Coons and Deer

Today, I had to go to the courthouse in Woodville, Mississippi for work. For those of you who don’t know, Woodville is in the Southwestern corner of Mississippi. When I was pulling into town, I saw this sign.

Hummm, I thought, can they really be selling raccoons? So I called Dustin. His reaction is, “See if they have baby ones and bring one home.” Knowing my husband has always wanted a baby raccoon, I feel like I must check this out. So while I was in the courthouse, doing my work, I decide that I’ll ask the clerk about this. Surely she can tell me all about it, since the sign was just down the block. I ask, “Do you know if they really have coons down the street?” She looks at me with a puzzled face and says, “I don’t know, those coons are for cookin’.” Do what!?! People eat raccoons!?! This is a new one for me!! So, she proceeds to tell me that they “skin” them and leave one foot and some hair on so the customer can tell that it is a coon and not a dog. Apparently they are very similar. I told her we didn’t have things like that in Hattiesburg. So, as I leave, I had to stop by and check it out for myself. Sure enough, a freezer full of “coon” was for sale!!

While I’m on the animal subject, here are a couple pictures from Dustin’s first buck that he killed a few weeks ago while hunting with Kyle Smith in Ellisville. We’re calling it a 7-point even though one side of his antlers was missing… They both got big bucks that morning!! Our freezer was completely empty, so I’m thankful to be fully stocked with deer meat again!! Yummy!!