Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Archived Hunting Pics => Shooting and Hunting => 2008 Hunting Pics => Topic started by: billy on July 26, 2008, 10:17:42 pm
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...to my primitive bow and stone tipped reed arrows! I got this 18 pound raccoon using the same little 40 lb bow featured in my article Putting Bird Points to the Test. I also used the same reed arrow that I used in the test.
I saw the coon up in a tree eating berries, so I stalked until I was almost underneath the tree the coon was in. The coon saw me and started coming down the tree butt-first. My first shot missed. Second shot hit him in the belly and exited in the middle of his back, just missing his spine. Third shot hit the tree, and the 4th shot skimmed his tricep muscle on his right front leg. I was gonna put a final shot into him, but he fell outta the tree and died. I shot him with a very tiny jasper bird point, about the same size as the ones I used in the test. The reed arrow penetrated about 22 inches, but he broke the shaft when he fell outta the tree. That little stone point cut a surprisingly large, gaping hole considering its small size.
I'm not really into killing raccoons, but my brother had some break into his chicken coop and slaughter all 20 of his chickens over a span of 2 nights, so I figured I'd exact a little revenge. Even still, I skinned him and I am planning on trying to cook it up and see how it tastes. From what I've heard, raccoon is greasy and gamey, but I pledged that anything that falls to my primitive bow will not be wasted, so I'm staying true to my word.
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nice coon,
gotta respect a man that holds true to his word 8)
you gonna tan that hide too, i'm thinking string silencers. heck i'll even let ya make me a pair
keep up the good work on them chicken killers.
peace,
tim
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Way to go Billy! you harvested a critter that most likely has harvested a chicken or two in it's life ;D. And your going to put it to good use - that hide aught to be handy for something :).
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i'm telling ya "string silencers"
like i said i need a pair lol
let me clear that up, i need a pair of string silencers for my bow.
after all you dont look like the coon skin hat wearing kinda guy lol
tim
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Make sur you get the scent glands from under the front legs. Nasty tastin things. I would boil it til it is do close to done, to help rmove some of the grease, and then throw it on the grill with your favorite sauce.
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nice kill, they in season in your area? they are greasy meat but ive eaten em a bit most times though...give em to the dog, i dont think its wasteful if your using the skin and dont eat em as long as you use somethin,,,,
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Nice. Raccoons are tough critters....killing him with one arrow says a lot about the effectiveness of bird points. ;D
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I like 'coon....but I am strange in my eating habits too.....I love pig feet.....go figure.....
Parboil him and then cook any ole way your like!
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nice one billy.so are you going to tell us how it tastes.later john
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Get all the fat off of it before cooking it. The fat tastes way bad from what I been told. Had some at one of the Glass Buttes get togethers and it was stewed up but tasted like a fine veal.
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Coon tastes real good if you get the fat off of it and smother it in BBQ sauce... ;).. nice harvest brother and good show of respect for your fallen prey ..A/ho Hawk
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Good form, Billy. Much respect for you, for having much respect for your animal. Wish more were like that.
~~Matt
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I've heard soaking in milk and sugar for 24 hours will get rid of the game taste.Those little birds points are something else !!
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That looks like a quiver in the making to me ;).
And everything tastes good with enough BBQ sauce :D!
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I'm making birdpoints for small game like that.
Wonder if the small points along cause more damage since they do not impede the oscillations of the arrow as much as a large point would. What do ya think Billy? Time for another experiment?
Also, do you think you can make it out to the Buttes comming up next year? Should be a good time again!
David T
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I loved that article man,but that's beside the point...no pun intended lol..... Nice kill man
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it ain't wasting even if you throw it away: after all, you're protecting the chickens and your brother's money...i'm just surprised you shot it so much...
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Nice job Billy,Coon ant greasy it taste a lot like Venison,pretty tasty. :) The last one I killed I mad coon stew and it was very good.Now ground hog is greasy. :)
Pappy
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see im lazy and a cave boy and id cut some meat off and just fry it in butter, not a real good way to prepare an old boar coon..
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I heard the younger ones taste better and are more tender.Maybe you need to cook the older ones longer at a lower temp.
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Again Billy way to go. And again way to respect the animal. As for what Mad Crow, said, Believe it! Years ago, when I was in the army, my dad took some friends down to our camp in the Big Cypress, and he thought he had enough food. That is till he saw how two growing teenagers eat. Well one of my friends hated black eye peas, so after they had eaten up all the chicken, and hamburger, they decided that they would go kill something to eat. Well they killed a big ol Coon, and brought him back to the cabin, and started to clean and cook it. Well my dad came back, and asked what smells? When they told him they were cooking a coon, he asked them if they had removed the glands. They responded with " What glands? " Well, not only could they not eat it, the dogs wouldn't even eat it! They ended up eating Black eyed peas......then remembered the big canal, and caught some fish.
I have never eaten coon before, but I know some of the people in N.C. will fight you for one. Some people I have worked with, just love it. They fry it. I know I have eaten Armadillo, and it is great. Nope, doesn't taste like chicken, tastes like pork. Just par boil it, then batter it and fry it. Might work with Coon also. Ask those who do eat it, they can tell better how to prepare, and cook it. BUT DO BY ALL MEANS, REMOVE THE GLANDS!!!
Wayne
Wayne
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nice work billy. im sure its been eaten by now but my favorite cooking method for all small game is on a spit over coals. belly up. when the juices in the belly have all but dissapeared its done. like said though glands and fat gotta go. had a buddy cook up a beaver for he had taken. he never removed the glands and you could smell it when he was cookin it. i let him take the first and only bite. :)
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Any brothers know where these glands are located so I can be sure to cut them out?
~~Papa Matt
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depends on the critter. some have it in the front legs, some in all the legs. and so on and so on
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I know they're usually in the legs, but I mean specifically on a coon where are they? When you skin the beast, don't they come off with the skin or you have to cut them off of the meat after you already skin it?
~~Matt
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Mighty tasty backed with bbq sauce and sweet taters. As for the hide coon skin cap.Ron
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The glands, also called Kernels, are located under the armpits and also on the lower back (from what I remember). I did remove the glands from my raccoon. They are about the size of a lima bean and are a hard, off-white nugget. If you remove all the fat and excess crud you'll remove the glands in the process. They're not buried in the muscle, but just outside of it. Anyway, I still haven't eaten him yet, but $$$ is getting tight, so it'll probably be soon when I do cook him up!
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Cook him up, Billy. They are tasty, like cracker said, with BBQ sauce on the grill. There used to be an old Black man near here that would trap them, put them in cages and feed them Buttermilk and bisquits. Then he'd sell them for $30 a piece. Always had a waiting list on holidays.
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now thats sounding yummy ;D >:D
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Ya know what? We lack them type of charectors here in the NW. Makes life interesting!