Woodchuck its whats for dinner

[buttonbuck]

Anyone out there eat woodchuck? Got any recipes? They seem to dress out the size of a domestic rabbit.

 

[Shine]

Grew up on it. Great in a crock pot with taters,turnip,carrots,and a big ol onion.

 

[54ball]

We call them groundhogs. It should be the same criiter or at least close kin.

with rice....
Quarter it up, salt and pepper then brown the meat in a skillet. Place browned meat in crock pot or slow cooker and cover with creme of mushroom soup.
serve over white rice.

Groundhog and Dumplins....
boil the critter to remove the meat from the bones.
Use the broth as your base. Return the meat. You may want to add some chicken or beef stock. Make some dough dumplins for the mixture. Cook until dumplins are done. Season to taste. You can thicken the soup with flour if need be.

You can also boil and use the meat for the rice recipe instead of browning.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

Ate it many a meal growing up. My aunt would broil it in the oven with a few pieces of bacon draped over it, to help keep it from getting dry.

Nearly any recipe for rabbit will work. The best I ever had was slow cooked over a wood fire. Almost smoked through.

 

[buttonbuck]

Thus Far I have removed the glands(big globs of Fat) under the arms and along the back legs. I am currently brining it plan to debone the meat and remove the silver skin. I am not sure If I want to smoke the meat or not yet or do the stew things anyone try smoking the pieces?

 

[Sperit de bois]

Simmer till the meat falls off the bone,pick out the bones,cut meat inrto smaller pieces,add vegetables and spices to taste,cook till vegs are done..
Make bisquets,,gravy optional,life is good.

 

[Greenmtnboy]

yummm.....

 

[dgold]

Yep! Quite good! Tastes like rabbit!

 

[Shine]

Mister you can come to our camp anytime that looks good.

 

[buttonbuck]

Nice place to hunt and just about everything else I would imagine. I took mine with S&W K22, next time maybe with the crockett pistol. I hate to loose tomatoes to the varmits but they are kind of fun to go after. Wierd season June1-Sept 1st.

 

[VTdeerhunter]

Gad Durn garden rats....thick as thieves this time of year...the tomatoes are turning and the cukes are coming fast...gotta protect the hearth and home, plus their not bad in the pot either, I like to chunk up the meat, sear it in bacon fat, then toss in the vegetables he didn't get out of my garden...lol...

The left over parts go in the freezer until trapping season, great in a dirt hole set for coyotes and fox :wink:

 

[Sperit de bois]

Dont look at it as losing a tomato to the vermin,,look at it as fatting'em up.It's like a bait pile you planted.When I see deer in my garden I just smile, set up the game camera, and wait for fall.

 

[buttonbuck]

they did a number on some of the tomatos, He was eating pig weed when I shot him. I guess it does draw whistle pigs

 

[TGJaeger]

VT,
Nice looking hog - bet he cooks up fine!

...uuummm... What is that green stuff he is lying on...???

I can sorta' recall something like that out in the pastures when we got some of that water that used to fall from the sky.

 

[buttonbuck]

We ended up brining then baking the ground hog in a turkey pan, in apple juice then let it cool and sauced it on the grill, The meat tasted like bbq ribs. I would only brine it one day next time because it was a little salty or soak it in plain water for an hour to remove some of the salt. It was not gamey at all. The kids fought over the last pieces.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Once. We par boiled it then baked in oven. Edible. OK but not particularly special.
Tough critter to skin. At the time I wished I had two and would have made some moccasins. Belive I would never again need new footwear. Did I say "tough"? :shocked2:

 

[gus13]

you guys have a season for em??!! round here they're open year round!

 

[Shine]

They are open all year. But they hibernate from oct to may or so. Except for one day of great hunting on Feb. 2 for some reason :hmm:

 

[Rifleman1776]

you guys have a season for em??!! round here they're open year round!

The season is when you see them. :wink:
I've kilt several but only ate the one.

 

[VTdeerhunter]

TG the humidity has been so thick here this summer that it doesn't need to rain....everything seems wet all the time I really pray that it cools off before hunting season starts, lugging the AC up into the tree stand is hard work :rotf: