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I would be fat as a butter ball if I can find someone to cook them like grandma use to but i would also be in shape cause we walk to trees around here

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Originally posted by elvis
How bout just feeding the dog what it trees.
IF it don't tree a coon tonite it don't eat tomorrow.
you reckon theyd try a tad harder?

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If you had to depend on your dog to tree coon, could you keep your family fed? Be honest with yourself! I got a feeling that if that was a requirement the styles of dogs we are hunting would change drastically.


I know most don't like to eat coon but that isn't what the question is about.

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I think if we had to rely on our coon hounds to feed us 1/2 of them would be culled in the first week.

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Originally posted by elvis
How bout just feeding the dog what it trees.
IF it don't tree a coon tonite it don't eat tomorrow.
you reckon theyd try a tad harder?

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Not sure the meat yield on a racoon. Figure an average 12 pound coon would yield 2 to 3 lbs of meat. Just taking one coon per tree I should have over 500# of meat to barbecue. However, I prefer beef.

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