Smoked coon, my hounds favorite food

[jacktheknife]

Gentlemen,


We killed a coon night before last and I skinned it and fleshed it.
As I was running low on dog food I built a fire in my smoker and laid the coon carcass on the meat rack. 4 hours later I stopped putting wood on the fire but left the coon out there all night to slow cook.
I used to leave coon carcasses in the back pasture for the coyotes to eat but meat is meat and the hounds will get all my coon carcasses from now on.



Thank you...


Jack the Knife
Sandymay and Dukedog

[prairiedoggin]

Glad to hear that it didn't go to waste. Folks in this part of the country would fight your dogs for a piece meat. I have had several people ask me for a coon. I haven't tried any, I think I might have to get really hungry first . Did ya try a piece?

[barkspud]

Nothing eats them here so i havnt try any myself. If a yote won't touch it neither am i. ;D

[patricimo54]

Karma to ya Jack for frugal use of wildlife.

[trapperbud]

If fixed right it's not bad eating .

[jacktheknife]

Gentlemen,


prairiedoggin,

Not this one but I have ate coon. Coon tastes good and would make a fine meal but for the toughness, taste fine coon do but are tough as a boot.

barkspud,

The coyotes love them and sit out in my back pasture waiting for me to finish skinning coon. They are always gone when I go check the next morning.

going out tonight and try to find another.
I fleshed hide#1 and tomorrow will wash it in strong soapy water and de-grease it, my tools too then flesh it some more.


Thank you...


Jack the Knife

[fishleclair]

Some guys up here feed the Beaver to their dogs....Don't know if they cook it though.

[Josh]

I gave it a try this year and I can honestly say its not bad at all, like Trapperbed said fix it right and its good

[watershedman25]

Dad always pressured them and deboned, then into the over w/BBQ sause for about 20 min. Looks real next to nothing ;D
As for the dog food, when we were laid off we would pick up any road kill (I mean any) and put in an old lard stand on blocks and boil it for the dogs, even turtles . If you cook it a little while add a little and they will eat it and like it.

[jacktheknife]

Gentlemen,


I showed the smoked coon to Sandymay and she just went back inside, jumped up on our bed and went back to sleep. Duke grabbed a piece, walked out in the back pasture to eat it and an hour later the coon was gone. Duke ate the whole coon but for the head.


Thank you...


Knife

[johnporter]

I fed raw beaver meat to my dogs for yrs...the only meat that gets any type of cooking is bear and hog.. Dogs are just like canines and their stomachs are made to eat meat--man has ruined them by feeding them with corn based feed. Corn is just a filler and they get very little nutrients from it..Actually alot of kidney problems and over heating in your k-9 pets is caused by corn.

[Admin]

Dec 29, 2011 7:40:36 GMT -5 johnporter said:

Actually alot of kidney problems and over heating in your k-9 pets is caused by corn.

And not to mention the popcorn farts