Wisconsin has a hunting and trapping season for raccoons. It runs from mid October to mid February each year. With that comment in mind, let me just say that I found a raccoon that had been hit by a car in front of my house last week. The weird thing about this raccoon was that it was almost a pure solid black color throughout it's main body section. At first I thought it was a feral cat of some type. It also had a shorter than normal tail which had normal coloration to it. I thought this was an anomaly but yesterday while driving home in the middle of the afternoon, I had a similar raccoon run across my road about a mile from my house. There appears to be a group of these oddly colored critters in my area.
Anyone else ever see a raccoon like this? Is this a color phase variation? I have shot hundreds of raccoons during the open season in Wisconsin and have never seen one with this type of coloration. Color me confused?
Anyone else ever see a raccoon like this? Is this a color phase variation? I have shot hundreds of raccoons during the open season in Wisconsin and have never seen one with this type of coloration. Color me confused?