Re: Eating muskrat
[Re: Mando]
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10/23/23 07:03 PM
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Muskrat is good eats,just check their liver for tularemia like other wild rodents.
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Re: Eating muskrat
[Re: DanN]
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10/23/23 07:12 PM
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Usually eat a few with carrots potatoes and onions. They are better than squirrel or wild rabbit in my opinion. Good to know, I love rabbit and squirrel.
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Re: Eating muskrat
[Re: Shakeyjake]
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10/23/23 09:00 PM
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There was a trainee about 15 years ago that pulled a full roasted one out of his lunch kit, the shock on the other guys faces (and mine) was great. He said “don’t knock it till you try it. Back then I thought he was nuts…..now, not so much. I still gotta try beaver yet, my daughter said she’d try it too. Beaver is good. I noticed when I have piles of carcass muskrat and beaver will be picked clean very fast by the cats. Everything else will sit there un touched for a few days tell I hall them off. After trying beaver and discovering how good it is I was thinking muskrat was probably also good. I don't trap beaver or muskrat unless a friend or two are having issues bur I alway save and eat the beaver and will try muskrat next time I get one
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Re: Eating muskrat
[Re: Mando]
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10/23/23 09:26 PM
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I agree with those that feel it's a mental issue. Once you try it, it's different. As a kid I didn't have a choice, food was food. Learned to eat what was provided.
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Re: Eating muskrat
[Re: Bob_Iowa]
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10/23/23 10:37 PM
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I’ve never tried it and probably won’t knowingly try it, for me it’s a mental thing. They are alot cleaner animal than a pig or chicken.
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Re: Eating muskrat
[Re: Ohio Wolverine]
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10/23/23 10:40 PM
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I agree with those that feel it's a mental issue. Once you try it, it's different. As a kid I didn't have a choice, food was food. Learned to eat what was provided. Mental issue is my thing. Thankfully I have a son that has been researching some of this stuff, so I'll be trying more in the near future. I'm more than willing to cook it, and if I do ill eat it...fingers crossed!
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Re: Eating muskrat
[Re: Mando]
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10/23/23 11:52 PM
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One of the Indians that skinned for Lee Hinkle would smoke both beaver and muskrat jerky and best of all he would share. It was great but I always remember him making new batches when it was cold.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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