Like Curt said, the sound will at least help you not get an over ripe one. Along with sound is a vibration. One hand flat on one side, the other slaps the opposite side. An over ripe melon sounds dull and no vibrations will be felt on the back side.
A farmer at our market says to look for teeth marks. Claims that coyotes have an excellent sense of smell and they will try to bite the sweetest smelling ones. Never heard that and it could just a spinning a yarn, but, the one time I bought such a melon from him it was amazing.
Dewayne.
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