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Sep 19, 2020 12:23:48 #
John D
Loc: Duncanville Alabama
Coypu multiply like rats. They can be very destructive by burrowing in dikes, levees & dams.
Sep 19, 2020 12:24:16 #
John D wrote:
Good morning to all,
My cousins in La. call nutria coypus. Coypu have hair on their tails & I can’t see any on the one in the pic. My vote would be a muskrat. Muskrats are smaller that nutria. I’ve eaten muskrat & it’s quite good. My coonie cousins also enjoy the occasional coypu.
My cousins in La. call nutria coypus. Coypu have hair on their tails & I can’t see any on the one in the pic. My vote would be a muskrat. Muskrats are smaller that nutria. I’ve eaten muskrat & it’s quite good. My coonie cousins also enjoy the occasional coypu.
They’re actually one and the same.
https://www.bing.com/search?q=coypu+animal&form=APIPH1&PC=APPL
Sep 19, 2020 22:22:13 #
I say that is a muskrat, not a coypu (nutria), the tail is long and hairless. Also coypu have a white muzzle. Muskrat tails are kinda like beavers, because they are flattened, but vertically rather than horizontally. Can't really tell on this photo, but looks like a muskrat to me. They are wild animals, nobody had to release em. Very very common (or used to be) where I come from in Indiana.
Sep 20, 2020 11:40:33 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
I say that is a muskrat, not a coypu (nutria), the tail is long and hairless. Also coypu have a white muzzle. Muskrat tails are kinda like beavers, because they are flattened, but vertically rather than horizontally. Can't really tell on this photo, but looks like a muskrat to me. They are wild animals, nobody had to release em. Very very common (or used to be) where I come from in Indiana.
Looks like a muskrat to me, too.
Sep 20, 2020 12:49:01 #
That is a muskrat. I ran a trap line for them when I was a kid. Got pretty good money when i sold the pelts to Sears and Roebuck.
Sep 20, 2020 15:33:49 #
In Delaware they refer to muskrat as 'marsh rabbit'. People lard them and eat them.
Sep 20, 2020 15:37:12 #
fishrmans
Loc: Waushara Cnty Wisconsin and Port Charlotte Fl
Muskrat. Up in Wi there are a few bars along the Wolf River that have “marsh rabbit” feeds. They are vegetarian and usually in clean water. They are a rodent and I thought they taste pretty much like a wild rabbit.
Sep 20, 2020 16:04:10 #
Sep 20, 2020 17:25:19 #
I've had it cooked outdoors over a fire, but my ma would not allow it in the house. She'd cook squirrels and rabbits but no muskrat, possum or groundhog. Those were all pretty common where I grew up.
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Sep 20, 2020 18:29:58 #
Lee626 wrote:
I'll eat most anything thing that lives in the woods, within reason or swims in the water, but that guy, heck not so sure about that
But you wouldn't think twice about eating a tree rat called squirrel.
Sep 20, 2020 18:41:44 #
FinFisherman wrote:
But you wouldn't think twice about eating a tree rat called squirrel.
didn't really like squirrel besides they are too small not too much meat,but after hearin everyone talk about it maybe i would try it, i mean put it in a crock pot how bad can it be
Sep 20, 2020 18:56:55 #
Lee626 wrote:
didn't really like squirrel besides they are too small not too much meat,but after hearin everyone talk about it maybe i would try it, i mean put it in a crock pot how bad can it be
Crock pot is good for squirrels too. My uncle used to say put enough pepper on it will make s%*£€ eatable. I don't believe that but garlic might.
Sep 20, 2020 19:04:37 #
Nutria are compromising our levees pretty badly here in Northern California.
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