Post by: batsquatch on December 13, 2009, 07:27:57 PM
Post by: washelkhntr on December 13, 2009, 07:31:00 PM
Post by: rasbo on December 13, 2009, 07:34:59 PM
Post by: mossback91 on December 13, 2009, 07:40:25 PM
Post by: Gutpile on December 13, 2009, 07:49:10 PM
Post by: alanger on December 13, 2009, 07:52:33 PM
Post by: Straight Shooter on December 13, 2009, 07:59:19 PM
I didn't know we had those in Washington. :dunno: I used to see them when I was in the service but didn't know they lived here.
:yeah: :dunno:
Post by: batsquatch on December 13, 2009, 08:12:25 PM
Strange I see about 20 a month road killed everywhere on the west side, and ive killed 4 in my yard now.I didn't know we had those in Washington. :dunno: I used to see them when I was in the service but didn't know they lived here.
:yeah: :dunno:
Post by: Gutpile on December 13, 2009, 08:27:01 PM
Post by: longrange7mm on December 13, 2009, 08:28:57 PM
westside yote:yeah: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: Birdguy on December 13, 2009, 08:52:35 PM
My theory is the WDFW decided they could not manage the good game so they figured they could charge hunting license fees for these large rats the seem to reproduce real well :bash: :bash:. Imagine how many there must be to have so many roadkilled each night :chuckle:.
Post by: shoot-em-dead on December 13, 2009, 09:06:14 PM
Post by: Wazukie on December 13, 2009, 09:41:18 PM
Post by: runamuk on December 13, 2009, 10:13:34 PM
They have always been here, I've seen them my entire life.....which began in 1969 ;)
Post by: lokidog on December 14, 2009, 09:51:46 AM
If you get a female, check out the pouch and you might find a bunch of little pinkies in there. Kind of cool, but just giant rats as far as I am concerned. Kill 'em all!
Post by: jackelope on December 14, 2009, 11:02:57 AM
maybe they don't live on the east side of the state, but they are overgrown rats over here. my dog almost got hold of 1 one night while he was running across the top of my fence. kinda glad he didn't, they have some serious teeth.
Post by: Kain on December 14, 2009, 11:12:56 AM
Post by: Caseyd on December 14, 2009, 11:22:02 AM
wow...tons of possums around here. see 1 dead on the road somewhere i bet every day.
maybe they don't live on the east side of the state, but they are overgrown rats over here. my dog almost got hold of 1 one night while he was running across the top of my fence. kinda glad he didn't, they have some serious teeth.
:yeah: My previous lab use to run and ram the fence to try to get them to fall off
Post by: longstevo on December 14, 2009, 11:31:12 AM
I didn't know we had those in Washington. :dunno: I used to see them when I was in the service but didn't know they lived here.
Seriously? They're all over the place down here in SW Washington. At least all over the sides of the roads...
Post by: LongTatLaw on December 14, 2009, 11:41:42 AM
we used to tree em from time to time while coon hunting...beat the hell out of the dogs for running them when we were after coons!
They dont taste bad..a tad bit greasier than coon but remove the fat layer and its not bad...its a deep red meat but kinda stringy...great for crock pot stew!
This summer I was outside my wives apartment in Knoxville TN talking to Michelle Nelson about the hog skulls I had just sent her and one tried to walk right by me...so I bashed it to death with a stick and ate it...MN was on the phone the whole time I was bashing telling me Im sick..and theres something wrong with me...lol
tasted fine to me!
they are very soft...if i could tan my won hides id make me a pair of possum thongs so I could take Rasbo on a hot date while we matched! ;)
Post by: coriantonk on December 14, 2009, 11:47:17 AM
Post by: Kain on December 14, 2009, 11:48:45 AM
Post by: M_ray on December 14, 2009, 12:01:39 PM
Post by: Kain on December 14, 2009, 12:20:08 PM
Post by: Gutpile on December 14, 2009, 12:21:17 PM
Are they trouble makers? Don't take this wrong I don't care about you all killing them, just wondering if they are disease ridden, messy, destructive.
They're just so stupid I'm not sure I'd whack em unless they were some sort of problem. You know, like those damn cats that :crap: in my shrub beds.
Post by: Kain on December 14, 2009, 12:25:42 PM
Post by: Gobble on December 14, 2009, 12:26:21 PM
wow...tons of possums around here. see 1 dead on the road somewhere i bet every day.
maybe they don't live on the east side of the state, but they are overgrown rats over here. my dog almost got hold of 1 one night while he was running across the top of my fence. kinda glad he didn't, they have some serious teeth.
Same here. My lab has killed 7-8 of them in my backyard.
Post by: LongTatLaw on December 14, 2009, 12:52:08 PM
my guess is eating possum is kinda similar
;)
Post by: M_ray on December 14, 2009, 01:08:09 PM
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Post by: Bigbuckhunter_1996 on December 14, 2009, 05:14:13 PM
Post by: sisu on December 14, 2009, 05:23:19 PM
I didn't know we had those in Washington. :dunno: I used to see them when I was in the service but didn't know they lived here.I lived in the Marysville, WA area when we first moved to the Lower48. Saw possom walking the streets at night ever now & then. BTW they have a lot of teeth!
Post by: Sportfury on December 14, 2009, 07:18:45 PM
When we had chickens they would get in the hen house. I killed quite a few. One I killed with the shotgun from above five feet away. He split open like a popped watermelon. My dad looked at me and asked me why I didn't shoot it in the head. Told him I was to excited. Shot to more with my Browning Buckmark .22 one night. The next morning I found the female was full of fully furred babys and all of them were dead. Guess the shock of shooting the mom in the head killed all of them.
...as for moleskin and possum thongs... well to each his own just don't bring that chit around me!
Post by: Kain on December 14, 2009, 07:25:30 PM
When I was a kid back in the late 70's and early 80's I remember we hardly saw them. Then they started becoming more and more frequent to where you see'em all over the side of the road.
I think the population goes in cycles. I see the same population with rabbits and raccoons also. You go a few years not seeing very many and then a few years where they are all over the place.
Post by: lokidog on December 14, 2009, 08:43:27 PM
Are they trouble makers? Don't take this wrong I don't care about you all killing them, just wondering if they are disease ridden, messy, destructive.
They are very destructive of ground nesting birds like quail and pheasants. They could probably even swallow down a turkey egg with their huge mouths.
They do make a very soft pelt. My daughter's first kill was a possum and had it tanned for her.
Note Title of Image - NOT MY JOB!
Post by: longstevo on December 14, 2009, 10:29:39 PM
Post by: lokidog on December 14, 2009, 10:37:14 PM
Post by: sisu on December 15, 2009, 12:45:55 PM
my little dog has killed at least 6 in my backyard. We don't eat those :chuckle:Here are some yummmy opossum recipes.
http://www.recipesforwildgame.com/opossum/opossum_recipes.htm
This one if for stuffed opossum.
http://www.recipezaar.com/Stuffed-Roast-Opossum-107969
And this web site says rabies in opossum is rare.
http://www.opossumsocietyus.org/frequently_asked_questions.htm
Post by: KTMSMOKER on December 15, 2009, 07:47:06 PM
Post by: runamuk on December 16, 2009, 05:31:38 PM
Post by: Blacklab on December 17, 2009, 09:13:39 AM
Yep tons of them down here in Vancouver.
OH hell yes!!
Keep seeing more and more every yr. Two weeks ago comming home from a friends house about 10:30 pm one was crossing the road. I went to swerve toward it, the wife freaked!! Went about 2 blocks further and there was another one. Told Dana if she wasn't in the truck they would have been road kill. They may be gods creatures but their nasty in my book and got to go.
Post by: Clumber on December 17, 2009, 11:27:19 AM
The rats, though, not so much. I got fairly worked-up about the damn things and went out to get a pellet rifle, and spent the next 6+ months doing "sniper sets" in our driveway.... That pellet rifle has killed much more than any of our other firearms... Anyhow, so the rats were finally starting to be hard to find, even with bait drops of peanut butter. I'm laying under one of the cars (it was raining) with my Gamo and red light attachment on it. Here comes a opossum. "Oh cool," I think to myself, "something new to watch."
Well damn if that *censored* didn't bumble right to the flight pen, rise up on its damn haunches, reach in and grab a sleeping pigeon by the wing. At the time the stupid birds were costing us ~$5/each.
As a note, a pellet rifle isn't quite enough gun for possum. At least not the 1st two pellets....
I have the "trophy photo" but I don't show it around much... lol I'll try to dig it out this weekend for y'all.
~ tracy
Post by: Kain on December 18, 2009, 05:21:19 PM
http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1667842/gonew/1/First_cage_double_today_and_a_.html#UNREAD
Post by: Nelsoncu on December 18, 2009, 05:54:32 PM
hey hopefully i will post some pics of my future kill just found some bobcat tracks on the property will be hunting him in the morning if i dont get to wasted
go tire turners
:drool: :drool:
Post by: KTMSMOKER on December 18, 2009, 08:13:10 PM
Post by: Kain on December 18, 2009, 08:21:40 PM
Post by: rasbo on December 18, 2009, 08:24:07 PM
Post by: Clumber on December 19, 2009, 01:01:33 AM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.zhonka.net%2Fclumber%2Fimages%2Fdogs%2FToPost%2Fpossum%252001%2520web.jpg&hash=7041d5d2daf3637dd74d93571f12cd4a4227892c)
If only it had been eating the damn rats....
Post by: KTMSMOKER on December 19, 2009, 10:57:04 AM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.pelicanparts.com%2Fuploads13%2Fopossum%2B503911215324486.jpg&hash=1e2a8a5149acd4a3331b7246a6af385f0999b5a1)That is going to give me night terrors. Stuff the old 12 guage in that hole with #4 heavy and a full full choke.
I frigen hate those things.