Well today I did not go trapping with the guys but I did run one trap I had set last night behind the house after a coon and trapped this guy hes pretty different kind! gonna do a rug mount on him pretty coat on the ugly nasty thing. caught him in a DP trap with wet cat food with a few little marshmallows.

I feel sorry for that ice chest lid.

Most of the opossums I have run across have been that color. Of course I am no connoisseur of fine possumship.

There is one animal along with a skunk that I don't like messing with and that's the other one... nasty animals... the only thing I ever seen that will eat a dead buzzard

Your really not going to skin that thing are you

I skinned one once, but when the babies all fell out of the pouch mid skin that was enough for me and I put it on the gut pile.

ooh dat nasty!

That was a $ 5 bill in the 70's lol!! Skinned a many of them nasty dudes! Pretty common color I that one thouh

They have the softest coat. This is the only one I will skin ever prolly. He was pretty. All of ours are solid white. This is the first we havw seen of his kind lol. This one is a male so hopefully I don't have to worry about babies falling out

Possum stew for supper tonight?

Yes I would have to say that's a pretty average one there. I've caught quite a few this year that were black black. Not worth much. The ones you want are the big white ones, they could bring 3 to 5 bucks still. Good job though, reset and catch that coon!

You have a young one...Those are the best eating.quarter wash real good and fry,bake or stew just like you would a chicken..all white meat..
If you are going to keep the hide..you need to flesh it good and place it in a degreaser..Then wash in dawn dish soap...stretch hide to dry..when dry brush flesh side with a mild brush.lay flat and salt good to remove extra moisture.....then soak in bucket of fire ash,,oak bark..lots of both...and water..make sure it is all under water..soak for about three days mixing up every day..after three days...remove from water and re stretch.Now rub hog or deer or cow ,hog brains all over flesh side of hide and leave as is for about two days..scrap all brains off..the brush flesh side with brush again..let air dry more.. remove from stretch and you will have a nice soft hide you can use for about any thing..
Make you a opossum hide water bottle holder.or what ever...ammo bag..hat?

taste like chicken

No way I would try to eat one of these things

good stuff, hell we were only getting 3$ for em, but while taking everything else out of its skin, wasn't hard to add a couple of them to the pile

3$ is, 3$.

I'm not easily grossed out, but...

Snakes and Opossums

Was running a trap line mid 70's out in the fields that is now 190 @ Custer. Caught a possum and wacked him with a hammer. Put him into my backpack to take home and skin. About halfway there he decided he wanted out of the backpack. Really wanted out. My bike went one way and the bag went the other.

^^^ lmao that's funny. He was playin possum on you

Lol me and a buddy caught one at our campus apartment in college and turned it loose in the cheerleaders room... these were 4 bedroom apartments so it made for a lot of craziness...good times

I also got $5 for each one in the 70's and early 80's. About 82 or 83 (I can't remember exactly) the market fell out and they haven't been worth a hoot since. My brother and I caught almost 300 of them one year, made for a great Christmas!