Just wondering if anyone here has ever ate gopher?
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Just wondering if anyone here has ever ate gopher?
how's things in Conrad? was born and raised in MT but left after the cali invasion...never tried gopher, but I have eaten porcupine which was OK...
Well, I Gopher pizza quite often and I also Gopher take-out Chinese. Does that count? :D
I've eaten "Parka squirrels". They are kinda like prairie dogs. They live in holes in the ground. They taste OK but are pretty greasy.
Well......they eat grass and soybeans so they should be pretty tender. Can't imagine why anyone would want to eat one but I suppose you can if you want.
Well Rick I guess if that was the only game around and you were hungry you would eat a gopher. I have also heard them called ground squirrels. I have not seen any other squirrels here yet.
Oh, you bet. I would. Ground squirrels to me are these @#$$%@ animals. It would take a mess of ground squirrels to get any meat: :
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/72/16...e3cc24834d.jpg
We actually don't have gophers. We do have groundhogs which is what I thought you were talking about.
http://photos.igougo.com/images/p833...Groundhogs.jpg
I don't have photshop, but that gopher is just begging to have a bullseye placed on him.
I seen a guy trap a Marmot and eat it, not much meat on those things. Even though they look chunky.
Ahhh... the power of suggestion....
(didn't do that picture post quite right - they showed up as thumbnails... but if you click on 'em - note the label on the griddle).
Now you've done it!
http://www.israellycool.com/wordpres.../groundhog.jpg
Still my favorite. http://www.cigarintel.com/agency/wp-...iperKitten.jpg
OK - those are funny.
But I've got to point out that mine are "original" creations.
http://www.nspiredgames.com/rickGopher.jpg
http://www.nspiredgames.com/target.jpg
http://www.nspiredgames.com/frysquirrel.jpg
Flipping the safety cover on the BAN button. Turning the key. Hand hovering over the big red button.
Now you've done it. Rick's going to give up his plans for that .308 and go full auto.
I've never eaten gopher, but I have had some tangy beaver
Oh no... I've put Rick at DEFCON 1...
Don't do it! Don't do it!
Just think of the women and children.
;)
* I missed the title "Super Moderator" under your Avatar. I didn't realize I was poking fun at someone with access to the big red button.
Hey, by way of apology, I could slap together a new Avatar for ya - something with a big SM on the front. A red cape maybe?
(shaking head) Not going there. I'm not. I won't do it. No. It's just too easy. I'll wait for a hard shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason
Funny, I didn't picture Rick being into that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teotwawki
And he doesn't like to be made fun of. He has no sense of humor. (Dancing finger around BAN button).Quote:
Originally Posted by Teotwawki
Which finger you using?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Moderators choice.
Middle one, huh?:p
Rick,
You say you have no sense of humor... I've not been around here long (and may not be around for much longer if I give you a clear shot) but I think you do have a sense of humor.
I'll change that picture if you'd like...
Naw. Then I wouldn't have anything to hold over your head. That wouldn't do at all.
You could always post something in the "Making Stuff Up" part of the forum. Oh wait - Making Stuff. Got it. Making Stuff.
That would be what we refer to as a chipmunk. My killer cat won't even eat chipmunk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
How much wood would a chipmunk chip if a chipmunk could chip wood? And would he if he could?:p
Somebody wants to eat me?????
http://fruitfly.files.wordpress.com/...red-grandy.jpg
Oh! I am soooo tempted to mess with that picture! :D
I think that big red button would be mashed down if I did though.
I have not eaten gopher but barbecued groundhog if that counts! Tasted like chicken of course! :)
i've not eaten any but the old timers around here tell me its not to bad, not as greasy as possum or as stringy as raccoon. supposed to be similar to beaver......:rolleyes:;)
My dad came from Ky and he told me that he has eaten both 'coon and possum. I think I could stand the raccoon before possum; they are just nasy looking animals to me.........the thought of eating a possum sends a shudder down my spine. I would have to be realllllllllllly hungry.
skunkkiller here sorry rick that is not gopher that is a chipmonk. and chipmonk is good if you dont have anything else.a gopher hasspots not strips.
I have a mole named Osama. If you can catch him for me you can have him for dinner. :D
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True gophers have neither spot nor stripes. Look up Pocket Gopher. Beyond that, geography tends to determine what folks refer to as gophers.
Those chipmunks with white spots on the black lines are called "ground squirrels" here, confirmed by looking them up in a book, and they might even be in wikipedia.com. But there are different types of ground squirrels too. So maybe they are the same as a "gopher" or "pocket gopher". But a marmot is the same as a groundhog, right? But marmot is the term for them in the west.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_squirrel
There was a ground squirrel digging holes at the base of our pine tree so I hunted him down with my BB gun. He was facing away from me and I shot him right in the nads. He must have jumped 3 feet straight up, honest.
Haven't caught him but spotted him...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ridge Wolf
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...=2&pictureid=7
Nice........Quote:
Originally Posted by Teotwawki
Yep. That's him.:D
He's making himself scarce again. I haven't seen any new mounds this week.