About as much as this guy named Phideaux:
And another one he blasted:
He's still out and about, chatted with him on email today.
Talked about what the little devils can do to a foundation, hell I'd be loading up ammo too.
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And another one he blasted:
He's still out and about, chatted with him on email today.
Talked about what the little devils can do to a foundation, hell I'd be loading up ammo too.
That's Jim and I remember those photos well! He posted those after I posted mine on another forum and noted that the groundhogs he shot were bigger than the one's I had shot, which they were!
I was happy for him as I just want to see those suckers dead!!!
I was happy for him as I just want to see those suckers dead!!!
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Did you drink 1 for me??Hey Jerry, don't worry, all is well, I didn't touch my woodpile!!
After I cut my grass I called it a day, parked my tractor and started drinking some "cold ones"!!!
Same here,I just wish I had a place to hunt them.
They should have their picture in Dictionary.com as they are the poster-child of...
vermin noun
- (functioning as plural) small animals collectively, esp insects and rodents, that are troublesome to man, domestic animals, etc.
noun, plural ver·min.
- noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, especially those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats.
One of the few creatures I will make an exception for, and shoot.
I'll even give skunks, possums, racoons and armadillos a pass... but not those.
Hey buddy, I had a couple of cold ones in your honor. It's funny cause now when I look at my wood pile, I think of you!:drinking:Did you drink 1 for me??
I'll get to that wood pile!
Jerry, you don't have them on your property?
Hey Supp, I'm like you in that I'll let most other critters go by, but not a groundhog!
I will shoot those suckers every chance I get!
Nope,never have. I'm only 1/8 of a mile from an old railroad track they quit using back in to the late 60s,and I use to get a lot along it. But I think my neighbor who owns a lot of it now killed them.all,plus I know he wouldn't let me hunt it anyway,he's a real butt hole. Back then it was owned by the railroad and then the County,now it's all owned by private people,what's left of it,except for about 100 yards right to the South of our road,which is owned by the DNR,there's none in there though.
Well it's nice to know I'm good for somethingHey buddy, I had a couple of cold ones in your honor. It's funny cause now when I look at my wood pile, I think of you!:drinking:
I'll get to that wood pile!
Come on Jerry, ya know I value your interaction there buddy, and we've done this on a few forums at that!Well it's nice to know I'm good for something
Well at least ya got dear to hunt. I've seen some of your pics of them in the back of your pick-up truck.
Plus, you can eat dear. Don't know about groundhogs though! Although I've heard that some folks do eat them! I just can't phantom eating a big rat, grass fed or not!
I shoot them cause there pests & destructive little suckers. When I shoot them, I'll leave them where they drop.
After a day or so, the "Gang" (turkey buzzards) will start to circle overhead, swoop down & clean that sucker up!
I love how mother nature cleans up her mess!
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I do the same thing with them. Yeah some people do eat them. Dad told us once that his mom made some and didn't tell anybody what it was until after they ate. He said it wasn't bad,just a little greasier than squirrel but tasted a lot like it. 1 time after I'd got 1,I was bringing it home to train my coon dog with it and a guy that lived on the next road over stopped and wanted to buy it from me. I told him I wanted to use it to train my dog but he said he liked eating them and that I could get another 1 to train my dog with and if I got anymore he'd buy them too. He bought it for a quarter,which back in the 70s that wasn't bad since you could buy a box of 50 22s for a dollar.Well at least ya got dear to hunt. I've seen some of your pics of them in the back of your pick-up truck.
Plus, you can eat dear. Don't know about groundhogs though! Although I've heard that some folks do eat them! I just can't phantom eating a big rat, grass fed or not!
I shoot them cause there pests & destructive little suckers. When I shoot them, I'll leave them where they drop.
After a day or so, the "Gang" (turkey buzzards) will start to circle overhead, swoop down & clean that sucker up!
I love how mother nature cleans up her mess!
I don't really have a good place to deer hunt anymore since Bill died last winter,just behind the house along the ditch and creek. There's a few back there but not many.
Man, that brings back memories!
We 5 boys were avid hunters and shot a majority of the meat we ate growing up.
My mom, who was tasked with feeding 6 teenagers with ravenous appetites, was a wizard when it came to preparing absolutely anything to feed the hungry hoard.
She only had one rule: "if you shot it; you ate it".
We'd come bouncing in after a hunt: "Mom! you've got to see this! It's the biggest owl you ever saw! We just wanted you to see it!
Her reply:
"Let me know when you get it cleaned and I'll put it in the freezer".
She referred to items in the freezer as "UFO's" (unidentified frozen objects). No telling what it was until it was thawed out.
I distinctly remember us coming back in from the hayfield, starving. The whole house smelled like heaven.
I asked her, BBQ beef or BBQ pork?
Her reply: "BBQ meat!"
We gleefully ate every shred.
No clue what it was, but it was delicious!
I do know we shot doves, quail, squirrels, rabbits, possums, raccoons, beavers, ducks, deer, a cow or two... and occasionally, the biggest owl you ever seen!
And as I'm a scientific guy, I know that there are atoms from all of the above, still circulating in my body
... And they were delicious!I'm pretty sure groundhog would be really good...if my mom cooked it and set it on plates in front of hungry teenagers
That's how I'd like to go.
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Man, that brings back memories!
We 5 boys were avid hunters and shot a majority of the meat we ate growing up.
My mom, who was tasked with feeding 6 teenagers with ravenous appetites, was a wizard when it came to preparing absolutely anything to feed the hungry hoard.
She only had one rule: "if you shot it; you ate it".
We'd come bouncing in after a hunt: "Mom! you've got to see this! It's the biggest owl you ever saw! We just wanted you to see it!
Her reply:
"Let me know when you get it cleaned and I'll put it in the freezer".
She referred to items in the freezer as "UFO's" (unidentified frozen objects). No telling what it was until it was thawed out.
I distinctly remember us coming back in from the hayfield, starving. The whole house smelled like heaven.
I asked her, BBQ beef or BBQ pork?
Her reply: "BBQ meat!"
We gleefully ate every shred.
No clue what it was, but it was delicious!
I do know we shot doves, quail, squirrels, rabbits, possums, raccoons, beavers, ducks, deer, a cow or two... and occasionally, the biggest owl you ever seen!
And as I'm a scientific guy, I know that there are atoms from all of the above, still circulating in my body
I'm pretty sure groundhog would be really good...if my mom cooked it and set it on plates in front of hungry teenagersView attachment 7695
That's how I'd like to go.
I didn't mean Bill died behind the house along the ditch and Creek,Bill died in his living room with his pants down, probably trying to take a leak and had a stroke or heart attack. I was just saying he died and the only place I have to deer hint is behind the house along the ditch and Creek.
As to your mom making you eat what you shot,good thing my mom didn't do that because I shot a bunch of sparrows and starlings,even shot a crow once :wink:. I also shot a coyote,muskrats and a few skunks,I wouldn't even think about cleaning one of them
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Well you must have grown up in a 'privileged' household.As to your mom making you eat what you shot,good thing my mom didn't do that because I shot a bunch of sparrows and starlings,even shot a crow once :wink:. I also shot a coyote,muskrats and a few skunks,I wouldn't even think about cleaning one of them
I can tell you that it would take a lot of starlings to make just one 'squirrel pie'.
That's what my mom always called the dish she made with meat in a thick white gravy covered with biscuits cooked in the oven.
She always called it that so we'd know to watch out for the #6 lead shot lurking in it and not wolf it down (as teenagers are prone to do
).We did anyway.
...There's no telling how many 'vintage' pellets are still hiding in my appendix.
But I am living proof that they are not 'hazardous to health'
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Well I shot a lot of starlings and caught them too. I put a foot trap with beef fat fastened to the pan with rubber bands and set it in a tree,they'd come down and one peck later dead starling. I had over 20 laying out in the garden that one winter. We ate squirrel,rabbit, pheasant,quail,deer,fish,frog legs and turtle,but when it came to opossum,muskrat,mink,raccoon,fox,coyote,ground hogs and skunks we drew the line. Well the things we could sell for fur we did but opossum,skunks and ground hogs we just let lay.
Atta boy Jerry, guess we all have our limits!
Yep Dutch,I've got my limits. I've got no interest in eating chocolate covered grasshoppers,caviar,lobster,any organs including hearts,livers,brains,chicken gizzards,pigs feet,cow tongue or worms. The reason I brought up worms is because growing up one of the Special Ed boys that lived around here would eat worms then chase the girls around saying he was going to kiss them :wink:.
OK buddy, there's a few items on that list I do enjoy & will consume. I do enjoy lobster as well as liver & onions.
Years ago, I use to eat pigs feet, hog maws & chittlins or (chitterlings). My grandmother was from the south & raised on a farm. She was taught not to waste anything on a hog!
She would make the above from time to time and I grew to enjoy it. I don't eat that stuff anymore cause it's like eating glue!
Years ago, I use to eat pigs feet, hog maws & chittlins or (chitterlings). My grandmother was from the south & raised on a farm. She was taught not to waste anything on a hog!
She would make the above from time to time and I grew to enjoy it. I don't eat that stuff anymore cause it's like eating glue!
Some of that stuff just grosses me out thinking of where it's been and where it came from and so forth. All a lobster is to me is a big crawdad,I've seen what's in their insides,yuck. I know where pig's feet and cow tongue has been,yuck. As for hearts,livers,brains,gizzards etc,their guts to me and just plain ,yuck. Now if somebody gave me some and didn't tell me what it was I might like it,except for liver,I've tried that and can't stand the taste of it.
LOL buddy!:ROLF: Why is it that bottom feeders & slop eaters are some of the tastiest meats out there?
I don't know. I love pork,a lot better than beef actually. I also love catfish,which is a bottom feeder. I guess it's all in the mind,I should try to push those pictures out of my head and try it. Clams,oysters and snails are other ones I haven't tried,I guess my sister saying you're not suppose to chew oysters but just let it slide down,didn't help. If it taste THAT bad,why eat it???
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Good Morning T/F...!!
Awoke to a gorgeous day here in the Glen...sunny and currently 69 degrees already...forecasted temps to reach into mid-80's.
Stay Cool...
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Awoke to a gorgeous day here in the Glen...sunny and currently 69 degrees already...forecasted temps to reach into mid-80's.
Stay Cool...
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Good evening T/F.
I see that my "homeboy" Shooter is back in dah house!
Hey buddy, how was your trip, fine I hope? Did you bring us back any souvenirs? LOL, just kidding!
Good to have ya back there buddy!
Hey Jerry, I spent the whole day stacking that remaining fresh cut wood, so i'm finally finished!
I see that my "homeboy" Shooter is back in dah house!
Hey buddy, how was your trip, fine I hope? Did you bring us back any souvenirs? LOL, just kidding!
Good to have ya back there buddy!
Hey Jerry, I spent the whole day stacking that remaining fresh cut wood, so i'm finally finished!
Hey Dutch...
How ya doin' buddy !?
How ya doin' buddy !?
Good & tired!
Spent the day stacking the remaining fresh cut firewood!
Now my back is sore from all that bending!
Other than that, I'm doing good there buddy.
Spent the day stacking the remaining fresh cut firewood!
Now my back is sore from all that bending!
Other than that, I'm doing good there buddy.
Had a blast in the OBX...but we all drank way too much !! :buds:
Called the Betty Ford Clinic, but they gave up my old room to a more needy alcoholic. :bang Head:
So...I have to bring myself back from the brink...one beer less each day for a month...until I'm back to the normal consumption rate.
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Called the Betty Ford Clinic, but they gave up my old room to a more needy alcoholic. :bang Head:
So...I have to bring myself back from the brink...one beer less each day for a month...until I'm back to the normal consumption rate.
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LMAO!!!!:ROLF:
All that matters is that you had a good time!
All that matters is that you had a good time!
Good Morning T/F...!!
Awoke to yet another beautiful day here in the Glen...current temp is 79 degrees...projected temperature will be around 85.
Enjoy your day...
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Awoke to yet another beautiful day here in the Glen...current temp is 79 degrees...projected temperature will be around 85.
Enjoy your day...
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