Ouch. Porcupine.
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GunnyGene
Hawkeye
Nature has one helova armory. 
All we got is a big brain, which most of us don't use very well. 
All we got is a big brain, which most of us don't use very well.
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meister mash
Bearcat
Friend of mines uncle had a full grown German Shepard that got into a porky pine.
It took 5 or 6 of us to throw a blanket over him, and pull those quills.
Poor sog had them driven into his nose, roof of his mouth, threw his lower jaw.
Chief met his end after the second batch of chickens he decided to eat.
It took 5 or 6 of us to throw a blanket over him, and pull those quills.
Poor sog had them driven into his nose, roof of his mouth, threw his lower jaw.
Chief met his end after the second batch of chickens he decided to eat.
If you have never seen one in the wild you have missed something. They get BIG. Very few, if any, predators will mess with one. While on maneuvers in upstate NY I surprised one. I gave him LOTS of room to go wherever he wanted.
They are slow and careless, and not at all aggressive. I have snuck up behind them and pet them.
I had a dog that would come back with hundreds of quills. Never dissuaded him from attacking the next one he found. They can be destructive with their chewing, but they are so fun to watch climb a tree. Noisy and slow.
I had a dog that would come back with hundreds of quills. Never dissuaded him from attacking the next one he found. They can be destructive with their chewing, but they are so fun to watch climb a tree. Noisy and slow.
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Me and my brain have a truce, just like Homer:Nature has one helova armory.
They will devour a shovel handle in no time. I know a couple of guys who ran into them at Fort Drum. They gave them lots of room too.
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My amusing porcupine story.
I was helping a friend at his farm. In the distance we hear his father shouting at his German Short Hair named Gina.
Gina started barking and growling.
“Gina! No! GINA! NO!” Then Blam! Blam! 2 gunshots. and Gina crying out in pain.
I looked at my friend and said, I think your father just shot your dog!
Turns out he was trying to keep her from a porcupine.
I was allowed to hunt his land, but was under orders to shoot any porcupine I saw.
I was helping a friend at his farm. In the distance we hear his father shouting at his German Short Hair named Gina.
Gina started barking and growling.
“Gina! No! GINA! NO!” Then Blam! Blam! 2 gunshots. and Gina crying out in pain.
I looked at my friend and said, I think your father just shot your dog!
Turns out he was trying to keep her from a porcupine.
I was allowed to hunt his land, but was under orders to shoot any porcupine I saw.
Paul B
Hunter
I read someplace that porcupines were one of the east animals to kill if you were in a survivable type situation like lost in the woods. A stout stick and a hit on the head that had a bit of force would do it. The hard part was opening him up to get to the eating part. BTW, it was awfully greasy and I wasn't too fond of the taste. I was going through a survival class at the time and Porky was convenient.
PJ
PJ
In Pennsylvania, the one predator that hunts porcupines is the fisher. Not seeing the porcupines I used to.
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That is where I was. Night aerial gunnery. Had a small fire going for the crew to zero in, a little easier, on the range area. Porkie came strolling to check on us.
jmca
Single-Sixer
My older sister shot one out of an apple tree with a 22. She shot it 14 times!
My younger brother shot one with an 1858 Remington 44 cal replica four times. Two to knock it out of the tree and two to convince it to stop!
My other younger brother shot one with a 1911 one night. Must have hit it right because it only took one shot!
badguybuster
Blackhawk
I managed a vet clinic and we regularly had dogs brought it that had quills all over their faces. Its easier to remove the quills if you soak them in hot towels first, it softens them.
Don Lovel
Hunter
One chewed on the utility trailer tires when it was parked at my rental in Colorado
xTopGun
Buckeye
when I was a kid (before the advent of dirt) about once a year our crazy Boxer would come whining at the back door after trying to play with one.... all covered in quills. Took a couple hours to get her plucked clean and antiseptic applied 
They were a real problem in VT in the late 50's and 60's so they introduced Fishers to try to reduce the population. took quite a while for it to happen, like 25 years. Then all the Fishers seemed to feed on other critters and reputedly house cats and became a nuisance. Don't see many Fishers anymore and the porkys are making a comeback. I shoot them on site
RugerForMe
Blackhawk
Have eaten a few Porcupines in my day. Grampa used to get one once in a while and grama would cook it. I remember it being quite tasty. Now days I might see 1 or 2 a year.
Porcupines will eat on my porch. While fishers are one of their predators, so are bobcats. We have both here as well. However, a little bobcat pee will keep them away from my porch.
reuben_j_cogburn
Buckeye
I haven't killed any less than 3 a year since 19 years I've been here at the homestead... my dogs would hunt them (on purpose), so I decided to kill every porky I see.. and I see a lot.. they stink so bad it's no wonder dogs find them so easily. Heck even I can smell them from a short distance.
I've eaten a lot of it too, but I usually just use it as dog food.. I'll eat the heart and liver..
I'll look for my porky liver and fried taters video and post it....
I've eaten a lot of it too, but I usually just use it as dog food.. I'll eat the heart and liver..
I'll look for my porky liver and fried taters video and post it....
Eating a porcupine? The juice isn’t worth the squeeze.
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