Having trapped and skinned hundreds of raccoons, I'd have to be very close to starvation to try eating one. The discarded skinned coon carcasses are not touched by any type of scavengers; not even the ravens, which I have observed eating a dead skunk. A friend of mine from Alaska once told me that beaver is "good" eating, but then he went on to say, "but not near as good as bear". Having eaten bear and considering what it tastes like, I passed on the idea of cooking a beaver.
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