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21

Just My Way of Sayin’

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How to make Roasted Raccoon:

1 medium raccoon
salt and pepper
water
vinegar
red pepper to taste
2 or 3 sliced onions

Clean coon. Soak in salted water or vinegar overnight or longer. Remove coon, wipe dry. Cover with a coating of red pepper and water made into a paste. Place in a 350-degree oven for three hours. When coon is tender, remove from oven and remove coating of red pepper. Salt and pepper to taste, cover with sliced onions, placing onions in cavity. Bake for an additional one hour or until tender. Be sure to place on rack with drip pan to catch all of the fat. Serve with sweet potatoes.

P.S. I did it myself. Between the eyes. For my little banty. I have never killed anything in my life before except a bug.

P.P.S. I thought about my little banty and her life’s dream and I didn’t feel bad about it at all.

P.P.P.S. I didn’t really eat it.

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Posted by Suzanne McMinn on July 21, 2009  

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  1. 7-21
    1:35
    am

    Seems like you took my advice…. :chicken:

    Darrell from NC - Reply to this comment Reply
  2. 7-21
    2:50
    am

    Good for you!

    Sheila Z - Reply to this comment Reply
  3. 7-21
    3:04
    am

    Nicely done!

    Dett - Reply to this comment Reply
  4. 7-21
    3:49
    am

    Coons kill so many wild turkey poults that I have become their judge, jury and executioner also. The damage they do to corn and small livestock on the farm is justification for this mindset. I have had them take down all the middle of cornfield before in four or five nights. One cleaned out our water garden of every fish in a period of about three days. The also carry rabies.

    Right between the eyes…..good shot!

    Box Call - Reply to this comment Reply
  5. 7-21
    3:58
    am

    GO SUE!!!! That was for itty bitty….thats what I was calling your little banty girl… Itty Bitty… good shot by the way!!! Box Call is right, they are a pest and need to be controlled. We used to hunt them, but the price of hides is in the tank and the lisence for them is to high….

    Heidi - Reply to this comment Reply
  6. 7-21
    4:14
    am

    Way to go Suzanne! Yes good shot indeed! For the little Banty and her dream!!

    ML - Reply to this comment Reply
  7. 7-21
    4:52
    am

    good for you!!!! I have been getting rid of them for several years now … my neighboors hate me..told them they arent “disney” cartoons but destructive critters .

    lisa - Reply to this comment Reply
  8. 7-21
    5:04
    am

    you done good! I really felt bad to know that little hen was ripped from her nest. Nice Shot!

    Linda - Reply to this comment Reply
  9. 7-21
    5:05
    am

    Hallelujah! Justice has been served. Good for you!

    Jayme aka The Coop Keeper - Reply to this comment Reply
  10. 7-21
    5:23
    am

    Good for you! Just be ready for his family to show up. I hope that rooster was watching!!!!

    Lynda Dunham-Watkins - Reply to this comment Reply
  11. 7-21
    5:24
    am

    Good for you! The husband got back last night w/ 36 new babies. Hopefully these will see a good long life.

    Lisa - Reply to this comment Reply
  12. 7-21
    5:26
    am

    Ah, revenge is sweet! I think you should make a coon skin cap. You know, like Daniel Boone.

    Christine - Reply to this comment Reply
  13. 7-21
    5:35
    am

    Wow, I’m impressed. Gotta love a girl with a gun.

    Smiles

    Lisa T. - Reply to this comment Reply
  14. 7-21
    5:40
    am

    Good job Suzanne!!

    Heidi533 - Reply to this comment Reply
  15. 7-21
    5:51
    am

    Good shot! You did what you needed to do to protect your chickens.

    elizabeth - Reply to this comment Reply
  16. 7-21
    5:52
    am

    Another Good Job here also! There’s bound to be more, so don’t let your guard down.

    m - Reply to this comment Reply
  17. 7-21
    6:01
    am

    Good for you!

    Charlene - Reply to this comment Reply
  18. 7-21
    6:06
    am

    Suzanne, You realize chickens eat ANYTHING, right? We took out a coon last week and DH wanted to give it to the chickens. I said “no” and we burned it like we always do. But in your case, I might have said yes.

    Keep your trap set.

    Damn good shot!!!

    Beth - Reply to this comment Reply
  19. 7-21
    6:12
    am

    Bravo!
    Next project – learning to cure a ‘coon skin!

    Donna Mc - Reply to this comment Reply
  20. 7-21
    6:13
    am

    Have only been lurking for a couple of months, but when I read your post about your little banty, it brought tears to my eyes…poor banty. Good for you…hope it never saw it coming and it’s kind stay far away from your home……

    Lynn - Reply to this comment Reply
  21. 7-21
    6:21
    am

    Way to protect your farm family. Some times those things just need done another part of learning to be a farmer. And Good Shot!

    Linda - Reply to this comment Reply
  22. 7-21
    7:07
    am

    Good job, Suzanne. I am so proud!

    Kathi - Reply to this comment Reply
  23. 7-21
    7:08
    am

    When you live in the country, sometimes you have to kill varmits. Simple as that.

    When I had chickens, one of my favorite girls passed away. I buried her in a clean towel, with the last egg she laid. My husband thought I was nuts. But I loved her so.

    You did the right thing.

    Mary Kellogg - Reply to this comment Reply
  24. 7-21
    7:16
    am

    congrats – can I ask, what kind of gun did you use? I need a varmint gun – we only have a some kind of big deer rifle I can’t even hardly lift, but we have a raccoon problem (kitten massacre) also.

    Anita - Reply to this comment Reply
  25. 7-21
    7:18
    am

    Anita, it was a .22. (It’s pretty light.)

    Suzanne McMinn - Reply to this comment Reply
  26. 7-21
    7:19
    am

    Anita, we use a .22. Lighter weight and does the job. I know some people use pellet guns to take out coons as well.

    Beth - Reply to this comment Reply
  27. 7-21
    7:42
    am

    You may want to read a Country Year by Sue Hubbell. For me, it’s not good for my soul to kill wildlife, just have to keep fortifying.

    Joanna Wilcox - Reply to this comment Reply
  28. 7-21
    7:43
    am

    You go girl!!! You are definately a real farmer now!!! Avenging little Banty :pawprint: …justice is served.!!!

    MissyinWV - Reply to this comment Reply
  29. 7-21
    7:44
    am

    Excellent! I hope Mean Rooster was watching!

    Kelleh - Reply to this comment Reply
  30. 7-21
    7:54
    am

    Atta Girl! Keep the trap out, more will come…. :shimmy:

    Claudia - Reply to this comment Reply
  31. 7-21
    7:56
    am

    Way to go Suzanne! If there was one there are bound to be more. We ended up killing 5 the first Summer we were here but we haven’t had a problem with them since.

    KentuckyFarmGirl - Reply to this comment Reply
  32. 7-21
    7:57
    am

    Yes! Yes! Yes!
    Thank you!
    Now I feel better, cause you done in the cousin of the coon that got my Rhoady! Let this be a notice to all you coons out there. Suzanne’s got a gun and she’s not afraid to use it!

    Claudia W. - Reply to this comment Reply
  33. 7-21
    8:20
    am

    :duck: NOW! Let Mean Rooster see you wearing a coon skin cap! Make a BELIEVER out of his mean ol’ self!
    Suz in NV

    Suz in the Tules - Reply to this comment Reply
  34. 7-21
    8:21
    am

    :no:

    miss becky - Reply to this comment Reply
  35. 7-21
    8:24
    am

    Hey, they had fair warning that you’d take no prisoners. Let’s hope his buddies take heed.

    ahzoey - Reply to this comment Reply
  36. 7-21
    8:26
    am

    There are probably more of them in the woods. I hope ‘Mean Rooster’ watched the demise, because he may join the coon in the afterlife. You have gotten the nerve up now and he better not cross you.

    Our newest critter is Itty Bitty Kitty. She came from the Humane Society. The most lovey cat I have ever seen!

    monica - Reply to this comment Reply
  37. 7-21
    8:28
    am

    Wow, I didn’t think you could do it! Now you have that mean old rooster to deal with…

    Kacey - Reply to this comment Reply
  38. 7-21
    8:53
    am

    http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/magazine/Archive/06Spring/overthehedge.pdf

    Sasha - Reply to this comment Reply
  39. 7-21
    9:02
    am

    The little banty is smiling down on you from heaven, with her baby chicks!

    Carol - Reply to this comment Reply
  40. 7-21
    9:54
    am

    Hee hee! Terrific idea….I’d like to see a blog and pictures when you do. lol Well done, Suzanne! :hungry:

    Jo - Reply to this comment Reply
  41. 7-21
    10:01
    am

    Be it a .22 or a 12-guage, I’m glad to hear you dealt w/the problem. They’re a interesting animal to watch, but NOT once they cross into this type of feeding behavior.

    Ms E - Reply to this comment Reply
  42. 7-21
    10:06
    am

    Good for you! :chicken:

    Christy O - Reply to this comment Reply
  43. 7-21
    10:36
    am

    Good on ya Suzanne. It needed doing.

    BuckeyeGirl - Reply to this comment Reply
  44. 7-21
    10:41
    am

    way to go! we raised orphaned coons one year, and tame or not, they are a vicious animal. I wouldn’t care if it was a wild or tame animal, in season or not, it would die for killing one of my chickens, rabbits, cats, or whatever. very proud of ya! :yes: :shimmy: :snoopy: :duck:

    Amber - Reply to this comment Reply
  45. 7-21
    11:15
    am

    An eye for an eye is totally appropriate here.

    Robin G. - Reply to this comment Reply
  46. 7-21
    11:24
    am

    I am SO PROUD of you!! You have avenged your pretty little banty!

    Man…I’m telling you…I couldn’t be any happier if I’d done this myself!

    Now, if you could just do something about that Mean Rooster….

    Lisa - Reply to this comment Reply
  47. 7-21
    11:27
    am

    I’m SO GLAD YOU CLARIFIED that you didn’t really eat it. I just can’t imagine. Ew. That rascal got your banty, it’d be like…cannibalism or something :no:

    Beth C - Reply to this comment Reply
  48. 7-21
    11:28
    am

    One picture is worth a thousand words. nailing the tail up with your decorated hammer spoke volumes.
    I just went and looked at Banty sitting in her nesting box, and then the scene of the crime.
    That little girl thanks you.

    shirley - Reply to this comment Reply
  49. 7-21
    12:03
    pm

    Hat time! Hat time! Good For you!

    Cyndi L. - Reply to this comment Reply
  50. 7-21
    12:25
    pm

    I hope it made you feel better. You have to protect your animals, specially the defenceless ones. Just make sure you dont let your guard down and reinforce all your fences and nettings.

    Alexandra - Reply to this comment Reply
  51. 7-21
    12:49
    pm

    Oh yeah. Thats what Im talkin about.

    Angie - Reply to this comment Reply
  52. 7-21
    12:53
    pm

    Woo Hoo!!!! So proud of you!

    Melanie - Reply to this comment Reply
  53. 7-21
    1:24
    pm

    Wtg, Suzanne!

    Estella - Reply to this comment Reply
  54. 7-21
    1:59
    pm

    :snoopy: Suzanne: I too have never killed more than a bug, but i believe, for the little banty, even I could….THIS IS WAR!!!

    j.netnpets - Reply to this comment Reply
  55. 7-21
    4:10
    pm

    You did good! I think I need a pellet gun…(Can’t own real guns up here.)

    Will a free ranging guard dog will help prevent a reocurrence? Where was Coco? I guess the goats, sheep, pigs and chickens are a bit much for one young girl to guard all by herself. You need a few more big LGDs to help keep the critters away.

    Pocohantus might be a good guard when she grows up, too.

    Sheryl (Runningtrails) - Reply to this comment Reply
  56. 7-21
    4:12
    pm

    I’m so sorry for your loss.
    I’m afraid once an animal like a coon finds an easy source of food
    there really isn’t a better alternative. Relocating it would just make it somebody else’s problem

    Rys - Reply to this comment Reply
  57. 7-21
    6:15
    pm

    Good for you! You have to protect your own!! It’s the way things have been done since the beginning of time.

    RosieJo - Reply to this comment Reply
  58. 7-21
    7:07
    pm

    Well done! It’s the only suitable solution for a coon (or weasel or skunk or dog or whatever critter) that gets a taste of fresh chicken. And a nice shot too!

    Lola-Dawn - Reply to this comment Reply
  59. 7-21
    7:18
    pm

    A friend of mine is the DHHR wildlife scientist and he says we’re having a pretty bad season for Raccoon rabies this year pretty much all over the state, but especially in Central WV.

    Good job! :shimmy:

    wvsky - Reply to this comment Reply
  60. 7-21
    8:04
    pm

    I hope your coon troubles are over soon. One down, maybe 4 to go, if they don’t take off on their own. :whip:

    SarahKoski - Reply to this comment Reply
  61. 7-21
    8:46
    pm

    Davy Crockett would’ve been proud of “attagirl” down here in TN…..

    Some ‘coons have to go to the other side! A good ole Blue tick hound would’ve had a ‘howl of a time’ when the five showed up last week! No sweeter sound than an old dog that’s treed a coon….plus they contribute to the natural selection…..

    PS…but without a coon dog, your ’smoker’(gun) is the next best thing!

    PSS….stretch that hide of the next’un, keep the tail on. Hide buyers prefer it and it’s a lot easier to make the hat…

    B. Ruth - Reply to this comment Reply
  62. 7-21
    8:51
    pm

    I’m glad she’s been avenged. Does Mean Old Rooster know he can be eaten too?

    Sheila Bergeron - Reply to this comment Reply
  63. 7-21
    8:57
    pm

    This is the best post ever. In history. Of any blog. :yes:

    Melanie - Reply to this comment Reply
  64. 7-21
    10:14
    pm

    Good for you, Suzanne. I know that ‘coons are only doing what is natural for them, but there is no sentiment in nature, either, so I am glad you killed the marauder. Actually, I guess you are doing what is natural for you, too, which is protecting your chickens. May your little chicken rest in peace…I am sorry she met such a horrible end.

    p.s. Good shooting, BTW!

    Helen - Reply to this comment Reply
  65. 7-25
    9:37
    am

    :yes: As Georgia says, you “took care of it.” Good job!

    Cousin Sheryl - Reply to this comment Reply

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