Are Possums Good Eating?

[Dustin07]

I was reading that they taste like pork, but someone told me that the possums we have up here aren't like the ones from the south and that I shouldn't eat it.

with all the things that I 'should' eat, I don't know if I believe it. Is there any reason not to eat a possum?

[Gobble]

My lab  loves them, So far he's killed 5 

[Huntbear]

I knew someone that ate them and loved it.... would live trap em, then feed them rice and vegetable scraps for about 2 weeks to clean their system out.  Then would butcher and eat them.....

Possums are possums, whether here or in Alabama!

[Dustin07]

I knew someone that ate them and loved it.... would live trap em, then feed them rice and vegetable scraps for about 2 weeks to clean their system out.  Then would butcher and eat them.....

Possums are possums, whether here or in Alabama!

I actually just finished reading an article that recommended feeding them table scraps to get the carrion out of the system before killing them, funny!

[Machias]

They are awesome  most guys will cook them on a slab of pine in the oven, and then throw out the possum and eat the slab of pine.   

[blindpig]

They are awesome  most guys will cook them on a slab of pine in the oven, and then throw out the possum and eat the slab of pine.   



Now that is funny

[atomicjoe23]

You couldn't pay me to eat a possum!!! Fed table scraps or rice or whatever. . .my experience with these critters is that they are vile and disgusting. . .we had problems with them all the time when I was younger and my sisters had horses. . .we coulnd't get rid of them. . .no matter how many we killed there were always more!!!

[shoot-em-dead]

You gonna have ta mix it with coyote and mouse

[Michelle_Nelson]

LOL, I say don't knock it til you've tried it.

I'd try it.  Why not I doubt it will kill you.   They probably do carry diseases and such but so does every other species of animal.  I'd give them a bath befor I skinned them.

[bow4elk]

I was reading that they taste like pork

Then go buy some pork...I'd have to be starving to even consider eating one of those rats.

[huntnphool]

I'll bet Longtat would know

[runamuk]

Well if anyone does eat a possum, they can be an honorary member of the "you ain't right club"

... cuz in my opinion opossum eating qualifies

[IBspoiled]

I got a coon once and looked up a recipe for racoon stew.  It referred to coon, possum and armadillo all in the same category.  When I skinned the coon, I inspected the intestines and liver and made sure there were no spots or weird stuff inside.  I fried up a small piece to see if it tasted good, it tasted like dark turkey meat.  Then I proceeded to make a large pot of coon stew.  My daughter was at work all day and was hungry when she got home.  I told her the stew was on the stove.   She ate most of the bowl, before my wife spilled the beans and told her what she was eating.    It all tasted fine and all got ate.  Let me know what it tastes like, there are a few around here.  They might find a place in my stew pot!

[rasbo]

I would eat my hunting buddies arm first

[ICEMAN]

Mmmmm, good eatin' !