for an hour or more before eating.

Don't care how high or how long you cook it, I ain't eating it!