Do you really eat Coon? (Colleyville, Commerce: fence, garden, move)

[jeffari-al-texani]

I've never had coon, but my grandfather would feed us squirrel...

[needsomeinfo]

I think your friend is pulling your leg. I have lived in tx my entire life and never eaten (or heard of anyone eating) coon. racoons are roadkill, not entrees.

[jimboburnsy]

Originally Posted by Hoosier

I have a serious question for you all. Does the majority of Texas really eat coon? I'm asking this because I have a dear friend who lives in Houston and tells us they love to eat BBQ coon.

At first I thought she was joking, but she was serious. Bein' from way up north...almost to Canada we do not dine on raccoon. And seriously...does it really taste like chicken? BTW, this is NOT a joke, but a serious question.

Your friend either deadpans exceptionally well or is actually talking about BBQ armadillo, a fine dish indeed.

[BobTex]

Originally Posted by needsomeinfo

I think your friend is pulling your leg. I have lived in tx my entire life and never eaten (or heard of anyone eating) coon. racoons are roadkill, not entrees.

read my posts ... you are just uninformed!

[jeffari-al-texani]

Originally Posted by needsomeinfo

I think your friend is pulling your leg. I have lived in tx my entire life and never eaten (or heard of anyone eating) coon. racoons are roadkill, not entrees.

are you one of them thar big citah folks???

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by BobTex

Randy, I forgot to mentioned gator ... but yeah. Having grown up around Sabine lake and in the marshes and ricefields of SE Texas I've caught a few and ate a few.

Bob, do you know Texas hunting laws as concerns alligators? Does it require a special license (like akin to a Duck Stamp)?

Like I mentioned earlier, Caddo Lake has been an idyllic place that for the last 10 years for sure is a spot to go and stay. In fact, planning on heading out there somewhere between Christmas and New Years Day for a visit!

Anyway, the first time I ever actually saw a "real live" alligator there was one early morning when my kids (now both grown) came in one early morning and woke me up yelling "Daddy, daddy...there is an alligator out here!!!" (we were staying at a place in one of the truly backwater areas of the lake).

I told them (I had been up quite late the night before) to beat it and not confuse a log for a gator. They insisted...and I finally got up...warning them that if it really WAS a log...then somebody has had a bad day (this was 6 in the morning and I am not at my best at that hour).

We got in the canoe, and sure enough...it was. JUST in case, I had taken a pistol along...and managed a brief video cam footage of that sucker.

Question is though, it occured to me as to whether or not a special license is required to hunt them? I know that they are basically harmless if one doesnt bother them...but just curious...

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by BobTex

I heard they wants a foot left on (to make sure they weren't getting a cat).

I have family in east Tennessee that are crazy about coon hunting. I never specifically targeted coons but they were "incidental findings" from time to time.

Randy, I forgot to mentioned gator ... but yeah. Having grown up around Sabine lake and in the marshes and ricefields of SE Texas I've caught a few and ate a few.

Yes, that was it! It wasn't the head like I said. Too many years since I've even thought about coon hunting I guess.

Thanks for the correction.

[TX_AGGIE13]

Well, I don't eat coon, but I will say that people actually DO. I know this because I have seen it first hand. I have never seen Texans' eat it, but im sure there are some. I know that some people in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas do. My grandmother's family was fairly poor when she grew up and they frequently ate squerel cooked in dumplings. I watched that show with the guy on the food channel the other night and he visited a resturant in Mississippi that made a racoon stew. Also as far as gators go you do have to posses a hunting license to kill them. I forgot what it is called, but I know that you must be a property owner with lakefront property in order to purchase one and the fee was $1,000 per year. I really don't think many who hunt gators have licenses though...lol. I have eaten gator before and really didn't like it. They had it in a resturant I went to in Louisiana.

[Lindsey_Mcfarren]

Originally Posted by Hoosier

I have a serious question for you all. Does the majority of Texas really eat coon? I'm asking this because I have a dear friend who lives in Houston and tells us they love to eat BBQ coon.

At first I thought she was joking, but she was serious. Bein' from way up north...almost to Canada we do not dine on raccoon. And seriously...does it really taste like chicken? BTW, this is NOT a joke, but a serious question.

I grew up in the Dallas Fort Worth Area and we always referred to them as Racoons but we never ate them.

I would be careful throwing the term you mention about as it can also refer to an African American person in the deep south. I know you would never intentionally use it that way.

I of course have heard stories of people eating strange things but its not what I would call a typical thing.

[needsomeinfo]

Originally Posted by jeffari-al-texani

are you one of them thar big citah folks???

yes, heaven forbid, growing up in the metropolis of heb!