Is this legal where you live? (Page 1/3)
blackrams FEB 10, 07:17 PM
I was surprised to see this on Facebook Marketplace.

Obviously I don't get out enough but, I thought selling wild game was illegal.

Raccoon Meat for sale
$25 · In Stock
Listed in Purvis, MS
Details
Condition
New
Raccoon Meat for sale
$1.50 a lbs cleaned with feet left
$1.00 a lbs uncleaned
Killed to order
Can deliver
ls3mach FEB 10, 07:35 PM
Squirrel isn't even good eating. Not even in stew.

No idea though.
blackrams FEB 10, 07:40 PM

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Originally posted by ls3mach:

Squirrel isn't even good eating. Not even in stew.

No idea though.



Well, I'm not making a judgement call on this. I've eaten things some folks thought was gross but.................
Used to attend an annual wild game feed, ya brought what you had killed and shared. But there was never any selling.

Rams

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Jake_Dragon FEB 10, 07:53 PM
On my way to CA we stopped in the middle of UTAH at a "shopping center" they had every kind of dried meat you could think of.
Had a little green alien head sticker on all of it.
Pass, we got gas and beat it out of there.
sourmash FEB 10, 07:55 PM
He might have a license to offer it. Doesn't read like it though.
blackrams FEB 10, 08:29 PM
Asked the same question from a friend, this was his response:


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Don't know about selling it but when I was a youngster in Mo. my uncle would bake them with sweet potatoes. Kinda stringy meat if I remember. My one and only time eating racoon. They leave the feet on to prove it's not a cat.



Hadn't thought about why the paws were left on.

Rams
theogre FEB 10, 09:21 PM
In the US, Many places is Illegal to Sell most to all meat w/o USDA Inspection done.
Many butchers have USDA inspection to sell any meat from nearly any animal Not on Endanger Species List or otherwise Not Restricted to sell.

We had a butcher decades ago that USDA Inspections a few times per hunting season so people can sell Deer meat to local Grocers, restaurants, etc.

Not sure legal or not but many here sell
Raccoon Squirrel and Muskrat often w/ signs outside that anyone can see. All are classed as Vermin w/ little or no limit to kill and no "season" for them.

Many areas have Huge problems w/ Rabies in Raccoons and others.

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maryjane FEB 10, 09:39 PM
Legal here as long as it is inspected.
There are some caveats tho, regarding where the carcass came from.

I would take this old article with a grain of salt....
https://greensboro.com/racc...c9-080e90a81655.html


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SILSBEE, Texas — Lynn Briscoe and her family have followed a Super Bowl tradition for years: invite friends and relatives over to watch the game, talk about which is the funniest commercial and cook a raccoon.

“It’s delicious. If you haven’t eaten one, you don’t know what you’re missing,” said Briscoe, who has eaten raccoon all her life.

Super Bowl Sunday is a day when many people, including those who don’t know a touchdown from a first down, plan parties where they serve an assortment of food. In many Southeast Texas homes, that includes raccoon.

“Super Bowl weekend is one of my busiest times. I can sell 300 to 500 before the weekend is over,” said Ivy Jackson, owner of Silsbee Quality Meat Market & Smoke House.

What’s expected to be a busy week leading up to the Super Bowl on Feb. 6 will be the highlight of what has already been a busy raccoon season.

“This year has been crazy,” said James Drake, owner of Bo’s Meat Market in Jasper, Texas, where roughly 3,500 raccoons have been sold since the start of raccoon trapping season Nov. 1.

“The word is out. There’s a lot of new people buying this year,” Drake said by telephone from Jasper.

Jackson has sold about 3,000 raccoons at his market since early November. He expects to sell another 4,000 before trapping season ends April 5.


Part of the appeal of raccoon meat could be its cost. Raccoons generally are sold three for $12. “It’s cheap meat,” Jackson said.

Don’t think the low price means customers aren’t discriminating.

“If it doesn’t have the feet attached, I can’t give it away. People want the feet attached to know they’re getting a real raccoon,” Jackson said.

Raccoons, which are stored frozen and away from other meat, are sold skinned with their heads, feet and tails attached. Meat markets and other dealers must have a license from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to sell raccoons because they are fur-bearing animals.

Raccoons are known carriers of the rabies virus, and raccoon meat sold in licensed markets is not inspected. Those who occasionally dine on raccoon meat say any risk of contracting rabies through consumption seems unlikely.

“I’ve sold them for the last 10 years and I’ve never known a person to have gotten rabies from eating one,” Jackson said.

Raccoon can be prepared much like any other meat. It can be barbecued, boiled or baked. Briscoe said raccoon tastes best when made with lots of spices and served with sliced sweet potatoes.
Although Briscoe has eaten raccoon meat since she was a child, it’s hardly the mainstay of her diet.

“You can’t eat it that often. It’s real greasy,” she said.

Raccoon meat’s thick texture and strong, greasy taste is one of the reasons raccoon is a dish many families reserve for holidays or special occasions, like Super Bowl Sunday.

For those who haven’t dined on raccoon and wonder what the masked critter tastes like, Jackson tried his best to draw a comparison.

“It sort of tastes like pork,” he said.


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blackrams FEB 10, 09:55 PM
Reference selling wild game;

I have a friend that has a dog with some kind of dietary issue and regular dog food won't cut it. No, I don't know what's wrong or why regular dog food won't provide the nutrition it needs but, they were buying beef to supplement the dogs diet. My friend (the husband) killed his limit of deer and was feeding that to the dog. His wife saw an ad offering to sell venison. She responded and they set up a meet. She arrived and discovered it was a sting and ended getting arrested and then bailed out. She had to pay a fine and was told if she did it again, there would be jail time. She honestly didn't know you could NOT buy deer in Kentucky.

Rams

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MidEngineManiac FEB 10, 10:58 PM
Nope....

and the only people that do it are natives, on their territory (reserves).

You get less time for killing a human than an animal to sell here. Control pests and vermin, OK. Hunt for sport or food, OK. Commercial hunting ? You're screwed.

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