BK9 Trapper's Companion Passes the Brushtail Possum Test

zzyzzogeton said:
When the predators/vermin were introduced to a location where they did not exist prior to the introduction and as such are a detriment to the ORIGINAL ecosystem.

The rats debarked from the first sailing ships that pulled into New Zealand ports. They may not have even waited until piers were built, sneaking off ships in cargo lightered onto small boats and barges before piers were built.

The Australian possum was introduced in 1837 to provide for a fur trade (similar to the introduction of the now verminous nutria in Louisiana and east Texas).

Rabbits were released for "food and sport" in the 1830s

Stoats, ferrets and weasels were introduced to try to control the rampant rabbit population in the 1870s
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in my area, we had a problem with a species (proper porcupines)...

so they introduced a species knwon to eat them

unfortunately, they didn't do enough research.

so, the new species ate everything of interest. like rabbits.

now, having grown in my area over 50 years, we had a simplistic species list, mostly due to environmental issues. now that we are "zero tolerance", we have almost everything back.

except rabbits. because of "fishers" - that's the animal that's a mean, 1/3 wolverine.

natively, we should have bobcats and canada lynx, but newpppp. so, slowly, the fisher is hardy, arborial (by which i mean, imagine a wolverine at home in a tree), and won't go away. rabbits are easy prey, and squirrels are simple. a live porcupine is rare. the asshats that introduced these things should be beaten. after i have my talk :D

still, the environment is REAAAAAAALY clean.

we have wild rabbits (two kinds) alllll over MA, because they are pusspuss law-wise, their animal issues are pronounced. time will tell.

google "deer blue hills MA" sometime :D
 
That is an interesting point about the eucalyptus Bladite. I wonder if the Aussie critters that eat eucalyptus would taste any different compared to animals eating more bland vegetation.

Maybe BeeKay can get permission to harvest a couple of Aussie possums for culinary research.

I think that sometimes our pigs may not taste as nice if they've been eating a lot of bracken fern root. If this is true, then it is reasonable to assume that something strong like eucalyptus could affect meat flavor.

I am fairly fussy when it comes to home hygiene, especially bathrooms and food areas. Yet I wouldn't dream of keeping our dog out of the house. She doesn't pee inside, but if luminol could detect dog hair and other stuff that comes in attached to her fur, I think our carpet would light right up when tested.

I've been keeping an eye on a friend's pet rat while he is travelling overseas. I was surprised that he doesn't keep it in a cage. It is completely free and it lives under a shed. It is apparently a very clean-living animal. I took my granddaughter with me when I last checked on it. It came out to greet us when we approached the shed, and it trustingly took cheese from Maddie's hand.

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Yeah... gotta be careful about quick fixes that introduce a new species into an area.

I Googled 'blue hills deer MA' as suggested. Dang, it looks like there are plenty of deer there. Being so close to an urban area, I can understand why there'd be so much controversy about culling the deer. It bothers me when they talk about contraception for animals.

Besides, it would be a risky job fitting a buck with a condom.
 
coote said:
Yeah... gotta be careful about quick fixes that introduce a new species into an area.

I Googled 'blue hills deer MA' as suggested. Dang, it looks like there are plenty of deer there. Being so close to an urban area, I can understand why there'd be so much controversy about culling the deer. It bothers me when they talk about contraception for animals.

Besides, it would be a risky job fitting a buck with a condom.
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latex would affect the taste ;D
 
i also like me some proper hand raised pets...

but similars are .. vermins
 
Ethan told us a story this spring about antelope in the West having a strong sage flavor from their diet of sage brush. I imagine eucalyptus would have the same effect. I've heard of folks keeping catfish and turtles for a week and feeding them corn meal dough balls and such to rid them of swampy taste. Keep worms in corn meal before frying them to get the dirt out...read that in "how to eat fried worms" as a kid lol
 
I think I'd rather make corn bread out of the corn meal and use the worms to catch more fish, to roll in more corn meal.

But that's just me. :D
 
Heh :). And I recall reading something about eating snails once....I think they feed them on stuff like bread for a while before they cook them. With the worms and snails I guess the intestines are eaten too... so it is best to fill them with something that is more likely to be palatable. Becker/Kabar need to design a knife that is small enough to gut and fillet worms so that the cornmeal stage becomes unnecessary.
 
coote said:
Heh :). And I recall reading something about eating snails once....I think they feed them on stuff like bread for a while before they cook them. With the worms and snails I guess the intestines are eaten too... so it is best to fill them with something that is more likely to be palatable. Becker/Kabar need to design a knife that is small enough to gut and fillet worms so that the cornmeal stage becomes unnecessary.
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Well......THAT is certainly thinking outside the box.....way outside.


Still a pretty good idea. You should start sending daily emails to Ethan ;).
 
I promise to work on the worm gutting blade..... At some point...... Breath holding in the interim may result in asphyxiation and death.... LOL....... I think the hook is the way to go..... I used to do the corn worm on a flat rock out in the July sun trick but, iffen I had my druthers at this point, they would be on a hook, not the rock.....

Interesting turns in this thread,what?.....

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