Im gonna eat a ground hog leg in about 45 min ill let yall know how it goes all i did was soak it in salt water before i froze it then i threw it in a pressuer cooker i hope its good tell me if any of yall have eaten a ground hog before

I ate part of a marmot (a rocky mountain high country groundhog) when I was a kid, roasted on a fire. was pretty tough and strong tasting.

This one aught not be tough it being cooked in a pressuer cooker i didnt use any seasoning this first time. Oh and i cutoff all of the fat that i could cause as soon as you touch it your hands are soaked in grease. But i will let yall know how it goes

yes,,fine eating

I can already feel a poo coming on.

I kept the whole fur im gonna flesh it tan it a for practice and to just hang on the wall i would post a pic of it but it says the file is to big i only messed up one ear i made it a bigger hole oops lesson learned

I've eat a bunch lived on them coon and deer when I went to taxidermy school, I like um baked or on the fire or even in a hole in the ground wrapped in hickory leaves. Youngans fried are really good. They would be good smoked I thank always wanted too but don't have a smoker.
My greathrandmother likes um fat fat she parboils um dry them finishes them in there own greese!!! Long line of groumdhog eaters I come from!
Colt

I want to tru to make jerkey out of one

I've got a friend that made a bunch before an Alaska trip he said it was fine eatin.he did it in the oven.
Colt

Had a old man used to can them. He'd give us canned bear, hog, and groundhog. Just pour in a pot and heat. Pour the grease over cornbread and it was a fine meal. Sadly this guy passed last week. He was the last child born in the Cataloochee Valley in NC before the park service ran them out!

Sorry about your loss man. Ok update bland not tough but couldnt eat the rest of it cause no flavor and all you could taste is the water it was cooked in. Next time im gonna give it some cajun seasonin and it aughta be good. My review ok if its plan. They are kinda odd the one i skinned had no backstrap at all just a center line back bone and ribs. Its whole back was just flat

Groundhog potpie yummy!!

Move on up to possum.

Its coming soon. Opossum used to be at the botom of the list now its Armadilo cause they have moved in around us

Never ate one but around here living on alfalfa as they are vegetarians and rodents like beaver, rats I would assume them to not be too bad. Slow cooking can take care of the toughness and other ingredients can take away some of the stronger taste. Given the choice I would much rather eat a ground hog that ate in my garden than a grinner that spent the winter eating out a dead cow.

Bryce

No offense to any of you wild gamers, but I'm gettin' a big ole Black Angus ribeye out for tomorrow. Had a nice salad, followed by a hot pork sandwich, smothered in pork gravy tonight.

When i was a young child back in the 60's there were two older black gentlemen with a couple 13 year old kids that shot groundhogs on farms in our area. These two gentlemen where out of Indianapolis they shot several every Saturday and Sunday if I remember right they skin and put on ice and took them back to the city and got 3dollars for the young and two out of the older ones. They shot several hundred over the years.
My mother fixed the young ones never saw her cook it, I delivered it cleaned she took care of the rest, real good eatin.

I have pressure cooked many Woodchucks, but I browned them up after the pressure cooker tenderized them. Good eating if they are not too old.

My opinon on it is God put all of the animals on the earth and told us to hunt and keep them in check. And also you dont say the blessing for no reason. So im gonna try amlost anything i catch or kill

Groundhogs are one of the cleanest animals. This statement comes directly from one of Punxsutawney Phil’s handlers.