Coyote pack atack

[goatboy1973]

This Spring when I weaned a whole group of kids, I figured that all that squalling and crying would draw in predators and it did. The day after I removed the momma goats from the nursery lot, there was a big huge fat red fox that climbed a sapling and jumped into the nursery lot and laid in the wide open and was sunning like he was the king of the world. The llama and herd of weanlings were a half mile away. I went in the house and got my 22 rifle with the huge scope (this was the only gun not in my safe) and from about 100 yds. got a direct surgical heart/lung shot and the fox jumped up and staggered into the woods never to be seen again. Buzzards were flying around 3 days later and I have never seen another predator since.

 

[goatboy1973]

I traded a commercial buckling for each of the llama. There's a breeder down the road that had bought some commercial Boer cross doelings and wanted to breed them. Win/ win situation all the way around.

 

[goatboy1973]

My grandfather always told me that if I kill a nuisance animal, leave it where it lays and this will deter another of them from coming back. When I kill a groundhog, if I don't decide to BBQ it, I throw it back in its hole and no groundhogs will return. Groundhog is a delicacy and you've not lived if you haven't had it.

 

[heathen]

I have always wanted to try Groundhog what is your recipe? do you just skin it like a squirrel or rabbit?

 

[goatboy1973]

I have always wanted to try Groundhog what is your recipe? do you just skin it like a squirrel or rabbit?

Yep. Skin it, gut it, wash the inside of the abdominal cavity out real good, stuff it with herbs (rosemary, thyme, garlic cloves) and get cotton string to bind the carcass through the midsection so the herbs steam inside and don't fall out during the cooking process, rub the outside of the carcass with generous amt. of fresh ground black pepper and coarse sea salt and place it on the BBQ for a few hours. It is wonderful and melt in your mouth. I serve it with new potatoes, cooked greens, and a good sour dough Texas Toast. I feel like this is the country critter version of the Food Network. LOL!!! But seriously, this is as good as it gets as far as a good meal goes. Enjoy!

 

[kittie_kat]

Poor Percy. So sorry for your loss.

 

[Andrei]

A coyote is too fast for ANY dog (greyhound is the exception) so their defense is just to intimidate and warn.
Discharging a firearm in a neighborhood is a risky business and that is why it is illegal in most of the World.
Now we take risks in life so ..... everybody does as they see it fit.

 

[Southern by choice]

Y'all eat groundhog? Seriously...

 

[woodsie]

We have tons of marmots around our place and we shoot them all the time...always wanted to know what it would taste like. They seem to eat what rabbits eat and rabbit is delish...is it similar?

 

[goatboy1973]

We have tons of marmots around our place and we shoot them all the time...always wanted to know what it would taste like. They seem to eat what rabbits eat and rabbit is delish...is it similar?

What is a marmot? Is it in the rodent family also with groundhogs and squirrels?