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Groundhog caliber I intend to eat them
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Okay, now I am curious, how do you cook them and what would you compare them to? We don't have them here.
.22WMR will be much more effective than .22LR with shots to the body; just try to avoid the modern varmint and self-defense rounds that have light bullets with deep hollow points.
.17HMR and .223 can make a mess, especially on smaller ones.
.17HMR and .223 can make a mess, especially on smaller ones.
22 lr is all we ever used. If you can find their dens, its easy to smoke them out & ambush their ass. Most of our shots were less than 25 yds.
Groundhog is greasy as f!@#
My grandparents made us kids eat it when they did. Freaking nasty. Really strong. Squirrel is WAY better.
We used a pellet rifle and a 22 depending on mt grand dads mood
My grandparents made us kids eat it when they did. Freaking nasty. Really strong. Squirrel is WAY better.
We used a pellet rifle and a 22 depending on mt grand dads mood
22 with CCI lead hollow points kills them the quickest without fucking them up and leaves no shrapnel or lead bits. Generally one shot and they’re dead with no exit. Round nose hardly fazes them, I’ve dumped a 10rd mag in them with ever shot a solid thud and had them make it back to the hole.
If you kill them off soybean fields they actually taste pretty good. IMO better than deer.
If you kill them off soybean fields they actually taste pretty good. IMO better than deer.
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Worse than grilled raccoon? Hahahaha horror story from my childhood
My uncle would take every one of those bandits I would bring him, especially if they were killed off of a corn feeder
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My buddy and I shot one when we were teenagers. His dad made us cook it and eat it.
I’ll pass unless it’s to try one pressure cooked and dolled up with bbq sauce. I’ve heard that is ok eating
This is bringing back memories of junior high when a classmate gave me some jerky he made the night before. It was excellent. After eating a bunch I then asked what it was. He said it was a pigeon he shot on the farm. First question has always been “what is it?” before eating any since then.
Never ate groundhog. Don’t plan to either but who knows what the future holds.
Never ate groundhog. Don’t plan to either but who knows what the future holds.
Well it is better than long pig if both are cooked the same,...
Rural pigeons are a delicacy. City ones not so much.
Woodchuck stew is an excellent way to cook it . Pic stolen from the cyber butcher shop . To me it tastes similar to muskrat .
Head shots, no meat damaged. 
Groundhog , raccoon, possum, had them all when I was a kid. All require some "prep" before doing the actual cooking. My grandmother , on my mothers side of family, who lived to 93, died over 25 years ago. She and her family grew up dirt in Louisa Kentucky. I heard the stories about how to cook these animals because they had to eat whatever they could get. When I was young and started hunting , I was informed by my father that if I was going to kill something then I had to eat it. So, grandma taught me about cooking the lesser preferred vermin.
Groundhog , raccoon, possum, had them all when I was a kid. All require some "prep" before doing the actual cooking. My grandmother , on my mothers side of family, who lived to 93, died over 25 years ago. She and her family grew up dirt in Louisa Kentucky. I heard the stories about how to cook these animals because they had to eat whatever they could get. When I was young and started hunting , I was informed by my father that if I was going to kill something then I had to eat it. So, grandma taught me about cooking the lesser preferred vermin.
When reading threads like this I praise God my parents raised me in the city.
The only small game my father would bring home would be partridge, pheasant, quail, and hares.
My father was a chef who owned a restaurant.
In the old country my Grandfather raised pigeons for eating.
The only small game my father would bring home would be partridge, pheasant, quail, and hares.
My father was a chef who owned a restaurant.
In the old country my Grandfather raised pigeons for eating.
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You sure you're not thinking of possum?
I've never had one I thought was greasy.
Last two I shot and eat this spring were killed with neck/upper torso shots from .17M2 , no meat damage to speak of. Of course that really limits your range, but where I am, these days "woodchucks" really are wood chucks, there's no more big open fields.
I think the one I shot and eat before that was killed with a round of 1934 vintage .303 British, Bren gun ammo. No real meat damage either.
All the others in my younger days with .222, ,223, 22-250 and .243 made a real mess of them, they wouldn't done well for table fare.
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I get all warm and fuzzy too, hoping more people stay in the city and leave the country to us folks raised in it
Relax, I’m kidding
Sorta
The guys at Chuckin' did a lot of work with several calibers. But plenty of good shots with a .22-250.
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What do you do with them to prep is what I want to know? Clean, wash well, ice soak for a day, par boil and then cook?
I would suggest a marinade in some sort of mild acid. I killed a ton of ducks and geese when I lived in KS and ate every one of them. I marinated them in milk or buttermilk (lactic acid) for several days changing the marinade daily.
Well been there done that …I was told you want a young one not old one. Wasn’t that bad…Also had bbq coon that was good….Mo conservation dept used to have a cookbook with everything in it including possum and skunk…..That is a line I’m not crossing….
Well I've tried fried coyote, but couldn't finish even a bite. Makes good dog treats. I'm guessing groundhog couldn't be much worse. I don't know how many I've killed, and I don't remember thinking about eating them. Although most of the ones I've shot it was with whatever I've had handy and that usually wasn't something for low damage. I can't think of a rifle or caliber that I've had that hasn't killed a groundhog.
Try the Sierra 50g SPT varminter #1330 in a.222rem. These were the first bullets I used in my .222rem when I first got it. They were very accurate but not explosive at .222rem velocities (a little harder that the 50g blitz), they killed chucks, just didn't "splode em". I never checked how much damage they did, I switched to Hornady 50g SPSX, then 50g Speer TNT, both very devastating on chucks at the speed of my .222rem (3050-3100fps mv).
Mike
Mike
BBQ Squirrel was a staple at our tsble growing up. But, like rabbit you gotta check the liver and lungs for Tularemia (white spots)
Exactly
I shoot 20+ per year and make sure they are pulled out of their holes enough for the hawks, eagles, crows and vultures to see them. Usually the crows or vultures show up first (within an hour) and then get run off by a hawk or eagle.
Never skinned one to see what internal damage looks like but I handload 53gr VMax for my 55.6.
I’ve shot them at 50 yards with them broadside and the bullet didn’t pass through.
Never had one take a single step after being shot with those. And I’ve shot several.
I’ve shot them at 50 yards with them broadside and the bullet didn’t pass through.
Never had one take a single step after being shot with those. And I’ve shot several.
My dad used to prepare coon with a gravy over rice Mmmmm so good. There are a few things I wish I learned before he passed. Raccoon was a kind of family delicacy!
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I’m betting there a quite a few good ways to eat it. I’m not the one to turn my nose up at much without at least giving it a try
I didn't know you guys eat that. I would give it to my cat.
This is a hog and likes to go underground:
Therefore, a groundhog. Enough meat to feed family.
0.308 win works fine on them
This is a hog and likes to go underground:
Therefore, a groundhog. Enough meat to feed family.
0.308 win works fine on them
That’s a very low bar.
There’s a reason we raise cows and chickens. Not deer geese groundhogs and other assorted trash meat
One of the dumbest pieces of fudd lore/propaganda/rules on existence.
Hope they eat the mice and rats they catch and the coyotes too.
Long leg disease carrying rats are no different
Never said it was a high bar or some sort of standard, but there’s a lot of people that actually think deer tastes good. I feed deer to our dogs.
