A couple porcupines from last night

[MuleySniper]

nice! figured id open this thread and see one with 509rs boot prints in the side of it.

[grundy53]

I shoot every porcupine I see. I hate them. I've killed a lot of them.

[Kain]

Cool I got one (case skinned with feet) in the freezer from last year.  Was thinking it would make a cool rug.  LOL

I tried eating it but I didnt like it that much.  Might try a different recipe next time.

[TeacherMan]

I've always left them alone because I figured they would be good and easy survival food.

[lokidog]

I've eaten a couple, they taste a lot like rabbit, yummy!

[pjb3]

I've eaten a couple, they taste a lot like rabbit, yummy!

Didn't know that, now I gotta go out and target them somewhere

WHERE?

[carpsniperg2]

I know a few guys that have tried them and said they were only good to eat in the spring. In the winter when they are living on bark, they say they taste like crap. In the spring  when they eat a lot of grass they said they are o.k. Not for me!!!

[lokidog]

I ate one I hit (undercarriage, not tire) during turkey season... thought it was a possum, until too late to miss.  The other I shot during early archery elk.  Both tasted good to me, of course I like racoon stew too.   

[carpsniperg2]

  Both the people I know that have ate them smoke. I told them there taste buds were dead anyways

[TwoSixFourWins]

I always thought a porcupine rug would make a nice welcome mat

[jackmaster]

carpsniper, so do porks only eat bark from up in the tree or do the ring them on the grouind as well, where i hunt i see ots of trees that have been rung around the base but i always thought it was bear, i would like to learn enough to hunt them sounds like it could be a blast, i know alot of differant spots, so what makes a spot good for porks?

[carpsniperg2]

They will eat the base of a tree to. Most times you can see the difference between a bear and a quill pig. Just look at the marks on the bark. They eat a lot more small saplings during the spring and summer months. They don't like the mature bark on big trees as well. They mainly eat that in the winter when they can not feed on the ground. They will go out into a alfalfa fields and graze like cattle. I also tend to find them a lot in areas that do not have many trees. Like a big open area that may only have a couple of trees. They will want to get off the ground after feeding at night.

[jackmaster]

hey thanks carpsniper am gonna give it a go, i am always lookn for differant critters to whack, can a guy live trap them and if so what would be good bait

[Brownie28]

got this porky 2 yeaars ago during the last day of deer season out by washtuckna. hes a big ole boy (dont mind the dumb look on my ugly face i aint very photogenic)

[Buckslaya]

I will never understand why people kill things they aren't going to eat. I guess it makes them tough?