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Post by bigjohn on Dec 17, 2023 18:49:09 GMT -6
I quit waterfowl hunting after my old lab died 30 years ago. I enjoy watching dogs work and after his death just went with only beagles.
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Post by krank on Dec 18, 2023 5:32:42 GMT -6
Kinda like me and coon hunting. All those good hounds have passed on so it just aint the same. I might duck hunt if I got invited to a blind. I got waders and could buy a stamp. That wouldnt be for the meat just the comradery.
I got a buddy that brags on how good he cooks goose. He marinades it and smokes it and grills it and deep fries breast. I told him I am not impressed and will bring him some worn out boots to try.
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Post by trapdog on Dec 20, 2023 17:53:01 GMT -6
Those geese do take a lot of work to make edible. Some years ago we finally settled on just making jerky out of them. Pretty good that way.
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Post by bigjohn on Dec 20, 2023 18:02:13 GMT -6
Lots of other varmints are better eating and not near the trouble lol
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Post by krank on Dec 21, 2023 7:45:21 GMT -6
A goose would be welcome if I was living in a log cabin and hadnt had nothing but beans for a while. Good source of fat.
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Post by trapperw3 on Dec 21, 2023 12:31:31 GMT -6
I have eaten beaver coon wild turkey deer but have not eaten muskrat or bobcat or any of the other wild meat has anyone else
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Post by bigbob on Dec 21, 2023 18:13:39 GMT -6
Yeppers, I think I've had them all, including Rattlesnake and Ramen noodles with mushrooms! YUM!
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Post by Walleye Joe on Dec 22, 2023 6:54:16 GMT -6
I have eaten beaver coon wild turkey deer but have not eaten muskrat or bobcat or any of the other wild meat has anyone else I've eaten squirrel, rabbit, coon, wild turkey, deer, bison, bear, elk, gater and 2 legged beaver  . The latter is by far the best. LMBO. I haven't had the chance to try bobcat, muskrat or wild beaver but would like to sample it someday. |
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Post by krank on Dec 22, 2023 7:34:05 GMT -6
Hungry people call all that stuff protein. During the Depression, a lot of wildlife disappeared via the dinner table. Possum was a delicacy.
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Post by trapperw3 on Dec 22, 2023 7:39:14 GMT -6
well i have eaten a lot of squirrel and rabbits wild and tame
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Post by krank on Dec 22, 2023 8:07:16 GMT -6
52 and raining. All that means to me is that I will have to walk into my stand tomorrow morning because it will be muddy. If I get one then I will go ahead and rut it up to bring him out.
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Post by krank on Dec 22, 2023 8:14:33 GMT -6
well i have eaten a lot of squirrel and rabbits wild and tame We always raised rabbits. I sold them for $2.50 butchered. If I was overran then Pel-Freeze bought them live for $1.50. Grumpy said a few years ago that he was getting $9. Tame rabbit is considerably larger than a cottontail and lighter colored meat. I was selling quail for $5 cleaned. Only reason is everyone else is $6. I gave most away free to family and friends. |
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Post by bigjohn on Dec 22, 2023 9:49:46 GMT -6
Grumpy had quite a rabbit business going. Collected and sold the droppings for fertilizer. Some of the best you can get as it didn't burn like chicken or turkey litter.
Won't eat a possum, coyote, fox or a skunk but about everything else I'm game. Beaver is one of the best wild game you'll ever eat. The trick to all wild game is proper handling and then cooking.
Krank, we didn't get but .01 rain here.
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Post by krank on Dec 22, 2023 10:27:48 GMT -6
Read a book about a Canadian trapper. He threw all his carcasses on the roof of his cabin. He went up there when his food supply was low. He said fox was surprisingly good as well as lynx backstrap. He said the yote was nasty.
My Dad and Grandpa took all my rabbit manure. I did a science project on livestock manure. I had bulletins from the USDA (used to cost 35 cents per copy mailorder) Rabbit was the best by far and was one of the only "non-burning" manures. Dog and cat was almost worthless and might kill plants depending on diet. Chicken was the most potent and caustic. So I know my stuff.
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Post by segsarge on Dec 22, 2023 17:45:03 GMT -6
I had no idea rabbit manure was the best to use.
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Post by bigjohn on Dec 22, 2023 18:57:56 GMT -6
An area I use to mushroom hunt was a conservation area that had been burned a couple years before to set back the willows. A year or so after it was burned it was a tangle of dead willows creating perfect rabbit habitat. The ground that spring was heavily littered with rabbit droppings and the mushrooms were unreal thick. Unfortunatly the area manager thought the whole area needed to be mulched. Never were the rabbits or mushrooms found after that.
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Post by krank on Dec 23, 2023 7:40:49 GMT -6
MDOC gets some funny notions. #1 cocklebur producers in the nation.
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Post by trapdog on Dec 24, 2023 14:46:29 GMT -6
Raining up here now and they are saying may get up to 3 inches by tomorrow. We need it so bad I'm not even gonna beech about checking traps in the rain on Christmas morning!
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Post by krank on Dec 25, 2023 10:02:53 GMT -6
Sunday it rained and my 4wd almost got stuck checking traps. It has rained a lot since so I am debating what to do. I can always walk.
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Post by tjm on Dec 25, 2023 11:01:04 GMT -6
I've eaten some wild meats; squirrel, rabbit, beaver, coon, wild turkey, deer, elk, duck, grouse, quail, skunk, muskrat, groundhog, snapping turtle, pigeon that I recall and tasted 'possum. Other than the turtle and 'possum I'd eat them again. I've eaten tame goose but not the wild ones.
It always rains, always has.
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. The latter is by far the best. LMBO. I haven't had the chance to try bobcat, muskrat or wild beaver but would like to sample it someday.
Goodbye 2020
Dec 31, 2020 5:08:59 GMT -6
Goodbye 2020
Dec 31, 2020 5:08:59 GMT -6
