Anyone ever eat woodchuck?
- Thread starter David LaPell
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??DGNY
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The other problem this time of year [most years, anyway], David, the original poster, would first have to use a snow shovel and then a regular shovel or backhoe to get them out of their winter dens. Not sure of the caloric 'return on investment'...
When I was in law school sharing an apartment, my classmate had one of his mother's old cookbooks that covered woodchuck stew. Have not forgotten the intro: "Two woodchucks will be required". Never ventured into that delicacy. Conversely, we found the way to roll piecrust for apple pie was with a scotch bottle.
Regards,
Dyson
When I was in law school sharing an apartment, my classmate had one of his mother's old cookbooks that covered woodchuck stew. Have not forgotten the intro: "Two woodchucks will be required". Never ventured into that delicacy. Conversely, we found the way to roll piecrust for apple pie was with a scotch bottle.
Regards,
Dyson
1Aspenhill
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Dave,
I never ate groundhog, but I fed them a lot of hollowpoints!
Bill
I never ate groundhog, but I fed them a lot of hollowpoints!
Bill
kozmic
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My brother-in-law used to pay me a few bucks a head to clear the 'chucks out of his farm. Then I'd sell them to the migrant workers who worked summers there. They grilled 'em up all the time. I had it hot of the grill a few times. Not my cup of tea. Kinda grainy and grizzly.
I usually took my bounty money and put on a feed bag of high quality meat at the local Mickey D's or Taco Bell.
I usually took my bounty money and put on a feed bag of high quality meat at the local Mickey D's or Taco Bell.
feralmerril
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God, I would love to tell a pat and mike joke here, but I would be history!
Kin I, huh? Huh?
Kin I, huh? Huh?
mkk41
US Veteran
I tried that Woodchuck Cider once.
Didn't taste nuthin' like woodchuck!
Didn't taste nuthin' like woodchuck!
A friend ate a Rockchuck once [hoary marmot] for you educated non western types. He said like many things that are close to the ground it had fleas all over it. The dare was to eat it so they kept it cold until the fleas left.
The Shoshone Bannock used to come off the reservation until the mid 1960's and hunt them for a few weeks every spring. They stayed near his grandfathers ranch in tepees. It made for an interesting sight.
Because they are fatty the flavor is supposed to be similar to pork.
The Shoshone Bannock used to come off the reservation until the mid 1960's and hunt them for a few weeks every spring. They stayed near his grandfathers ranch in tepees. It made for an interesting sight.
Because they are fatty the flavor is supposed to be similar to pork.
geoff40
Member
Yeah, 30 or more years ago, I had a few bites of 'chuck. Thats all I'll ever have.
carpriver
US Veteran
I have eaten a lot of different meats but no woodchuck. Muskrat, possum, coon, skunk, venison, caribou, bison, water buffalo, Asian monkey, trigger, python, rattlesnake, gatior, and dog and cat. My military career took me to many places and I was required to spend time with the local people. You learn to eat what they eat and do it with a straight face and not pucking. the worst was Vietnamese fish sauce.
Gaffer
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Many years ago the wife and I stopped by a closed friends home and he invited us for supper. When asked what it would be he said "chuck." It turned out to be woodchuck, slow cooked in a crock pot. He had removed the kernels and as much fat as he could. It was dark meat, a bit stringy but not as bad as I thought it would be. The wife was not that impressed! It was one of those things that we laugh about now and the poor man has gone to his reward.
DeathGrip
US Veteran
People down here find their horses butchered. They (the killers) don't seem to care the value of the horse be it a race horse or someones pet. They just want the meat.
I almost went political here but found the backspace button in time.
7 kids in our family, mom cooked a lot of squirrel and rabbit that dad shot every Saturday. When I turned 12 I went with him with my 16 gauge single shotgun. Good food and memories. Miss those days. Never woodchuck.
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Sebago Son
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I grew up in a thrifty Adirondack Yankee family. My grandfather, grand uncles and uncles ran a huge trapline. Good meat that came out of the skinning shed was eaten. Raccoon, muskrat, beaver joined regular game such as deer, moose, duck, goose, squirrel, rabbit and all mannor of wild fish on the dinner table. The men did draw the line at mink, fisher, marten, bobcat, coyote and fox. Can't say I've ever eaten these meats.
