Possum ATTACK!

[dcyrilc]

another old thread...

Well... after much reflection...
I used .22 hollowpoints.. I think they are weak...

But he is dead....

Hollywood types???

Famous, quote:
"old breed new breed, it doesn't matter as long as it is the Marine breed"

besides all you hollywood types were just jealous of our southern bells outside the gate.... and you never had the fun of alligator wrestling during land NAV....




J

You got that part right. Love those southern belles!:thumbsup:

 

[om21braz]

I always heard that possum and you were supposed to cook it with sweet taters, but never tried it. When my mother barbecued a coon in the house when I was a kid, it was good, but she said it was such a bad aroma while cooking that she'd never do it again. However, I've since eaten some very good raccoon that was barbecued by others.

My great-grandfather caught many a possum for the dinner table. My great-grandmother would prepare as you describe and I can remember eating it one time (maybe 8 years old). As the case for many things as a kid, they tell you what you ate after-the-fact. The main ingredient though was to keep the possum in a cage for a week or so and feed it corn/table scraps. To "clean it out" so to speak.

 

[dmccarty]

My great-grandfather caught many a possum for the dinner table.

Did Great Grand Pa use a vinegar, red or mustard BBQ sauce?

(For people not familiar with NC and NC BBQ, om21braz is from a part of NC that is known/famous for a certain style of BBQ. Yes I am poking the bear a bit. :laughing: Or would that poking the coon be more apt. )

Later,
Dan

 

[brin]

Quick story and tip about shooting possum -- they've got rrreeeaaallllyyy little brains. I had one that kept trying to crawl into my garage at night, so I went out and had him pinned to the ground with my boot and decided to put one in the head, right? Popped him once and he just laid there (playing possum!), so I got off him and popped him again to make sure. Well, that shot woke him right up! He leaped into the air and ran under my car, bleeding all over. Took me ten minutes to get him out from under the car, then I unloaded the rest of the clip to make sure I finished him off as quick as I could. The wife stuck her head out the door - "What the H*LL is going on out here?!" I told her we were being seiged upon by a bunch of coyotes and get back inside and lock the door.

I felt bad, though, because I try to put an animal down as quickly as possible when I have to. Next time I will put two in the chest first.

We had something killing our chickens years ago so my FIL set out a cage and sure enough the next morning there was a big fat possum in the cage. My FIL came and got me and I got my 38 cal. with hollow points in it and I mean to tell you it took all 6 hollow points to finally kill that possum...They are tough customers...

 

[Chuck52]

We had something killing our chickens years ago so my FIL set out a cage and sure enough the next morning there was a big fat possum in the cage. My FIL came and got me and I got my 38 cal. with hollow points in it and I mean to tell you it took all 6 hollow points to finally kill that possum...They are tough customers...

The idea is to hit them in a vital part....the problem is possums don't have any vital parts!

Chuck

 

[brin]

The idea is to hit them in a vital part....the problem is possums don't have any vital parts!

Chuck

Chuck, I am here to verify you are right ! obviously the possum has no key vital parts since I shot him when he was in a cage at point blank range 6 times with 38 hollow points at least 3 to the head and the others behind each front leg where you would think the heart and lungs would be and in the back..he was still kicking around for 30 minutes at least after the last of the six shots...just unbelievable how tough these fellas are....and the hissing he was doing..

 

[om21braz]

Did Great Grand Pa use a vinegar, red or mustard BBQ sauce?

To the best of my recollection, neither. No particular flavor, just greasy is the main thing I remember. And Dan, I expect you know well enough to rule out any mustard-based sauce - LOL !

 

[sweettractors]

My great-grandfather caught many a possum for the dinner table. My great-grandmother would prepare as you describe and I can remember eating it one time (maybe 8 years old). As the case for many things as a kid, they tell you what you ate after-the-fact. The main ingredient though was to keep the possum in a cage for a week or so and feed it corn/table scraps. To "clean it out" so to speak.

When I was a young teenager, I would occasionally catch a possum in my rabbit snares. When I caught one, he was on the table for dinner. Little greasy, but not bad. Young Ground Hog is awful good eating as well. Ken Sweet

 

[dcyrilc]

Wow, For digging up one of your old threads just for fun, this has really taken off. You're getting more hits now than you did back in '08. With the current economy, I guess folks are looking for alternative sorces for their meals.:laughing:

 

[dcyrilc]

Hey Jim,
Check it out...
...this is my 2,000th post.:thumbsup: