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Out There: Thing I've et

By Keith "Catfish" Sutton
Special to ESPNOutdoors.com

Tuesday, October 22, 2002

I once invited a young lady to my shack for a home-cooked supper. Until that evening, it never dawned on me that most folks have never had the good fortune to eat barbecued coon. I was surprised to learn that some folks would be happier if they never did. I had spent the previous evening hunting raccoons in east Arkansas' river bottoms. My buddy Leon owned a bluetick that was one fine coonhound. We turned the dog out at 9 p.m., and, by midnight, had killed six coons, including a trio of masked ...

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