How to skin a raccoon

[1920waveslider]

Ditto on the comment about skinning the head. I also watched your Beaver skinning video and had the same problem. Once I got to the head I just screwed it up. If you could do a "close up" of the process around the heads it would be great.

[southernboy11223]

hey man, do you eat the coons? im a pretty big trapper but i let mine go. what do you do with the fur?

[sparkimoto]

I found a very fresh raccoon roadkill this morning and stopped to grab it. I was gonna load it in the trunk to take home but decided to leave it , realizing I have no experience butchering a coon. After watching this, I regret that I left that coon for the vultures!

[xxaimpiratexx]

my girlfriend would murder me if she saw me watching this lol

[matzmonkey88]

what kind of trap do u use and what for bait? and where can i get ur trap?

[berndern0615]

do you tan your own hides?

[alice123lovely]

cool

[jc00111]

r they good eatin? how do u cook em?

[1pheas2]

Thank you for posting this video. Is this how I would skin all trapped critters? Also, is this how you bring the hide into the buyers? Do you need to cure it first or sell it green? Thanks for any help!

[1x93cm]

now i just have to learn how to make a hat

[JTMLSTUDIOS]

what do u do with the rest of the body?

[AlexMEllett]

@JTMLSTUDIOS what i do is just leave it for the foxes coyotes scavengers and even the coons

[Predatory2k]

your 3 year old video helped me out today. I shot a male raccoon out of a tree and skinned him. I had never skinned anything before either. It turned out decent for going slow for a couple hours. All I used was my small buck knife!. Sure I screwed up the tail I wish I had the tail zip but I had to work with what I had. Hung him on para cord and did the job. Not bad for a Californian who lived in the suburbs most of his life but loves the country. :D Missouri is a beautiful place!

[deerdropper1]

@cubcadet1983 I heard they can carry a lot of diseases but I'm not sure

[cubcadet1983]

can you eat the coons someone tell me plz

[HaloLvl43Legit]

@cubcadet1983 It's not very edible but it won't kill you

[burndownthecity1]

@cubcadet1983 yup, but it taste like shit, and is very stringy. I wouldn't recommend it, you'll be sorry u went through the trouble to prepare it

[devinp4]

can you cut the tail of and just keep the tail?

[bowhunterpetemac]

@devinp4 you have to bone the tail first.

[Standingwithfeast]

do you eat your raccoons?

[alec0o05]

your good GOOD JOB!

[huntnfishfriends]

can i make a tail striper anyway?

[muscabeats]

alright, so I live in Oregon, and we have ALOT of raccoons around here. I've been getting pretty sick and tired of them showing up on the porch at night eating the cat food, so I decided one night to sit on the porch with a 9mm and shoot the living hell out of them. I let my rottwieler finish the last one off, since it ran. we had fun. so I watched your video, and skinned the one without the bullet holes. What do I need to do to the fur now?

It's starting to stink. hahaha.

[superwhiz88]

preparing raccoon is dangerous ,, need to wear gloves.. cause it might contain rabies .. but eating it its very safe once cooked ..alot cooks in Asia catch rabies because of these dishes ..

[otacon451]

@superwhiz88 rabies and many worse things ... i stopped reading about them after something about 'necrotic encephalitic lesions' or similar.

[MrbloodyG]

how does it taste??? is it kinda like squirrel

[semperfi253]

instead of using a tail zipper can you use a gut hook

[semperfi253]

instead of using a tail zipper can you use a gut hook on a deer skinning knife

[Rhsgrad2011]

did u eat the racoon

[wolfforce58205]

I've heard of a tail zipper before. What is it exactly, and where'd you get it?

[gatrapper]

@wolfforce58205 you can get a tail zipper at most trapping supply stores. The tail zipper is use to split the tail after the bone has been removed.

[79Testo]

Aren't you worried about Rabies, ticks, fleas transferable through blood and fur contact?

I was told that you must spray "Raid" on a coon fur before skinning it to prevent the ticks and fleas from coming onto the person.

[gatrapper]

@79Testo I just make to wear gloves. Have yet to have a problem.

[nathan23vaughn]

thanks for the video my brother wont teach me how

[antz733]

does it just pull over the head?

[KeshaIsHot808]

The Coon, lol...

[123xyzbnm]

man southern coons are ugly.

[huisvrouwtjuh]

At least it's dead.. :-(

[nephildevil]

looks like a mora knife, u shud mora in the labels knife nuts may wanna see it

[thehilitereel]

@nephildevil I think it's a Chicago Cutlery knife, really good knife. They use them in chicken factories I think.

[JBLIONS100]

i came up on the first raccoon i ever caught in a trap a couple weeks agon and it was calm until i picked up the trap and my pitbull tried to get through the cage

[SnowBurtonKing]

Are you legally allowed to dump coon carcass'?

[gokartsRfun]

did you gut it?

[bogeygolfer1970]

good video, i just started trapping, sent ya a friends request, if ya dont mind send me a message and let me know what kinda traps ya use, i just got a few from tractor supply but their kinda aggravating sometimes to get them to stay set.

[jakemcdonald97]

@bogeygolfer1970 buy some 2-20 conibears and son 1-10 for muskrats and other truck that goes with it. then go find a likely older man and ask him if he knows anything about trapping. and if so buy him lunch and talk about it he'll probably fill you in on how to do it

[TheWildNorth]

i hear them raccoons are vicous how are they in a trap? good job man

[gatrapper]

@TheWildNorth Most are pretty chill until you get near them. Once you get close they get mean.

[BradenJ223]

@TheWildNorth you don't wanna pet them that's for sure! There pretty quick also you have to be very careful when dealing with them live.

[wyttale]

Why was the fur left on the back end of the coon??

[gatrapper]

@wyttale The fur that is left on the animal is fur around the animals vent and genital area.

[allamericanTRAPPER]

u know what ur doing

[cianw10]

do you eat racoon meat?

[gatrapper]

@cianw10 I personally dont. No way in heck I would eat it unless I was starving. I do have people that I give the carcass to that eat them. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

[bcroger2]

@gatrapper

if your not eating it then why the fuck kill it?

[Hashishin13]

@bcroger2 Skins are cool, its not like theres any shortage of raccoons wither.

[hunterdmetz111]

@bcroger2 for the furs thats y u skin it

[CharlieDoan]

@cianw10 excellent meat for grill Teriyaki, NAGASAKI styles

[cianw10]

i live in uk but i thought that racoons are basically giant rats? i mean like they carry loads of diseases and are full of nits etc. so why would you want to skin it? (sorry if i sound naive)

[gatrapper]

@cianw10 All wild animals have the ability to carry nasty diseases. Thats why I always use gloves and will lysol and bleach down all my equipment after I skin. Im at the point now that I will also wear a painters mask and glasses when skinning so I dont flick anything into my mouth or eyes.

[martystanfill50]

good vid



[thunderdog512]

I just skinned my first coon and your method worked great! but once i got to the head i couldnt skin it so i just cut it at the neck so if you could make a video on how to skin around the head or explain how to that would be great! thanks again for the video

[cabelasportsmen]

this is the most informational coon skinning video on youtube thanx alot hope you make more vids!

[slimhitter]

dont coon carry a parasite in their ass or something

[DuckKiller1327]

cool, thanks alot man, cant wait for more of your vids!!

[123TheTrapperman]

Can you tell me when raccoons are prime.

[gatrapper]

@123TheTrapperman

Depends where you are. In Georgia are season opens in December and the coon are prime by then.

[123TheTrapperman]

Can you tell me when coons are prime.

[123TheTrapperman]

Do you now when raccoons are prime.

[123TheTrapperman]

Do you now when coons are prime in ms.

[DuckKiller1327]

hey nice vid. but i have 1 question, my dad lent out our coon hanger to someone and cant remeber who it was, so i want to buy a new one, where can i get one? did you buy that or make it, please help!

[gatrapper]

@DuckKiller1327

Go to Minnesota Trap Supplies website and look up there chain skinning gambrel. Works really good. Pay attention to my page later this year, I will have more skinning videos up.

[allamericanTRAPPER]

@DuckKiller1327 go to buckeye trap supply

[suvivorteen113311]

Is there a trick to keep the fat off the hide?

[suvivorteen113311]

are there any laws on catching skunks?

[DuckKiller1327]

hey nice vid, i have 1 question, a few years ago my dad lent out our coon hanger so ive been useing a trap to hang them and its a pain, did u make that one or buy it? do you or anyone know where i can buy one? please help

[hooknbullet]

Good for you!

BTW: I've found the best coon bait to be a rice crispy treat with dog kibbles in it. Skunks, possums and cats ignore it, but raccoons can't leave it alone.

[daddyg321]

Try using a drop point or stiletto blade, the point gets between the skin and meat better,as for the tail I use two round shaft flat tip screwdrivers, the flat tip of one held flat against the handle of the other. A stronger branch would be nice too I use the rail of my overhead door.

[Angel14567qw]

gosh darnit i skinned a coon and it took me like thirty minutes cause that was the first coon i every skinned it actually didnt look that bad ethier. nice vid by the way

[TheCodykickass]

hey i have seen people skin them straight down the belly i think that is is just to tan then right

[veangence383]

Do you need a license to trap these in Florida?

[FlamingFury5]

@veangence383 u need a license for nearly everything in america

[survivalairgunner]

awesome!! im tryingto get the bastards in my creek now

[RussellKD]

just killed two baby raccoons, gonna try an skin the little fucks. thanks for the vid

[xBONExCOLLECTORx29]

what did u bait it with

[shaggygoose]

cool