What animals can be eaten in the Summer?

spyderguy said:
not sure how true it is but I heard you can eat porcupine raw without any ill effects. not sure if it's bull$%!t but I thought I'd throw it out there anyways
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There are alot of meats that you can eat raw. The raw meat isint the thing that can harm you, its the bacteria that grows within.
 
Never heard them called "wolves". Always called them "warbles".

They come and go. Bot fly larvae from the nest, not skin deposits IIRC.

Could be wrong as heck though.

Found a link.
 
I wouldn`t eat raw meat.Acute trichinellosis could kill a man.Some of historican speculate that Salomon August Andrée and his party 1897 perished from acute trichinellosis by eating raw polar bear meat.
 
I hunt and eat squirrel in the summer, season opens here Memorial day weekend and runs to Feb. I just clean them within an hour and get them in water/ice/fridge. Never saw any worms.
 
Well I dont know guys, I guess that is what it is,(bot Fly) in the animals. I have never seen them in squirlls or rabbits but like i said when i started this post, i have always heard not to eat them until after the first frost. Now i didnt know about rabbit fever and I am glad to find this out. Thanks to the poster on that. Ill check on this some more because in a survival situation I would think that rabbit is going to be my main source of meat.
 
din, said it best! Don't forget---wild mushrooms. But you'll have to do yer book learn'n.
 
Once had a newborn puppy that got a wolf (warble) worm in its neck. Puppy didn't make it.

Never seen them on rabbits or squirrels though.

I have caught fish, bass in particular, with flukes in their meat.
 
Concerns of game laws aside and with the understanding of rabbit fever in mind you have many options. Don't forget roadkill. Just make sure it is still warm so you know the critter is fresh. :o)

Squirrel wolves are botts. Ask any deer processor about them. Or don't.
Here is a link regarding bots in humans: http://ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/botfly.html
 
RooT'awg! said:
Concerns of game laws aside and with the understanding of rabbit fever in mind you have many options. Don't forget roadkill. Just make sure it is still warm so you know the critter is fresh. :o)

Squirrel wolves are botts. Ask any deer processor about them. Or don't.
Here is a link regarding bots in humans: http://ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/botfly.html
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I really wish I hadn't read that. education is great and all, but... :barf::barf::barf:
 
RooT'awg! said:
Concerns of game laws aside and with the understanding of rabbit fever in mind you have many options. Don't forget roadkill. Just make sure it is still warm so you know the critter is fresh. :o)

Squirrel wolves are botts. Ask any deer processor about them. Or don't.
Here is a link regarding bots in humans: http://ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/botfly.html
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The things you learn. Judging by the spines on those things, you're not going to just mash them out until the head of the thing is pretty far out voluntarily.
 
Haven't seen a wolf (warble, botfly) on a squirrel, but did have to remove one from a cat's neck. I didn't know what it was at first. It just looked like a round spot of infection with a raised circle of bare skin around it. After trying antibiotics, peroxide etc. on it without effect, I noticed it had turned into an open hole. One day I noticed a grey bumpy object sticking out of it. I thought something had gotten in the hole, so I grabbed ahold of it with a pair of pliers and pulled it out. It turned out to be a spiny worm about as big around as my finger and about an inch and a half long. It had bored a hole into the neck of the cat about three inches long. Nasty looking, but the cat healed quickly.
 
Groundhogs are pretty good eating. They are eating alfalfa and other grasses in the summer.
Scott
 
If it's the summer time, get yerself some snakes. From what I understand they taste great, regardless of how you cook 'em. The part you'll be eating doesn't get parasites, so no worries there. The main thing to remember is to cut off the head and don't touch it. People have been bitten by severed snake heads more than a day after cutting it off. Rattlesnakes, apparently, are particularly tasty.
 
kiahs said:
Haven't seen a wolf (warble, botfly) on a squirrel, but did have to remove one from a cat's neck. I didn't know what it was at first. It just looked like a round spot of infection with a raised circle of bare skin around it. After trying antibiotics, peroxide etc. on it without effect, I noticed it had turned into an open hole. One day I noticed a grey bumpy object sticking out of it. I thought something had gotten in the hole, so I grabbed ahold of it with a pair of pliers and pulled it out. It turned out to be a spiny worm about as big around as my finger and about an inch and a half long. It had bored a hole into the neck of the cat about three inches long. Nasty looking, but the cat healed quickly.
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I remember when I was younger, my grandfather would kinda "fish" them out with a tiny hook of wire when a dog or cat would get them, pretty gruesome looking wound they make for sure.
 
After reading some of that botfly page, the only thing that I learned is there is nothing that I REALLY need to see in central america.
 
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