I love those tomcats.
My husband said the coon weighed well over 30 pounds, and he would know. He hauled it out of the barn after he dispatched it. There’s a serious problem with rabid ‘coons in this county, so he picked it up with a shovel and hurled it into the woods on the other side of our creek........he would not bury it here.
If it was rabid, cats discovering the body might bring infectious matter back to you or your neighbors. Next time, you might consider dousing it with kerosene and lighting it up.