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this is probably not in the best section to put it in, but i cant really find a more suitable one. i was jus wandering who eats everything they kill, who eats some things and so on. im pretty sure almost everyone eats there deer and turkey, but are there any animals that u dont eat? what do u do with them? thanks alot

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anything short of varmint/predator (fox, coyote) Them, I just skin and use to feed the crows. When I still hunted Chucks, they went to a old guy I used to work with. (he actually loved them)

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I wont kill it if I am not going to eat it

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I eat game or give it to someone who will. I don't eat varmints and pests though. Wood chucks lay where they die for other critters to eat. I don't always eat squirrels or rabbits, depends on when I kill them. They don't always die in season around here[:o]. Depends on how much damage they are doing. I always considered them as cute rats pretty much.

Paul

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Yep! Opossum, Raccoon, Armadillos, Squirrels, Rabbits, Gopher Turtles, Gators, Sand Hill Cranes, Hogs and Deer!

What I don't eat my dogs will!:)

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Everything I've ever hunted I've eaten. Deer, Pheasants, Geese and Rabbit. The only thing I won't eat is squirrel. I just can't get past the fact that they are a tree rat. :DSo, I just give them to a buddy.

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Use to Ihunted and shot dang near anythingavailable, but over the years I guess I got over it. I deer hunt now and other than the occasional snake I don't shoot anything else. I give away probably 90% or moreof the deer meat, usually after it goes to a processor.

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I don't eat coyotes or any other pest, but anything else I hunt,I butcher andeat, or give to someone that will.

Fish on the other hand, I've got plenty of people that will take them, I hate cleaning fish.

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I eat deer, turkey, ducks, goose, and that's about it. If I kill a coon I will give it to a guy in my club and his wife will fix it with sweet potatoes. I hunt the openeing weekend of squirrel season and normally kill a limit (hunt only with a .22 rifle) and I donate them to the camp cooking that they have every year.(I eat steak that weekend). Any predator will be taken to the gut pile for the coyotes to eat. Snakes are either left where they lay or taken back to the camp to show them off. I try not to kill the non-venomous ones but, sometimes I can't control my self. I don't shoot animals for fun, I wasn't raised that way. I enjoy hunting mostly for the comraderie I get from friends and it also allows me to spend time with my family. Kids that don't get the oppurtunity to get outdoors are missing alot, IMHO. Right before deer season we donate all the meat that we have left over from last year to a local charity that has a wild game cook off.

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The only thing that i have shot and didnt eat were coyotes or golphers. Everything else that ive shot i have eatin.

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snakes yotes i eat everything else

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I agree with cardeer

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i eat everything but squirrels

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i eat everything i kill besides woodchucks. I can't believe more people don't eat squirrel. Prepared right its darn good eating.

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i only hunt deer rabbit and grouse. I eat all of them. I will not eat a coyote, coon, squirrel porquipineor crow but have no issue with shooting them

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Some animals are not meant to be eaten. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be hunted.

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So lethalconnection, do you mean "gophers" or "golfers"..........so Freud was right

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I eat everything I kill. If I can't or don't want to eat it I don't kill it. I am not opposed to giving something away but I absolutely won't kill something and leave it in the woods.

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10-4, good buddy!

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I shoot coyotes and crow and won't eat either. I shoot rabbits and tree rats in my yd year round as they are pests and I don't eat them except for rabbits in the winter. HCH

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I always wanted to try rattle snake but never got the chance. I can't believe you guys throw them away. I won't kill nonvenomous snakes.I usually catch them and show them to whoever I'm there with at the time. Kids find them interesting. My friends and I use to catch them when we were young. We use to chase people with them and scare the crap out of them. Not so now.

I once caught a 6ft+ black snake at an Amusement park one time.A small crowd gathered round and wanted me to kill it. I ask why? As I let it slither around in my hands,I explained to the small crowd, that this snake is not poisonous and would rather get away than attack a person. I explained that their bite doesn't hurt and the worse thing they can do is sh!t on you, cause it stinks.

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Yep! Opossum, Raccoon, Armadillos, Squirrels, Rabbits, Gopher Turtles, Gators, Sand Hill Cranes, Hogs and Deer!

What I don't eat my dogs will!:)

reb can you still get gropher turtles down there they are great:Dif i shoot it i eat it its the way i was raised

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Yep! I have6 big ones on my property now, but now they are protected by the state and I have to call-in to have them removed.;) Man, they can sure dig some tunnels! It is a problem, because the cows can break a leg when they step on a tunnel. They sure taste Good!:D:D

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ORIGINAL: nc bearhunter

Yep! Opossum, Raccoon, Armadillos, Squirrels, Rabbits, Gopher Turtles, Gators, Sand Hill Cranes, Hogs and Deer!

What I don't eat my dogs will!:)

reb can you still get gropher turtles down there they are great:Dif i shoot it i eat it its the way i was raised
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Yep! I have6 big ones on my property now, but now they are protected by the state and I have to call-in to have them removed.;) Man, they can sure dig some tunnels! It is a problem, because the cows can break a leg when they step on a tunnel. They sure taste Good!:D:D

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growing up i have seen people wreak their cars trying to stop and pick one of those things before someone else :D:D

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Back in the 70's and 80's, I use to drive in the woods or on my place and attachea long piece of poly tubing to my truck tail pipe, stick it down the hole and wait for it at the other end of the tunnel. They dig a tunnel with an entrance and a exit.

When I had 10 or12 in the back of the pick-up I'd head to the black end of town and sell them for $2, $2.50, $3 and the big ones brought $5.Sometimes I would have 3 or 4 possums in cages and they would bring as much $7and $10 each. Same with Armadillos.:D

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used to do about the same thing we would shoot coons and bring them to a older man and he would buy us a box of shotgun shells for each one. shells back them cost about 1.50 at western auto and we though we were getting the best end of the deal but we later found out he was selling them for about 4 bucks apeice:eek:but we were young and it was fun. we used to go to williston and get gophers on the west end of town it was fun.

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Man, everything came from Western Auto!:D:D:D:D:D

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my dad used to say if they did not have it i did not need it:D

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I eat all my squirrels and deer I kill. For racoons I just skin them out and let my dad munch on them. Thats about all I hunt though. I do go quail hunting every few years and they are some really good eating.

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im guilty of not eating all of the dove i shot last year

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i hunt deer, turkey, squirell, coyotes and groundhogs.....ill eat anything i kill except coyotes and groundhogs.....dosnt mean i havent tried...ill try anything once and the groundhog wasnt half bad but not worth the time or effort of cleaning.....i do admit i didnt eat most of the squirell i harvested last year due to an unfortunate freezerburn accident......

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I've only harvested deer and I shared some and ate some.

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well guys im glad this post got some responses, lol. thanks alot for the feedback, i was just wandering. i have hunted deer and of course ate them, but i was jus wandering if i ever kill anything else, which hopefully i will, what to do with it. im glad that some peopple say that they dont eat everything, thats honest and it makes me more confident for some reason. i guess if a person doesnt eat it, i guess some aspect of mother nature willl, thanks for the posts

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I hope that doesn't mean you leave it lay in the woods.

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If I kill it, I'll eat it, 'cept for the 'yotes!

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Same here JMM if I don't eat it I don't kill it, cept for them yotes
I just have to kill 'em. But the hides sell good if the weather is cold.

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either i eat it or donate to hunters for the hungry so yea it all gets eaten.

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Good idea VA those that do not eat should concider that route.