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Floridians have any of you run into many Nutria? If you have, have you shot them and cooked them up?
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And do we have our fair share!
Am I being a chump or is this real, what is a Nutria?
I know I'm being set up.
I have shot hundreds of them. They are just as disgusting to eat as to look at. They taste bad. I can't imagine any cooking method that would improve the taste.
I lived in Florida and the only place I actually saw them was at the alligator farm in St. Augustine. They fed them to the aligators. There is no way I would eat one.
Nhtria are rodents from central and south America that can weighh up to 20 pounds I think. I know there are tons in Louisiana. They have swat spotlight and shootthem with 22 lr at night to train. I also heard some chef there was trying to get people to eat them
I have seen them as big as 45 lbs. One that big can kill your dog, and dogs cannot resist them. We used to hunt them in broad daylight when they were overrunning the marsh. We sold them to catfood manufacturers and skinners. Their fur was used as a substitute for mink. Their fur is fine, but they are big ugly rats with teeth like a beaver.
just wondering. how did they get into the southern states?
People brought them for trapping and the fur trade. Now they damage everything. Eat vegetation (endangered and threatened), this causes more erosion on the banks, ruin sea walls, out compete native species, carry disease, and a lot more issues.
Jim in Mo, you must not be old enough to remember the Carter administration and when he went out on a small boat (fishing?) and beat off an "attacking" nutria with his oar.
They are hunted but I would never eat one, they are a really big rodant and really SMELL BAD. So hunting them would be just for sport and not for eating,as far as I am concerned. They are really a big pain in the butt, they will distroy everything in there path.
After shooting them with my 22-250, 25-06 and 30-06, not much remaining!
I have shot and sold many to fur traders.
Would never consider eating one though.
They need to be shot on sight just like the anacondas. Nutria tear up my hay fields, levys and their holes and collapsed dens and tunnels are a hazard to people, livestock and equipment. Kill em all, please!!
Cgull if your in Florida I will come shoot all the pest species for free! Heck, I'd pay a small fee to do it! Hogs, pythons, nutria, igauna, moniter lizards, armadillos, or anything else I can shoot legally!
I love to hunt them and not for eating though!!!
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Nhtria are rodents from central and south America that can weighh up to 20 pounds I think. I know there are tons in Louisiana. They have swat spotlight and shootthem with 22 lr at night to train. I also heard some chef there was trying to get people to eat them
And do we have our fair share!
I have shot hundreds of them. They are just as disgusting to eat as to look at. They taste bad. I can't imagine any cooking method that would improve the taste.
I lived in Florida and the only place I actually saw them was at the alligator farm in St. Augustine. They fed them to the aligators. There is no way I would eat one.
I have seen them as big as 45 lbs. One that big can kill your dog, and dogs cannot resist them. We used to hunt them in broad daylight when they were overrunning the marsh. We sold them to catfood manufacturers and skinners. Their fur was used as a substitute for mink. Their fur is fine, but they are big ugly rats with teeth like a beaver.
just wondering. how did they get into the southern states?
People brought them for trapping and the fur trade. Now they damage everything. Eat vegetation (endangered and threatened), this causes more erosion on the banks, ruin sea walls, out compete native species, carry disease, and a lot more issues.
Jim in Mo, you must not be old enough to remember the Carter administration and when he went out on a small boat (fishing?) and beat off an "attacking" nutria with his oar.
They are hunted but I would never eat one, they are a really big rodant and really SMELL BAD. So hunting them would be just for sport and not for eating,as far as I am concerned. They are really a big pain in the butt, they will distroy everything in there path.
Am I being a chump or is this real, what is a Nutria?
I know I'm being set up.
After shooting them with my 22-250, 25-06 and 30-06, not much remaining!
I have shot and sold many to fur traders.
Would never consider eating one though.
They need to be shot on sight just like the anacondas. Nutria tear up my hay fields, levys and their holes and collapsed dens and tunnels are a hazard to people, livestock and equipment. Kill em all, please!!
Cgull if your in Florida I will come shoot all the pest species for free! Heck, I'd pay a small fee to do it! Hogs, pythons, nutria, igauna, moniter lizards, armadillos, or anything else I can shoot legally!
I love to hunt them and not for eating though!!!
Post an Answer