Eating Skunk?

[firefoot]

Okay I'm being serious. I've seen recipes for skunk. Is this a joke? Did the oldtimers really take the expression "meat is meat" this serious? How would one dispatch a skunk without releasing the odor? Flabbergasted minds want to know.
jim c.

 

[David W.]

I would also like to know the answer to this. My neck of the woods is over run with them and if there is a way to shoot one of those Pepe LaPew's sans the smell, I would like to be educated. :surrender: Is the taste greasy, meat fatty or lean. stringy? :idunno: Maybe I could make a skunk skin hat? :rotf:

 

[Maestro]

BAKED SKUNK

1 fat skunk
2 lbs. salt
1 flat board
4 nails

Carefully clean and prepare fat skunk. Soak in salt water for 3 days. Select a flat board of green oak, less than 1 inch thick. Carefully stretch skunk on board and nail down legs. Place skunk on board in preheated oven at 375 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. After cooking time is up, take skunk and board out of oven. Carefully take nails out of board. Cautiously take the skunk off the board and then eat the board.


On a more serious note, Jim... :barf:

 

[David W.]

BAKED SKUNK

1 fat skunk
2 lbs. salt
1 flat board
4 nails

Carefully clean and prepare fat skunk. Soak in salt water for 3 days. Select a flat board of green oak, less than 1 inch thick. Carefully stretch skunk on board and nail down legs. Place skunk on board in preheated oven at 375 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. After cooking time is up, take skunk and board out of oven. Carefully take nails out of board. Cautiously take the skunk off the board and then eat the board.


On a more serious note, Jim... :barf:

I know where I could get the big fat skunk, but then I would be getting political. :nono:

Eating the board sounds logical! :shake: :youcrazy: :rotf:

 

[Muskeg Stomper]

I've always held to the "meat is meat" philosophy and have eaten many things that others wouldn't touch but have never had skunk. I'm just wondering if a nice clean head shot would keep one from discharging it's scent. I'd also be damned sure I knew where the scent gland was located before I tried preparing one for the pot...

 

[deforge1]

You skin this'un Pilgrim and I'll fetch ye another!` :grin:

 

[David W.]

Tastes like chicken....smells like fish. No, no...that's something else! :shake: :redface:

 

[Muskeg Stomper]

:rotf:

 

[123.DieselBenz]

I've headshot many skunks ... not one was a pleasant afair! Skunks stink!
I'd have to be VERY hungry to even think about it, and then a skunk would have to be the ONLY alternative!

 

[firefoot]

Okay, Here it is no kidding. ROAST SKUNK

1 skunk, scent removed
2 sliced carrots
1 c. clear soup
1 tsp. onion juice

Dissolve 1 boullion cube in 1 cup hot water. Skin, clean, and remove scent bag from skunk. Parboil in salt water 15 minutes. Drain off water. Then place meat in fresh water and steam until tender, about 1 hour. Transfer to roasting pan and put in oven at 375 degrees. Add 1 cup of clear soup, 2 carrots and 1 teaspoon of onion juice and cook uncovered for 2 hours.

Enjoy! jim c.

 

[necchi]

They are in survival manuals, there are two glads near the rectum. And I know of guys going after the baldder for cover scent use.

A gun shot causes pain thus retaliation. They recommend to lay in wait over a den or trail and clubbing the head.

Speaking of skunk, any of you guy's have Civetcat in your area's? It's in the skunk family, look the same, only smaller and spotted instead of strip(s).
I usta see'm up here in Minn, haven't for 30yrs.

 

[Muskeg Stomper]

Speaking of skunk, any of you guy's have Civetcat in your area's? It's in the skunk family, look the same, only smaller and spotted instead of strip(s).
I usta see'm up here in Minn, haven't for 30yrs.

Not up my way but we don't have skunks either. Wolverines howsomever sometime have that skunk-like odor...

 

[bigbore442001]

Having trapped members of the mustelid family, of which skunks are in that catagory, I would not eat one unless we had an asteroid impact and that was the only thing available.

All of these animals have a musky aroma to them and it is not pleasant. I have boiled skulls of these creatures in my place( fortunately no females were present at said place) and it would stink up the domicile to high heaven. Nope. Not if I could help it.

 

[skunkskinner]

They recommend to lay in wait over a den or trail and clubbing the head.

If you should ever do such a foolish endeavor, please set up a video camera, most people would love to see such a thing. :hmm:

Jim, the best chance at dispatching a skunk without it spraying is a lung shot with a small caliber, much better than a 50 % chance of it not spraying. Trying not to hit any bone is what the goal is. Head shots are almost a sure bet at getting the skunk to release it's essence. Plus you now have a unfix able whole in the pelt, cuts into the profits. :grin:

As far as eating my furry little friends, once you skin, detach the head and feet and very carefully remove the essence glads, they don't have that skunk smell any more. But as bigbore said they still don't smell good. Maybe if you were to boil them in water for an hour or so, then change water and boil for another hour then put on a spit over a really smoky camp fire, they might be a real tasty treat. :thumbsup:

p.s.

1 quart 3 % hydrogen peroxide
1/4 cup baking soda
1 teaspoon dish soap
Mix ingredients and wash affected objects.


This is what I use to get the smell out of the skunk skins. 100 % guaranteed to work.
Add some water if needed for bigger skins (human)

 

[necchi]

Thanks fer the tip's :grin:
I quoted from a survival book and have no practical experiance, I see them things I go the opposite direction!
As an aside, did anyone see our survival hero Bear Gryllis on his made for TV show, when he snared a skunk? He ran in there with the poor thing danglin in the air, covered it with his coat, wrestled it to the ground and clubbed it! Oh, he cooked an eat it alright, but was snivelin the whole time,,and he did abandon his coat too!

 

[Muskeg Stomper]

I rarely watch TV but Bear Gryllis does provide a pretty entertaining watch...that episode was classic. I don't recall if he lost his lunch on that one or not. The good Lord just made some things not to be messed with! :youcrazy:

 

[ohio ramrod]

This time of the year I feed the local buzard flock quite a bit and even they won't eat skunk!. Their prefered order is ground hog, coon , oppossum , but never skunk! Now if I could just find a way of keeping all of these critters from invading the barns.

 

[Dispatch]

Pepe Le Pew is spinning in his grave! http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2271/2279547075_fff7df37fc.jpg

 

Okay, who cares?

There are so many other animals that are at least as easy to kill, who would care about skunk?

If you were dying - eat it! Otherwise, what's the point?

 

[firefoot]

Just wondering because I saw a recipe for skunk, and why would someone eat one. Whats up with the hostile response?