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BBQ Groundhog for Din Din???
oldgunner
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Now guys..This will be long, but be patient and read it. You gals too, ok? It's partly toungue in cheek, partly serious.
My dear ole long gone pappy told me never to shoot anything I wasn't going to eat, and by and large, I've stuck to that.
I have a groundhog living in my front yard. He ain't botherin me none, but my .22 mag keeps whispering to me..'He lookin' mighty tasty.." A friend told me groundhogs are pretty good on a charcoal grill, and the two of them have me thinking hard right now..
About 55 or a few years ago, if it hadn't been for rabbits and squirrels, my parents, my six brothers and sisters and me would have been vegetarians from necessity. Well, also I can tell you..Snapping turtles make fine table fare.
Ok, down to it now.. What unusual animals have you eaten? Ok, go on with your roadkill jokes and lets enjoy them, but when you get through with that, be honest. I want to know seriously about the groundhog, because I'm half an inch from trying it. Anyone have experience? I'm serious now darn it..I'll be looking for serious replies along with the redneck ones..
My dear ole long gone pappy told me never to shoot anything I wasn't going to eat, and by and large, I've stuck to that.
I have a groundhog living in my front yard. He ain't botherin me none, but my .22 mag keeps whispering to me..'He lookin' mighty tasty.." A friend told me groundhogs are pretty good on a charcoal grill, and the two of them have me thinking hard right now..
About 55 or a few years ago, if it hadn't been for rabbits and squirrels, my parents, my six brothers and sisters and me would have been vegetarians from necessity. Well, also I can tell you..Snapping turtles make fine table fare.
Ok, down to it now.. What unusual animals have you eaten? Ok, go on with your roadkill jokes and lets enjoy them, but when you get through with that, be honest. I want to know seriously about the groundhog, because I'm half an inch from trying it. Anyone have experience? I'm serious now darn it..I'll be looking for serious replies along with the redneck ones..
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Anyways.. there are recipes on the web for groundhog..and from all
reports.. its quite tasty..
http://fordinfo.com/rec/recipe.htm
http://www.safariclub.org/recipe.asp
Seriously, as long as there aren't any parasites like rabbits carry until the first hard freeze ... what the heck! I say go for it ... but then you might miss him
BlackRoses
I figured you and Classic would be on "Honeymoon" ... BTW congrats!
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The only bad thing about choosing a Kimber ...
... there are so darn many models to choose from!
kimberkid@gunbroker.zzn.com
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
Woods
How big a boy are ya?
On a previous post, I told a few stories that my Grand Father had told me about eating a lot of rabbit. I have a confession to make, I have never eaten rabbit and I don't just shoot them for the fun of it 'cause I think the rabbits have a tough enough time without me running a hollowpoint through 'em. OK,, and their kinda cute,,,,,
Now prairie dogs aka "big stinkin' rodents",,thats different!!!
"Just my opinion."
you can be king or street sweeper but everyone is going to dance with the reaper
A medium sized hog will feed four. If you like a vegetable with your meal try a small turnip combined with parsnip (the white carrot).
It's a great meal and a favorite Canadian recipe.
barto
the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
Kimber, never tried rat burger either..Hmmm, I wonder.... no,,, I think I'll pass on that one. I guess Dad was wrong. Some things just naturally need killing, like the rats and prairy dogs..
Once had Mountian Lion, Fried up just like chichen nuggets.
Talk about good eaten!! White meat, tender and juicy!!! Better than any chicken I have ever had!!!!
Of course I can play the piano, as long as it has pedals!
Also ate bear meat once when me and some guys were deer hunting in Wy,
the people that we stayed with cooked us game meat every nite after hunting, the bear meat was just like pork,was greasy but tasted good.
doc
I dont give my guns without somebody getting hurt!
This year during spring gobbler, I called in a guinnea hen.
There is one that hangs out on my wifes grandmothers property. She has been begging us to shoot it, 'cause it has been digging up her lawn. She hates animals. She also constantly asks us to shoot her woodchucks.
I dont want to shoot the guinnea hen because the neighbor has kind of grown attatched to it. Anyone ever eat one of those birds?
"The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal governmentare few and defined, and will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace negotiation, and foreign commerce"
-James Madison
hey all!
hey all!
"The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal governmentare few and defined, and will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace negotiation, and foreign commerce"
-James Madison
get a life ...do you know how many coyotes, racoons, skunks.p dogs,gophers,black birds,crows and ect i have shoot a left laying because they were either detroying my crops, livestock, carrying disease such as rabies (i have had to taken rabies shots twice now because of skunks and other animals infecting other animals with rabies that i had come in contact with) and ect. if you want to eat everything you shoot be my guest but you will never catch me eating a skunk,coyote ,* and ect.
i used to trap fox,coyotes,badgers,mink and ect to sell the fur so there would be some good use of these animals.. they were used to make coats and ect out of them plus it kept the population in check so they didnt get over populated and die from disease but people spraying paint on people's fur coats because it was made out of real fur killed the fur market so now i just shootem and leave em.
doc
ps by the way i drive two big diesel pickups i bet you hate them dont you
I dont give my guns without somebody getting hurt!
If you like chichen, you'll like guinnea hens!!
Of course I can play the piano, as long as it has pedals!
BUT send me one or two and I'll let you know how they compare to *.
coonass
We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.
hey all!
"The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal governmentare few and defined, and will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace negotiation, and foreign commerce"
-James Madison
Everyone has a right to their opinions, and to have that opinion respected.. God knows I have disagreed with members on here, and they have disagreed with me as well.. but I WILL NEVER resort to name calling, no matter how much I disagree with a person..
Children call each other names.. not intelligent adults..
OH THE HUMANITY!!
You must wear earplugs, cause if you didnt, you would hear the trees screaming.
AZZEATER- I think you are onto something. I saw this fellow on TV, and he is the president of this organization that wants to prohibit humans from being allowed to breed. He figures that humans do too much damage to the earth. And if everyone stopped breeding, humans would go exstinct, and then the earth can live happily ever after.
I think he has a bulletin board on the web.
"The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal governmentare few and defined, and will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace negotiation, and foreign commerce"
-James Madison
as a matter of fact i have great repect for nature as my whole livly hood
is at the hands of nature. i farm crops and raise beef cattle for people to eat it doent do me any good to destroy the soil and everything involved in farming and raising beef cattle. when i graze pastures i try to only use half the grass so to leave some to hold snow for moisture and prevent invader grasses from taking over my range land ect and ect.
i also practice notill farming so i dont lose any soil due to wind, water erosion,as i hope my kid will take over the farm and ranch when i retire someday so why would i want to destroy my land!!!!
Farmer and ranchers are very aware of the balance of nature it does me no good if things get way out of wack.
I live most of my life outside working with nature so i do know whats going on. my whole place is my home and i do take care of it...my house it just a place to get in out of the elements for a few hrs of the day ,all my land that i own is my home and that is many thousands of acres.
by the way there is no building going on here there are four families that live in the same township that i live in! 1 township= 36 square miles.
you can call me what ever names you want doesnt bother me a bit.
and with that,
that is all i will say about it
have a good day
doc
I dont give my guns without somebody getting hurt!
hey all!
hey all!
To get back to what we were discussing, guinea hens are quite good. Bear meat is so so, my opinion. The tongue is especially tasty. In my youth I tried a 'possum once on a dare, won't do dat again fer sure..My dad liked raccoon, and I might try it, except I've made friends with a young one. He eats my table scraps every day, and will almost but not quite, let me touch him, so it would be a bit like eating a housecat to me. But that's just a personal preferance. I expect he would taste just fine.
There are no bad guns, only bad people.
At first it was worse than that. I was out squirrel hunting, and a squirrel jumped in front of me. I aimed at him, and I saw my rabbit looking at me. I let the little rodent go. Went home questioning my purpose, and the next day I went out and shot 3 suirrels- I thought about how much I love squirrel-tastes like country spare ribs to me.
"The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal governmentare few and defined, and will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace negotiation, and foreign commerce"
-James Madison
When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
"The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal governmentare few and defined, and will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace negotiation, and foreign commerce"
-James Madison
4GodandCountry, yep, a great story, and I have one for you.
When I was 10, I shot a robin with my Red Ryder BB gun. My dad was a believer in eating what you kill, so you can guess..He made me eat it.Darn, it was the only "meat" I had that day, and it tasted pretty good..Nope, not like chicken, but it was about like a dove. In fact, I wanted to go out and shoot some more the next day, but he did me in, took my BB gun away from me for a week. He had very strong principals about conservation and such things. Good ole man though, the following year he bought me my first .22 for my birthday. A single shot Winchester, then he took me squirrel hunting. My first squirrel looked like it had been run over by a fork lift, since I shot it about five times, but he and my mom pretended I had done something great, cooked it for me, and I've been a hunter ever since.God, the youth of today have lost so much..unless they have parents like mine..
There are no bad guns, only bad people.
Throw them in a pot and boil them for a little while.
Then add some sourkraut and some good boiling potatoes. I prefer small potatoes, with the skin on.
When the potatoes are done, put some of the concoction in a bowl, and put a dab of butter. HMMMMMMM HMMMMM GOOD!!
Robbins- A friend of mine told me that when he was a kid, him and a bunch of pals would hunt for robbins. They would fill up a back pack with robbins, and had a grill set up in the woods, they would breast them, grill them, and feast on robbin breasts. Said it was very tasty-then again, kids can eat the darndest things.
"The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal governmentare few and defined, and will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace negotiation, and foreign commerce"
-James Madison
When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....