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Post by HillBillyJeff on Jul 21, 2014 18:01:49 GMT -5
A little bigger, and more of a digger than a climber, but she shouldn't have been trying to move into my building next to my garden. Young one that will fry up nice.   |
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Post by michaeladkins on Jul 21, 2014 19:02:08 GMT -5
What is it?
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Post by maddog on Jul 21, 2014 19:52:23 GMT -5
Don't you know a ground hog when you see one?  AKA "burrow chicken" as opposed to 'limb chicken"  maddog |
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Post by michaeladkins on Jul 21, 2014 20:32:51 GMT -5
Haha. I wondered if that is what it was. Also, I didn't know people ate them. I learn something new every day! ;-)
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Post by cedarthicket on Jul 21, 2014 21:59:00 GMT -5
Also, you could call them "wood chucks" or "whistle pigs." It has been several years since I ate one, but I seem to recall that when they are about squirrel size they taste a lot like squirrel. When they are rabbit size they taste a lot like rabbit. When they are several years old they taste ....well, tough. And, the old ones are a bear to skin.
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Post by maddog on Jul 22, 2014 6:49:26 GMT -5
HillBillyJeff, Did ya eat the critter, yet?
maddog
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Post by Woody Williams on Jul 22, 2014 7:25:49 GMT -5
HillBillyJeff, Did ya eat the critter, yet? maddog Ground hog to me is whole ham sausage.. |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jul 30, 2014 10:49:03 GMT -5
When I was young I shot several but we never ate them,dad said they were greasy. But I gave 1 to a neighbor to eat. Now I don't know of any places close by to hunt them.
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Post by drs on Jul 30, 2014 11:18:54 GMT -5
When I was young I shot several but we never ate them,dad said they were greasy. But I gave 1 to a neighbor to eat. Now I don't know of any places close by to hunt them. I've shot a number of groundhogs, on nearby farms, when I lived North of Washington, Indiana. Never considered eating them, but the farms, I hunted, all the farmers were glad I shot them. |
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Jul 30, 2014 20:14:07 GMT -5
They are mighty tasty when they are young. Fry em up or bbq them. Excellent table fare.
Woody, I never gave any thought to the fact I have a smoker. I may just have to smoke the next one I get.
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