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When it comes down to it, just about everything is survival food.

That it is, though I'll try to stick with things I know taste good or at least tolerable (providing I have a choice) but if one likes squirrel they going to like groundhog (same family) plus more meat and better tasting.
 
Has anyone here eaten woodchucks?

When I was a kid in upstate New York, we had a siberian huskey that killed them very efficiently and often.

I seem to recall that she iced 175 of them (almost definitely a gross underestimate) in one year.

The alfalfa farmers loved her.

Can woodchucks be eaten? What do they taste like (please don't tell me 'chicken')?

How do you cook them?


We don't have woodchucks but we do have groundhogs and whistle pigs.:D:D:D
(they are the same thing)

Yes I've eaten them when young, about half grown.
They taste exactly like groundhog.
Kinda like asking what beef tastes like.
Or what does pork taste like.
I've been told by those that tried it that said it tastes "gamey", whatever that means.
Whitetail deer tastes like venison, squirrel tastes like squirrel, etc.
Older groundhogs that hybernated (sp?) over winter taste lousy to me.
I've read they suck fat from glands near the butt and that taints the meat.
When I kid I spent summers with my Uncle who was the ultimate rifle shot and hunter.
I learned to shoot long distances under his guidance and got quite good at it.
My best with a .222 Remington Magnum, now obsolete, was a bit over 400 yards.
That's stretching that round.
Later I graduated to a .22-250, .220 Swift, now settle on the 5.56/223 Ruger heavy
barrel SR 5.56.
My favorite caliber is the .22 magnum rim fire and I've taken hundreds of groundhogs
with that round.
I've even taken them with handguns. My best with the Ruger single action revolver was
125 paces with the .22 r.f. magnum round.
Bear in mind I once shot p.p.c. (practical police competition) and fired
more than 1,000 rounds a month. (.38 spl revolver)
With a Smith 45-06 I could put a magazine full of rounds in a man silhouette
at 100 yards from prone.
But I digress.
Shoot one, skin, clean, par boil with an onion, then flour, brown in skillet and try
it.
 
That it is, though I'll try to stick with things I know taste good or at least tolerable (providing I have a choice) but if one likes squirrel they going to like groundhog (same family) plus more meat and better tasting.

I like and eat both.:D

Same family for sure but totally different habitat.
What do squirrels eat before the nuts are ready in the fall?
Almost anything including raiding bird nests for eggs and young.
They eat flower bulbs and will ruin a flower garden.
I quite feeding birds as squirrel ate the seeds.
1/2" metal pole a deterrent?
Nope. I watched a fox squirrel HUG the pole and shimmy up and eat the sees.
I shot it.
Ate it too.
 
I fight with both, the groundhog goes after my alfalfa and I know the bee farmers here have issue with em eating the clovers. Haven't had much of a problem with squirrels (douglas squirrel) other than getting in the grain and digging holes in the lawn and flower beds hiding the winter cache, we also have the ground squirrels (aka grave digger) they are far more destructive with all the holes in the pastures for the horses, they live in the same environment as the groundhogs.
 
At least with the squirrels you can shoot it when it's a nuisance and get a snack out of it. I planted two cherry trees about three years ago that just finally started producing this year. Covered in these beautiful cherries! Some tiny little blue colored bird wiped them out just before they got ripe. Little bastards..... I saw one finishing up cleaning off a seed left on the stem. He was so small a 22cal wouldn't leave enough to put on a cracker. Next year I will drape a net over the trees.
 
I fight with both, the groundhog goes after my alfalfa and I know the bee farmers here have issue with em eating the clovers. Haven't had much of a problem with squirrels (douglas squirrel) other than getting in the grain and digging holes in the lawn and flower beds hiding the winter cache, we also have the ground squirrels (aka grave digger) they are far more destructive with all the holes in the pastures for the horses, they live in the same environment as the groundhogs.
The critter that I have the most problems with are chipmunks. We have little tiny ones here not much bigger than a field mouse. They get in the barn and the stacked lumber and attract rattlesnakes. I keep out several of my weasel traps baited with peanut butter to get rid of the little bastards. Haven't had any problems with squirrels (douglas?) yet. When a badger digs out a squirrel they leave a heck of a hole though.
 
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The critter that I have the most problems with are chipmunks. We have little tiny ones here not much bigger than a field mouse. They get in the barn and the stacked lumber and attract rattlesnakes. I keep out several of my weasel traps baited with peanut butter to get rid of the little bastards. Haven't had any problems with squirrels (douglas?) yet. When a badger digs out a squirrel they leave a heck of a hole though.
Normally, I think chipmunks are really cute little buggars. In all honestly, there destructive little buggars though. I had one pilfering dog food and storing it in the muffler of the generator. I posted this somewhere else here, but when I fired the generator it started sort of backfiring and was spitting out dog food nuggets. After a couple minutes it was shooting smoking dog food nuggets. After a couple more minutes I had a full fledged dog food nugget flame thrower! It finally cleared out all the dog food, at least a couple cups worth. Now, the chipmunks aren't nearly as cute.
 
It's interesting reading about everyone's various rodent problems in their yards and seeing what area(s) they're from on the left.
Not to derail the conversation further, the soil is terrible where I am, at least in my yard.


- We have a German Shepard and I don't know how she'll react to a chicken, and it at all possible I would want to keep is free range as much as possible. We have some high 11 foot walls surrounding the yard so I'm sure it would help, and there is a chicken specialty feed store not all that far from here so it piqued my interest.

Does anyone here happen to raise any other birds for their eggs? I know many are edible and chickens are notoriously fast layers. Some breeds an egg a day after maturity for much of their lives if what I read was true.
 
It's interesting reading about everyone's various rodent problems in their yards and seeing what area(s) they're from on the left.
Not to derail the conversation further, the soil is terrible where I am, at least in my yard.


- We have a German Shepard and I don't know how she'll react to a chicken, and it at all possible I would want to keep is free range as much as possible. We have some high 11 foot walls surrounding the yard so I'm sure it would help, and there is a chicken specialty feed store not all that far from here so it piqued my interest.

Does anyone here happen to raise any other birds for their eggs? I know many are edible and chickens are notoriously fast layers. Some breeds an egg a day after maturity for much of their lives if what I read was true.
Duck eggs are good to eat. I've eaten them on many occasions.
 
It's interesting reading about everyone's various rodent problems in their yards and seeing what area(s) they're from on the left.
Not to derail the conversation further, the soil is terrible where I am, at least in my yard.


- We have a German Shepard and I don't know how she'll react to a chicken, and it at all possible I would want to keep is free range as much as possible. We have some high 11 foot walls surrounding the yard so I'm sure it would help, and there is a chicken specialty feed store not all that far from here so it piqued my interest.

Does anyone here happen to raise any other birds for their eggs? I know many are edible and chickens are notoriously fast layers. Some breeds an egg a day after maturity for much of their lives if what I read was true.

I second the opinion about duck eggs.

I like duck eggs, and the shells are a lot stronger and less prone to accidental breakage.

Chickens are stupid and catch many different diseases.

Ducks don't lay quite as many eggs as chickens, but ducks are better at taking care of themselves, they are healthier, and better at fending off predators like cats and foxes.

They are a delight if you have adequate water...and they are even somewhat intelligent.
 
We have both chickens and geese. I love goose eggs! Their yolk is thicker than a chicken eggs. 1 goose egg = 1 chicken egg. The shell is also thicker which means less accidental breaking when hens go into the nesting boxes to lay. Only draw back is you get 1 every other day & geese are more aggressive so need to be careful if you have small kids.
 
We have both chickens and geese. I love goose eggs! Their yolk is thicker than a chicken eggs. 1 goose egg = 1 chicken egg. The shell is also thicker which means less accidental breaking when hens go into the nesting boxes to lay. Only draw back is you get 1 every other day & geese are more aggressive so need to be careful if you have small kids.
1 goose egg equals 3 chicken eggs . . . .sorry
 
geese are more aggressive so need to be careful if you have small kids.

I would be careful especially with kids but I don't have any little ones
now.
All grown.
A goose beat me stupid once.
They use what I liken to the human elbow on their wings to great
effect!
THAT HURTS.
I ate that sucker with an evil smile! :>)
Same with a mean old rooster that flogged me.
Only the bird got the last revenge.
It was so tough I couldn't drive a fork in it without a hammer.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I shot 3 Canada geese on a free guided hunt I got to go on.
Aweful!
Tough.
If one could make boots from a goose they'd last forever.
Unless vermin I don't harvest anything I won't eat.
The little wood duck is might tasty.
Also arguably the prettiest waterfowl.
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Pretty what?
 
I don't hunt waterfowl any longer.
Expensive.
State general hunting license required.
State waterfowl stamp required.
Federal water fowl stamp required.
Cost with steel shot (required) comes to
over a hundred bucks just take maybe two or three ducks.
If using decoys add cost of decoys and a permit to have a duck blind............................
 
I got flogged by an old rooster once. . and only once. Didn't see him coming up behind me when I gathered eggs. Tore a hole in my favorite jeans. Best bird I ever ate! ;) When they are old they can get very tough so I always boil to make him tender.
 

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