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[akroper]

#2 on my list of kill on sight vermin, 20 dead starlings this morning.

Learn to skin and dry those birds.  That pile is worth at least $200 to fly tiers.

[jgp12000]

I have eaten bbq coon once,greasy but was pretty good with hot sauce/&beer...

[Keta]

#2 on my list of kill on sight vermin, 20 dead starlings this morning.

Learn to skin and dry those birds.  That pile is worth at least $200 to fly tiers.

Never thought of that. I will skin a few, salt them and see if I can find buyers.  I kill between 100 and 300 a year.

[Midway Tommy]

I have eaten bbq coon once,greasy but was pretty good with hot sauce/&beer...

It would take an awful lot of beer(s)  for me to eat coon, opossum, beaver, muskrat, etc.   

[Keta]

Beaver and muskrat are not bad, raccoon is greasy.

[jgp12000]

Coworker grew up poor,his family had a gov issued out house,if anyone remembers them, maybe it was a southern thang.

He actually hunted possum for supper,it was his job to do so.
Most of us never had to & I am glad I didn't 

[JasonGotaProblem]

In Trinidad their local form of possum, and armadillo, are considered a Christmas delicacy... That a lot of people don't want. But it still shows up in songs etc.

[Bill B]

Something ate something on my back deck a couple nights ago.  Blood trail and all.  Betting it was a trash panda the birdbath the wife keeps for the birds was red with blood.  We had a family of them close because they were a nightly occurrence.  Coyotes hopefully had a belly full for dinner.  At the prison I watched a stink cat and trash panda go at it.  Wasn't sure who to root for.  In the end they called it a draw, one stunk to high heaven and the other was a little off worse for the wear.

[akroper]

#2 on my list of kill on sight vermin, 20 dead starlings this morning.

Learn to skin and dry those birds.  That pile is worth at least $200 to fly tiers.

Never thought of that. I will skin a few, salt them and see if I can find buyers.  I kill between 100 and 300 a year.

Buy one on eBay to see how they are skinned, wings attached.  The best skins are pinned out flat and dusted with borax.  I use a couple a year.
Hungarian partridge is another desirable skin.  I've seen prices up to $40.  Wood duck drakes are also valuable.
Squirrel skins, muskrats, mink,  snowshoe rabbit feet, turkey feathers, all have a market to fly tiers.
Another lucrative market is the pow wow/dance regalia market. You'd be surprised what people will buy and the prices they'll pay.

[Midway Tommy]

Drying them should be pretty simple, probably not that much different than drying fur pelts. Pin them out flat, scrape off any fat and let them air dry.

[jgp12000]

#2 this a.m. saving all the tails.Tried 36g stinger .22,not as good as shorts with heavier bullet? He was growling at me beforehand,he would have definitely tried to hurt me-no doubt.

[jgp12000]

My daughter & fam have a blue tick hound. I took them 3 coon tails to train him to track down these guys,maybe get some hats or supper out of it