GunnyGene
Hawkeye
Apparently CA is looking to start eating nutria to "help control the population". Question is which population - nutria or people? :roll:
Nutria, It's what's for supper
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Big muskrats. Been trapping for the fur and eatin' them on the East Coast for many many years. I think I still have a couple muskrat traps somewhere. Don't know how they are with tufu though.
GunnyGene
Hawkeye
tinman said:
Ooooh. That's right up there with baby seals. :wink: :roll: I foresee a protest march coming in the near future. :roll:
JFB
Hunter
Nutria....SHOOT ON SIGHT!
"Knock on wood", I haven't seen one since the drought several years back, where I did my share of dispatching the ones that wandered into NC
"Knock on wood", I haven't seen one since the drought several years back, where I did my share of dispatching the ones that wandered into NC
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
The story of nutria, as I have heard it, is this:
Nutria, or coypu, are from South America. They were introduced into the US, especially Louisiana, to control weeds in the canals and ditches. They eat vegetation and would control plant growth which would choke the waterways. Worries about their spread were solved by the fact that alligators would control their populations, and they would not migrate beyond Louisiana.
Of late, I have seen nutria on the banks of the Mississippi River at Memphis, and as far north as Dyersburg, Tennessee.
Their fur is similar to beaver fur, and is used blended with beaver in making felt for hats. Because of their fur, they have been farm raised for their fur.
They look at first glance like a beaver, since they are fund in the same locale. Absent of course is the flat beavertail, and also their facial profile identifies them apart from beaver.
Bob Wright
Nutria, or coypu, are from South America. They were introduced into the US, especially Louisiana, to control weeds in the canals and ditches. They eat vegetation and would control plant growth which would choke the waterways. Worries about their spread were solved by the fact that alligators would control their populations, and they would not migrate beyond Louisiana.
Of late, I have seen nutria on the banks of the Mississippi River at Memphis, and as far north as Dyersburg, Tennessee.
Their fur is similar to beaver fur, and is used blended with beaver in making felt for hats. Because of their fur, they have been farm raised for their fur.
They look at first glance like a beaver, since they are fund in the same locale. Absent of course is the flat beavertail, and also their facial profile identifies them apart from beaver.
Bob Wright
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Ruger Guru
Yep, and they don't taste bad either,, ! So does muskrat.
On a side noted,, a local church had a wild game dinner fundraiser a little over a week ago. I looked over the proposed menu,, and told the girl at the hardware store (where the flyer was,) "This looks like a dinner menu from my house. Nothing exotic,, (and they had a diverse menu.)
On a side noted,, a local church had a wild game dinner fundraiser a little over a week ago. I looked over the proposed menu,, and told the girl at the hardware store (where the flyer was,) "This looks like a dinner menu from my house. Nothing exotic,, (and they had a diverse menu.)
Ugly Hombre
Blackhawk
Wut? The nutria are Illegal Alien animals.!
California needs to give them free food, housing and vet care- like they do Illegal Alien humans.
otherwise the are wacist....
or something.
California needs to give them free food, housing and vet care- like they do Illegal Alien humans.
otherwise the are wacist....
or something.
bogus bill
Hunter
No buck toothed rat for me unless it`s a survival situation. Give it to Mikey.
In the 60's and 70's it was estimated that the Mobile-Tensaw Delta in South Alabama had 100,000 nutria. We had annual Nutria Rodeos where we hunted and shot as many as possible. Prizes were given for the largest, smallest, the most, etc. I once won a tackle box and life jack. There almost none now due to the increased alligator population.
If a feller wants to eat them, more power to them. I wouldn't care to.
We have many in all of our wetlands. A common sight when duck hunting. They are big, and I'll tell you from experience just how many rounds of #2 steel they can take,
and keep on their attack when the weeds are wrapped around my hip boots and I can't get away... And my buddies wont save me cuz they're laughing too hard.
One of my nephews told me that when his high school buddies were out partying way too late at night, they'd go on a nutria hunt with clubs.
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We have many in all of our wetlands. A common sight when duck hunting. They are big, and I'll tell you from experience just how many rounds of #2 steel they can take,
and keep on their attack when the weeds are wrapped around my hip boots and I can't get away... And my buddies wont save me cuz they're laughing too hard. One of my nephews told me that when his high school buddies were out partying way too late at night, they'd go on a nutria hunt with clubs.
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bogus bill
Hunter
I was a Yankee who went south for the first time for my job in 1962. I seen those Nutria for the first time in Louisiana. It wasn't long before I got the impression Southerners would eat anything that walked, crawled or grew. Absolutely nothing was safe!
GunnyGene
Hawkeye
Tensaw said:
Maybe the concerned folks in the South should help out those poor folks in CA, and send them a bunch of gators. Maybe 2000 or so, 3 or 4 footers. :wink:
Conservative
Blackhawk
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Louisiana had a state sponsored recipe contest for nutria. They hoped to generate enough interest in eating these critters to help lower the nutria population.
Get hungry enough or just like exotic game, a ten pound or less nutria is some good eating.
Yes, the only revulsion factor is they look like giant rats on steroids. So what?
I know folks who love to eat armadillo, possum or coons.
Of course, if you're overly sensitive about the meat you eat, they're not for you, you little girl you...
Get hungry enough or just like exotic game, a ten pound or less nutria is some good eating.
Yes, the only revulsion factor is they look like giant rats on steroids. So what?
I know folks who love to eat armadillo, possum or coons.
Of course, if you're overly sensitive about the meat you eat, they're not for you, you little girl you...
Rick Courtright
Hawkeye
Hi,
Folks next door to my grandparents raised them in the late '50s to early '60s. Spent all kinds of money on concrete enclosures with water and whatever one of those ugly buggers likes, in hopes of making their millions selling the furs. This was outside San Diego, so it's not like they're brand new here. I have no idea how they disposed of them when they figured the money promised on the back of the magazine wasn't quite there.
Jump forward a half century, and my understanding was the State of LA was talking like a Dutch uncle to get folks to eat the critters there, but even the Cajuns weren't jumping on board. I ran into a very interesting young black fellow from LA at a local lake quite a few years ago, and we were talking about different things folks eat here and there. He said in LA, if there's a ditch beside the road, you ain't gonna starve. Unless you want to... so if a Cajun won't eat it, I'm not sure anybody oughta.
Rick C
Folks next door to my grandparents raised them in the late '50s to early '60s. Spent all kinds of money on concrete enclosures with water and whatever one of those ugly buggers likes, in hopes of making their millions selling the furs. This was outside San Diego, so it's not like they're brand new here. I have no idea how they disposed of them when they figured the money promised on the back of the magazine wasn't quite there.
Jump forward a half century, and my understanding was the State of LA was talking like a Dutch uncle to get folks to eat the critters there, but even the Cajuns weren't jumping on board. I ran into a very interesting young black fellow from LA at a local lake quite a few years ago, and we were talking about different things folks eat here and there. He said in LA, if there's a ditch beside the road, you ain't gonna starve. Unless you want to... so if a Cajun won't eat it, I'm not sure anybody oughta.
Rick C
Don Lovel
Hunter
Shwamp Rat, Schwamp is the sound it makes when they flop their wet body in the mud
actually the name of a really good biker bar band from Kansas City many years ago
actually the name of a really good biker bar band from Kansas City many years ago
caryc
Hawkeye
Nobody mentioned the fact that them buck toothed varment's big front teeth are orange.
Muley Gil
Blackhawk
Rick Courtright said:
My wife is from Louisana and she said there a few things even a Cajun won't eat and nutria is one of them.
protoolman
Service-Sixer
Hey muskrats have been eaten by hobos for years all across the country. Show them where these big ol rats are. I hear muskrats is good eating so maybe these are too?
