Telling my age here.... When I was a kid old depression era men would call a possum a Hoover Hog. Hard times and not much to eat, not much protein to be had, people would eat coon and possum. Herbert Hoover was president then and they blamed the depression on him so they called them Hoover Hogs.

Water wolf - pike
Mud shark - Burbot
Road chicken- grouse
Whistle pigs - groundhogs

My family still eats both! Good table fair if you ask me

Song dog - coyote

Drifter calls deer......... overgrown goats.

Eastern Chipmunks - Grinnies.
Vulpes Fulva - red fox (scientific name)

Polywogs, tadpoles.
Crawldads, crayfish.
Speck, crappies.
Water turkeys, cormarants.
Southern speed bumps, armodillos.
Goggle eyes, rockbass.

Keith

My favorite fish nickname can't be shared here. It is way more funny than it is offensive, but rules are rules.
Maybe someone has heard of it and can laugh to themselves.
It is the nickname of a raccoon perch, aka yellow perch, aka ring perch, aka redfin.

rock rabbit for a pika

pinion squawker for pinion jay

slow elk for cattle

Tactical possum = armadillo
Booger = Bigfoot

Sky Carp- Cormorant

Ditch Panther- feral cat

Whistle pig- wood chuck

Mr. No Shoulders - Snake

Skunk Ape - Sasquatch

Wood (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) - Skunk

Junkies - Possum

Tulibee = silver wiggler
Raven = (it’s just a word) chicken
Northern pike = houkie
Sea gull = flying rat
Great blue heron =
Sandhill crane = ribeye of the sky
Beaver = tail-slapper
Muskrat = rat
Democrat politicians = turds

Snow geese - Sky Carp
Shoveler - Hollywood/ Smiling Mallard
Possum - Grinner/ Grave Robber/ Poor Sam
Armadillo - Possum on the half Shell/ Hoover Hog
Coyote - Yote / Wile E
Feral hog - Poor man's Grizz / Rooter
Sharp shinned hawk - chicken hawk
Squirrel - Tree rat / Cat Squirrel (gray) / Fox Squirrel (red)
Coon - Masked Bandit / Trash Panda
Bass - Ditch Pickle

Fart squirrel = skunk

Whistle pig= ground hog

Water turkey= cormorants

split toe= whitetail deer
goat=whitetail deer
two legged split toe=female human

we use these when talking on the radio when we have the hounds out chasin yotes

That's interesting,makes sense tho.

Bullhead catfish = Mudcats

Grinner

Slimer - Northern Pike
Slough Pumper - Blue Heron
Sunnie - Sunfish
Rubber Back - Soft Shell Turtle
Swamp Buck - Old Buck Deer