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Eating muskrat. #6721417 01/08/20 07:55 PM 01/08/20 07:55 PM
Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 5,214 Crivitz WI Sprung & Rusty OP trapper
Sprung & Rusty OP trapper Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 5,214 Crivitz WI	Yes you do or no you dont? No Jab.

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721420 01/08/20 07:58 PM 01/08/20 07:58 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,966 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,966 Northern Maine	Not bad at all.During the depression restaurants sold muskrat under the name marsh rabbit. Nevada bound

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721421 01/08/20 07:59 PM 01/08/20 07:59 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 859 N.Y./N.J. T traphound trapper
traphound trapper T Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 859 N.Y./N.J.	its a lot better than it looks,no gamey taste,parboil 45 minutes,cut off bone and put it in any recipe. Great in stroganoff.

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721425 01/08/20 08:02 PM 01/08/20 08:02 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 8,771 East of the Mason-Dixon Line DelawareRob trapper
DelawareRob trapper Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 8,771 East of the Mason-Dixon Line	Yes, yes I do. Who is John Galt? You don't rise to the occasion, you fall to the level of your training. Semper Paratus

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721430 01/08/20 08:03 PM 01/08/20 08:03 PM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,653 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,653 Champaign County, Ohio.	Yes, muskrat is good to eat. It is beef like in flavor and texture and not dissimilar to beaver. Keith

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721444 01/08/20 08:13 PM 01/08/20 08:13 PM
Joined: Jun 2018 Posts: 4,768 Beatrice, NE L loosegoose trapper
loosegoose trapper L Joined: Jun 2018 Posts: 4,768 Beatrice, NE	I had it once. Absolutely disgusting. Tasted like the black goop on the bottom of a Marsh. Your mileage may vary, some people love it. Give it a try, it's free food. Last edited by loosegoose; 01/08/20 08:14 PM.

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721458 01/08/20 08:26 PM 01/08/20 08:26 PM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 3,011 ohio T tomahawker trapper
tomahawker trapper T Joined: May 2009 Posts: 3,011 ohio	Was talkin with my great Aunt Avis on New Year’s Day, she’s 95. I’d been hunting earlier, so she got talkin bout living in the sticks, said they ate everything. Adams Mills Ohio on the Muskingham River. Around 1945. She ate something right. www.tomahawkoutdoors.com

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721461 01/08/20 08:27 PM 01/08/20 08:27 PM
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,174 Pa. B Bigbrownie trapper
Bigbrownie trapper B Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,174 Pa.	Not that hungry. Yet.

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721462 01/08/20 08:30 PM 01/08/20 08:30 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a. P pcr2 "Twerker"
pcr2 "Twerker" P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.	no

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Bigbrownie] #6721472 01/08/20 08:36 PM 01/08/20 08:36 PM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 3,011 ohio T tomahawker trapper
tomahawker trapper T Joined: May 2009 Posts: 3,011 ohio	Originally Posted by Bigbrownie Not that hungry. Yet. Now I got Dwight Yoakum stuck in my head www.tomahawkoutdoors.com

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721477 01/08/20 08:38 PM 01/08/20 08:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 1,100 New York N nyhuntfish trapper
nyhuntfish trapper N Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 1,100 New York	It's the reason I trap. That and beaver. Get the glands out.

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721479 01/08/20 08:39 PM 01/08/20 08:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 1,100 New York N nyhuntfish trapper
nyhuntfish trapper N Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 1,100 New York	And Randy Newberg...

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: KeithC] #6721533 01/08/20 09:12 PM 01/08/20 09:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,144 AK bfisch trapper
bfisch trapper Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,144 AK	Originally Posted by KeithC Yes, muskrat is good to eat. It is beef like in flavor and texture and not dissimilar to beaver. Keith I agree. Never cooked it for myself but when I had it roasted it tasted like a beef roast. Still don't cook it for myself though.

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721538 01/08/20 09:18 PM 01/08/20 09:18 PM
Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 4,103 Bonner County, Idaho Wild_Idaho trapper
Wild_Idaho trapper Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 4,103 Bonner County, Idaho	Yes I have and it was good but prefer it for bait. Real name Eric The sharpest hammer in the box of crayons.

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721547 01/08/20 09:23 PM 01/08/20 09:23 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 7,240 West Michigan G Getting There trapper
Getting There trapper G Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 7,240 West Michigan	I did when I was a home trapping after school but that was a long time ago. It is never to early to think about who to Vote for. To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721553 01/08/20 09:25 PM 01/08/20 09:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 89 MI B Bogwalker trapper
Bogwalker trapper B Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 89 MI	Trimmed off anything not meat , parboiled, roasted ,pulled apart and added a little bbq .Would eat again but served it up for a wild game dinner. Beaver much easier.

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721557 01/08/20 09:29 PM 01/08/20 09:29 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 8,554 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co. W walleyed trapper
walleyed trapper W Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 8,554 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.	Originally Posted by Sprung&Rusty Yes you do or no you dont? In 1977, When I was 18 year's old and attending college, there wasn't a lot of money for groceries so muskrat was on the menu along with venison. Pan fried muskrat rolled in flour/bread crumbs butter, salt and pepper was a popular feast on many occasions. With all the farm pollution and chemicals flowing into my marshes now, I wouldn't eat it any more. w "Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters I Support Non-Resident Trapping

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721562 01/08/20 09:33 PM 01/08/20 09:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,054 SEPA L Lugnut trapper
Lugnut trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,054 SEPA	I’ve had beaver and thought it was pretty good but never muskrat. I would like to try some sometime. They don’t exist in my area Pennsylvania so it might be a while until I get a chance. Eh...wot?

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721577 01/08/20 09:44 PM 01/08/20 09:44 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,639 De C coop trapper
coop trapper C Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,639 De	Yep, 3 or 4X a year... not much on coon though.

Re: Eating muskrat. [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6721593 01/08/20 09:55 PM 01/08/20 09:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,000 Eastern Shore, MD J JoMiBru trapper
JoMiBru trapper J Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,000 Eastern Shore, MD	Yes. Morgan’s got the recipe, darn good! John

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