I have been a bit slack lately but picked up a road kill on way home from fishing:D
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I have been a bit slack lately but picked up a road kill on way home from fishing:D
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That would make good eel bait for VC.
These little critters aren't really considered pests here but I thought I'd put up yesterday's snare line winnings. We have 12 snares along a trail at a distance of about 50m each and have been picking up about 1 a day on average. Lots of coyote tracks around but we haven't lost one yet!
Lepus americanus - Showshoe Hare
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Tastes just like NZ grass-fed bunnies despite the differences in diet. Honestly, the award for the best tasting North American rodent is a toss up between the Porcupine and the Eastern Red Squirrel :D I've made a few squirrel pies so far this season but no porky-pricks yet...
Porcupine pie. Ha ha ha ha complete with its own toothpicks.
Hhhmmmm. They don't look big enough to make snow shoes out of.
Got me some skerrl yesterday. First blood for the little Marlin 795 and a headshot to boot.
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It looks like a rabbit missing the long ears,long tail or short tail Jay Colli?
Reckon you'd need a fair few of those for a feed.
Hors d'oeuvres... :)
Tastes just like rabbit to me! I'd probably need 3-4 of them to get the same amount of meat as I would off one rabbit but these guys are really active on warm days in the winter so they're easy to hunt if you have a good spot. Still working on that minor detail...
These guys have long tails, probably as long as their body. The short-tailed tree rats are chipmunks which are about the same size but much rarer and there's no season on em.
Friends have told me the damage porcupine quills can do to a dog...sounds dreadful.
"So not worth it..."
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