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Now that Gypsy has weighed in, I admit I left that part about the coonhunter open to interpretation, with her in mind.

The serious coonhunters, who spend over $10,000.00 for their hounds, never shoot the coons. The dog tracks and trees them, they follow. They snap a photo or a judge records the time from release to treeing, and they reward and call off the dogs.

The racoons are so mean and ornery they'd never risk dropping one of those nasty beasts in amongst their hounds.

Edit: Jerry Clower used to say coonhunting was a most humane sport, because the coon always had the option of coming down and whipping all eight of the dogs at any time.

Did you think I would get all up in arms about filthy raccoons? Eat what you want to eat.