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Post by Clipper on Aug 19, 2022 21:18:19 GMT -5
LOL! Maybe it is time to buy another trap or two and cover all the bases. Heck maybe you will catch more than one.
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Post by BHU on Aug 20, 2022 10:43:12 GMT -5
I got him. I left the trap set overnight & early this morning he was in it. Off to Marcy he went. Boy do they stink. I had him in my truck bed & had to lower the windows to get rid of the smell. I hope that's the last of them.
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Post by Clipper on Aug 20, 2022 18:45:42 GMT -5
They don't smell very good for sure. It is a defensive mechanism. They emit a musky and nasty smell from their anal glands. It keeps other critters out of their burrows among other things.
I have said before that they are edible and really pretty good if cleaned and cooked correctly. Those anal glands are given a wide berth when cleaning the carcass. I usually skinned it and then cut all the way around the anus, cutting about 3 inches from the anus all the way around and removing it, insuring that the glands were with the part that we cut out and got rid of. It is actually quite good if marinated and grilled or roasted in the oven. I had to chuckle when I saw how those youngsters cooked it.
A bit of garlic, salt, pepper, and if you prefer, a bit of BBQ sauce. When I shot the one in my back yard a while back Kathy told me in no uncertain terms that it was not coming into her kitchen under no circumstances. She also reminded me that we have a freezer full of meat, so why would I want to eat that damned thing. She had a point. LOL
All those woodchucks you are dumping in Marcy are going to turn the area into a regular prairie dog town with all those humps of dirt and burrows. Local farmers will be putting a bounty on your head, haha.
Just an added footnote. Even when I was a kid we were never in a position of HAVING to eat woodchucks, squirrels, or racoons, but I love to hunt and early on my dad always told me if you are not going to eat it, don't kill it.
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