coon fat for tallow?

WRustyLane · Apr 28, 2019

Oh, I'm still waitin' on my supply of mink oil tallow comin' from track o' the wolf. Then I can get castin' some .490 round balls. It seems that I am down to my last ball and I keep it in the mould as I was told to do that--what for, I dunno. Maybe some one here can tell me the "why".

tenngun · Apr 29, 2019

spudnut said:
Coon are in the weasel family

Same order as weasels and bears , but different family.

Paddywonka · Apr 30, 2019

Learned so much from this post. Thought I had really discovered something when I went from Bore Butter to Old Trapper's MCM lube. Guess I have a lot to learn & try.

BlackHillsBob · Apr 30, 2019

talked to a shooter this week for two hours from texas on the phone. wants to come up and hunt all the state and fed land we have. if he comes up i will show him around. he said he has a lot of mountain lion rendered fat. he says it makes the best grease cookies for black powder cartridges and patch lube their is.as no one else mentioned mountain lions though i would. ive been also told by several hunters that their meat is also very very good to eat.

omark · Apr 30, 2019

BlackHillsBob said:
talked to a shooter this week for two hours from texas on the phone. wants to come up and hunt all the state and fed land we have. if he comes up i will show him around. he said he has a lot of mountain lion rendered fat. he says it makes the best grease cookies for black powder cartridges and patch lube their is.as no one else mentioned mountain lions though i would. ive been also told by several hunters that their meat is also very very good to eat.

I really like the little mountain lion I had. But I thought Bobcat was even better

reddog · May 10, 2019

WRustyLane said:
Oh, I'm still waitin' on my supply of mink oil tallow comin' from track o' the wolf. Then I can get castin' some .490 round balls. It seems that I am down to my last ball and I keep it in the mould as I was told to do that--what for, I dunno. Maybe some one here can tell me the "why".

Supposed to help prevent rust.

bud in pa · May 11, 2019

I bought some beef suet a couple of years back, I rendered it down and mixed it about50/50 with bees wax. I put it in a can similar to a shoe polish can and keep it in my damp basement and it is still good.

Shiloh · Jan 26, 2024

From what I’m reading here coon fat rendered down is almost useless.

Beaver Trapper · Jan 26, 2024

Carbon 6 said:
I thought I read somewhere once that the fat from beaver tails was rendered into a fine oil for use on guns
Let us know how it turns out.

I've rendered beaver fat. It doesn't store well.

I have commercial mink oil. It hasn't gone rancid or cloudy after 8 years.

Mink Oil was used in cosmetics for decades

TCMonts · Jan 29, 2024

buford87 said:
It seems to me that coon fat would render down into something very much like bear oil. No it won't make tallow but it would be usable as a lubricant...........watch yer top knot...........

I skipped a couple pages so I may have missed it if someone has already mentioned, I understand that "racoon" comes from a native word "arakun" which means "little bear".

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