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[Ag5643]

Racoons have been hitting my deer feeder pretty hard as of late. Just purchased a .30 Crown and spent a good portion of today getting it setup and dialed in and figured might as well.

Got setup about 2245. First shine on the feeder and there he was. 45 meters, heart and double lung with a 50 gr. JSB. He trotted of about 15 feet and expired. Spent the next hour skinning him out. Quartered him up and ill be adding the meat to Yal for my Kangal. Ive had the Crown since Thursday. Not a bad first hunt with it.

 

[intenseaty22]

Nice shot! Where there’s one, there’s two, may want to keep an eye out. 

 

[Gunner1985]

Very nice. Fine looking guns for sure. Good choice. 

 

[Keyman62421]

Don't forget the garlic!

 

[farrahUSMC]

yeap Garlic is good for dogs it's a natural flew repellent, I (we) use it on our raw food to make it more palatable for the dogs (we own 3 mutts)

 

[Ranchibi]

Nice new Crown and great shot! LOL...must cost you a pretty penny feeding Yal, those Kangals are not small!

 

[Ag5643]

Nice new Crown and great shot! LOL...must cost you a pretty penny feeding Yal, those Kangals are not small!

That they aren't. She just hit 8 months old and she is already just over 100lbs. 

 

[Pale_Rider]

I love what you’re doing with the raccoon meat! 

Out of concern for your Kangal; How do you know if an animal that you shot (and are about to feed your dog) does not have rabies? And if it had rabies does cooking the meat remove the rabies?

*New to hunting that’s why I ask*

 

[Glenroiland]

Eating raw meat of a rabid animal has not been shown to transmit rabies, but given the potential, it should never be performed. Effectively, it is transmitted through the salivary glands and usually only when the animal is showing symptoms. In theory it could be transmitted in raw meat, especially if the meat gets contaminated with the salivary gland contents. And, yes, properly cooking it will "kill" the virus.



Hope that helps!

 

[Pale_Rider]

@Glenroiland Thanks for the info. Even though, they say the virus can be killed when cooked I wouldn’t feed it to my dogs

 

[Glenroiland]

@Glenroiland Thanks for the info. Even though, they say the virus can be killed when cooked I wouldn’t feed it to my dogs

No problem. I'm a veterinarian, and I think I tend to agree with you. Although, if it wasn't showing any signs of neurologic abnormalities and it was well cooked it SHOULD be ok. Still I think I'd tend to ere on the side of caution. There are certainly some animals that carry more disease than others...

 

[Ag5643]

The meat is in the freezer where it will stay for a few weeks. Then it will be boiled in the yal. I feed whole game such as squirrel and rabbit a couple times a month. They are frozen for a month or so before they are given raw to my dogs. Other than removing the GI, they get the whole animal. The rest of their diet is mostly raw food with good kibble ever so often and Yal of course.

 

[Glenroiland]

Nice to not waste a kill. Freezing will not kill rabies, but cooking will. The probability is slim given the prevalence/incidence of raccoon rabies, although it is considered a rabies reservoir host. Additionally, 8 do n9t believe there are any reported cases of rabies from meat consumption. Personally, I'd cook raccoon prior to feeding to eliminate this skim risk.

 

[Pale_Rider]

@Glenroiland

if it wasn't showing any signs of neurologic abnormalities and it was well cooked it SHOULD be ok. Still I think I'd tend to ere on the side of caution. There are certainly some animals that carry more disease than others...

I will definitely be paying attention to any animal before I shoot it and feed it to my dogs. The only raw meat they’ve had were the quail and chickens I used to have by digging a whole underneath the chicken coupe Looking forward to feeding them some squirrels 

 

[Glenroiland]

@Glenroiland

if it wasn't showing any signs of neurologic abnormalities and it was well cooked it SHOULD be ok. Still I think I'd tend to ere on the side of caution. There are certainly some animals that carry more disease than others...

I will definitely be paying attention to any animal before I shoot it and feed it to my dogs. The only raw meat they’ve had were the quail and chickens I used to have by digging a whole underneath the chicken coupe Looking forward to feeding them some squirrels

Poor chickens, lol.

 

[zGerman]

Eating raw meat of a rabid animal has not been shown to transmit rabies, but given the potential, it should never be performed. Effectively, it is transmitted through the salivary glands and usually only when the animal is showing symptoms. In theory it could be transmitted in raw meat, especially if the meat gets contaminated with the salivary gland contents. And, yes, properly cooking it will "kill" the virus.



Hope that helps!

My dogs get wild meat all the time, mostly rabbits. In my view the biggest risk are worms. Most bunnies during warm weather also have fleas. I would not cook the prey, dogs digest raw bones a lot better. Around here the stats show that most rabies infected animals are bats and even those are mostly clean. Check your local statistics, make a call.

Even so cooking would kill most disease agents it also changes the bones and makes them hard or impossible to digest for dogs. So mine get the whole raw animal minus the fur and the bullet hole.. 

 

[CurlyArgentina]

Very nice Ag!!!