Opposum for dinner? anyone? (Picture of dog with prey)

[CoyoteMagic]

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You are sooooooooooo bad!!!

 

[Southern28Chick]

Well, I'm from the south and I say good for you for rehoming them! I don't think their that ugly but they are to ugly to eat.

Give that dog a big ole bone for that.

 

[LaMamaGallina]

"Niña" is always happy to go get "THE ANIMALS" for me.
She thinks that other creatures are animals and other dogs are dogs but "she" is not an animal or a dog herself. Whenever she hears the word "ANIMALS" she runs towards the glass door to see what we are talking about.

And I do not have the heart to kill them, I just can't kill them, Niña my dog would kill them but they have not done anything, so they do not deserve the death penalty.

For all of you, I just wanted to share that Niña was dumped on the street as a puppy, when I saw her running around desperatly on an empty parking lot I asked my husband to turn around the car because I wanted to pick her up, we are sooo glad we did, she is a very faithful dog.

One of the Opossums: (He or she looks cute)

 

[GoodEgg]

When I was a kid, there were a couple of times my great-grandma caught baby 'possums in her house.

Somehow or other someone convinced the adults to keep them as pets.

I remember ... they were cute in a way as tiny babies, and the way they'd curl their tails onto your finger. It was no time at all before they became vicious little boogers though ... they would hiss and snap at people who hand-raised them, even while still small.

I can't say as I care to have them around, especially now that I have chickens. They can stay in the woods and leave me alone.

(I don't think I'd even want to eat one. We've eaten a lot of different kinds of animals, but I'm glad I never tried 'possum.)

That said though, at the old house I trapped a few rats with live traps, and my co-workers all thought I was nuts because I drove them to a state park and let them go. I just can't look right at them and kill them.

trish

 

[mdbucks]

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You dont know what you are missing, when I was in SC anytime one got hit on the road the neighbors would all fight over who sawn it first (you have to law claim to them)cause they need to AGE on the roadside to make a proper possum pie Dont know if you can use cage raised possum, probably wouldn't have that freshly run over flavor to it.

 

[Southern28Chick]

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You dont know what you are missing, when I was in SC anytime one got hit on the road the neighbors would all fight over who sawn it first (you have to law claim to them)cause they need to AGE on the roadside to make a proper possum pie Dont know if you can use cage raised possum, probably wouldn't have that freshly run over flavor to it.

I hit a deer with my car one night and a man in a car pulled over and asked if I was ok. I told him yes and he said "leave it on the side of the road, I've been lookin for a fresh one. I need to get my truck and then I come and get him."

No joke!

 

[wegotchickens]

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You dont know what you are missing, when I was in SC anytime one got hit on the road the neighbors would all fight over who sawn it first (you have to law claim to them)cause they need to AGE on the roadside to make a proper possum pie Dont know if you can use cage raised possum, probably wouldn't have that freshly run over flavor to it.

I hit a deer with my car one night and a man in a car pulled over and asked if I was ok. I told him yes and he said "leave it on the side of the road, I've been lookin for a fresh one. I need to get my truck and then I come and get him."

No joke!

Totally believe you. Have heard the same story from more than one person. Free food

 

[mdbucks]

Just to confirm my redneck relatives, My uncle GOT one every year sometimes two with the front of his car, and none of those sat on the side of the road, they all went into the freezer.

Southern28Chick ,
pawtraitart from this board actually drew that from a picture I sent her, I know it should be a Buckeye, but its Candy the campine.

 

[aran]

i guess coming from new zealand qualifies me for "southern"! I have eaten possum stew and roasted possum but our opposums look different to the ones here. Ours are larger and spend 90% of their time in trees.

check one out:
http://www.taiko.org.nz/poss1.jpg

 

[bayouchica]

I've got a few kin folk that have ate possum. (Yuck!) They say the meat is greasy & if you eat too much of it,it'll make ya sick. Gross.