It definitely isn't an old coon with how average-sized it was however the meat isn't light looking. I'd say it's in the middle, it doesn't seem very light and it isn't a dark purplish red.
I trapped a raccoon with a foothold back in February right after that snowy cold front and the meat has been sitting in my freezer ever since. I tried to cook one of the back legs by cooking it in an oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes (to get rid of any disease that may lie in the meat) and then...