What Is This Creature?

[mitch5252]

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I was chatting on the phone just now with one of The Sisterhood, getting ready to say good-bye. As I stood up, I saw this creature semi-quickly lumbering across the back yard. Took me a while to figure out what it might be, and if I'm right, I've never seen one before...is it a groundhog? This was the best pic I could get before the yapping beast in the house (see photo in signature) scared the creature away. Cool if it's a groundhog.

I hope they're not nocturnal and he's out in daylight because he's rabid!!!






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[BirdbyBird]

Wood Chuck, Ground Hog...... They can put up a nasty fight with a 4-Paw pal.... On down side is that they can undermine the foundations of structures with their tunnel digging....... So don't get too excited and invite them to stay at the Blue Marlin Resort.....

[mitch5252]

Wood Chuck, Ground Hog...... They can put up a nasty fight with a 4-Paw pal.... On down side is that they can undermine the foundations of structures with their tunnel digging....... So don't get too excited and invite them to stay at the Blue Marlin Resort.....

Maybe he's eating some of the bird seed the drops out of the feeders? Any way to get rid of it, short of a bullet (which here in the country, is the Southern way...)

We had a possum coming around the feeders a few years ago. Neighbor said just to shoot it. Sorry, but not anywhere on my property!!! So, I bought a trap and we trapped it and 4-wheeled W A Y W A Y away from our house.

He's bigger than our litle 4-pawed beast...think we should try and trap it and transplant it somewhere??


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[avalen]

wow

[mitch5252]

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Tina's right - they're destructive little creatures.
George wants to shoot it.
I want to trap it.
Negotiations are underway.
(just call me Hillary Clinton...)

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[Cedar518]

I suggest giving him a good case of "lead poisoning"....

[sunshinecruiserTN]

Shoot him! Have you heard the expression, when in Rome do as the Romans do? Well, kiddo, when in the south do as the southerns would do and SHOOT HIM!

[mitch5252]

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LOL!

Now George wants 'skin it and cook it'...THAT'S the REAL south!
(he's kidding, I hope you know! Besides, I ain't got no stinkin' groundhog recipes and Granny has done gone and died! Cain't ask her.)

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[carold]

Welll, maybe grandma's not around but we got BARBZ. If anyone can cook anything and has a recipe for that anything, it may be her. I'm sure those Italian groundhogs got used for something. carold

[mitch5252]

I did NOT make these up - I googled Groundhog Recipes. Wow - think of all the money we could save! And maybe a restaurant someone down here would eat at!!!! Friday Night Fricassee...YUMMO!

FRICASSEED RACCOON OR WOODCHUCK (GROUNDHOG)

Clean game and remove all the fat. Cut into pieces, rub with salt and pepper and roll in flour. Cook in hot fat until brown. Add two cups of water, cover and simmer for 2 hours or until tender.

WOODCHUCK (GROUNDHOG) MEAT PATTIES WITH TOMATO SAUCE
1 woodchuck
1 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup ground onion
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
2 eggs
3 tbsp. fat
1 cup catsup
1/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

Clean woodchuck; remove meat from bones and grind. Add 1/2 cup crumbs, onion, salt, pepper, 1 beaten egg, and 1 tbsp. melted fat. Mix thoroughly. Shape into patties and dip into 1 beaten egg, then into 1/2 cup crumbs. Fry until brown in 2 tbsp hot fat. Add catsup and Worcestershire sauce and bake in a slow oven (325 degrees F.) for 1 hour. Makes 8-9 patties.

[VickieP]

Granny might be gone, but we got Google! Yummy for the Tummy!

Country-Style Groundhog

* 1 groundhog
* 1/2 c. flour
* 1/4 tsp. salt
* 1/4 tsp. pepper
* 1/4 c. cooking oil
* 1/2 tsp. sugar

Clean and skin as soon as possible. Remove all sent [sic] glands. Cut off head, feet and tail. Cure in cool place by suspending from hook approximately 4 days.

When ready to cook, lard according to recipe.

Dress groundhog as you would a rabbit, removing the small sacs in the back and under the forearm. Soak groundhog overnight in salted water to remove wild flavor.

Combine flour, salt and pepper; rub into groundhog pieces. Brown groundhog in hot oil in skillet; sprinkle with sugar. Reduce heat and add 1/2 cup water. Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes or until tender. Remove cover and cook for 10 minutes longer.

[VickieP]

LOL we posted the same time GMTA

[Orchid]

We used to have a creature that stood at the side of our busy state highway, near the river's edge, in town. I nearly wrecked my car on the way home from work late one night when I saw him. I got so excited because I thought it was a beaver! Apparently I've never seen a ground hog either. Because I was "educated" later by someone who did know the difference between the two. I'm for leaving the poor guy alone.

[BirdbyBird]

Will there be a test at the October GTG to see which one of us can tell the meat dishes apart? ...

[mitch5252]

Will there be a test at the October GTG to see which one of us can tell the meat dishes apart? ...

LOLOLOLOL...that was funny!!!!!