I no you guys jest kan't resist grownd hawg meat an' yore always on th' look-out fer one. But if'n you see one on Feb 2nd, pleeze leave hit be. After all, that's Grownd Hawg Day an my faverite holliday. You don have to dekerate the house or buy any presents.

When ground hog is dressed, be sure to remove the kernel from under the front legs to keep from making it taste. Cut up and salt to taste. Roll in flour, put in hot fat, and fry until brown. Then put in inset pans in pressure cooker with 1/2 inch of water in bottom of cooker. Cook for 70 minutes with 15 lbs pressure. Possum can be cooked the same way with good results.

Then throw out the groundhog and eat the pot...

[ 08-28-2003, 14:56: Message edited by: crowrifle ]

Really, young groundhog is good to eat. Neighbor used to make it barbequed in the oven, but i don't have the recipe.

Plinker

The groundhog I sampled must have been the original one that was on the Ark, 'cause he was tougher than a loanshark's heart and tasted like the toad stroganoff my mom used to make.

She must notta remembered to shave the warts off the toad.


Plinker

A neighbor up the road use to make barbequed coon and groundhog it was good that is the only coon or groundhog that I ever tasted that I liked. I tried fixing it my self but never could get it to come out right. So I will just stick with my squirrel and squirrel gravy.

Just when i thought I had heard it all. Ground hog, First of I would need a vaccum to pick up what is left of the one I shoot. And second why??

I guess we really ahte them as they have ruined the foundation to the barn. We enjoy watching them go Poof when hit by a 30cal 115 grn starke moving at the 3900 fps range.

When the 300 rum barks they are liquid on the grass.

I have had coon does it taste like that?? ANd what are you shooting them withthat leaves much on anything?

Steve,

You need to go with something a bit smaller. Can't pick them up if they're liquified. Try a .22.

Really, it's been awhile since i've had either groundhog or 'coon. Both of them are clean animals, though. Matter of fact, they are so clean, that i can tell you an easy way to get rid of the ones that are ruining your foundation. Take some "Drano" (powdered crystals, comes in a can) and sprinkle the entrances to their dens. They get it on their feet and since they are very clean, they lick it off and it kills them. Probably not a humane method, just what some farmers do, who don't have time for shootin.

Plinker603

Plinkers not kidding guys, groundhog, especially young ones, are darn good eating. Anybody know a cleaner animal? They are strictly vegetarian. POWDERMAN.

Yo man, WORD!! The ground hawfg is a one bad dude. You ain't never seen pain till you got one trapped up in a trap and he ain't dead yet. HE will just about ripp off your legs. My advise is to only use 3/4" steel pipe on his forehead before trying to pick him up or weigh him in at Big Mama's house. Yo no what I'm saying.
I member one time We brought one up and we thought it was dead man.. But Big Mama pick it up and it jus about clawed her to def man. It made her so made. We all was up in there beating on him trying to get him off her. When it was over Big Mama ran us all around the yard. I don't know which was wors that hawg, or Big Mama.

If you don't want to kill them you can use hot Curry or Cayenne to get them to leave. When I get a skunk in residence under our shed I treat it to powdered mothballs and they vacate the same day. The mothballs usually last for about 3 months. derf

That's one of my favorite recipes, Plinker. Sometimes I add just a pinch of crushed red peppers to the flour. Its a shame they are not as abundant as they once were.