Bad news for those who shoot at Eagle Creek...

[phylodog]

The place is being overrun!!!

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[Twangbanger]

The place is being overrun!!!

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Whistle pigs, not good. No doubt digging holes...somebody could twist an ankle...possibly even trip and send a round into the Colts practice facility. Unacceptable...need to organize a "work party" to deal with this

 

[phylodog]

Nah, they're not hurting anything out there. The coyotes will give them plenty to worry about.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I've shot a bunch. I've never eaten one. Anyone here?

 

[j706]

I keep them killed off at our range. They seem to really like range berms. They make huge holes and of course can cause serous damage burrowing under structures. Never ate any.

 

[Trigger Time]

The young ones taste good

 

[DougO]

Young ones only. Tastes like chicken

 

[biggen]

The rule at our range is, if they're on the berm, take'em out, if not then leave them alone.

Sooner or later they can't resist the berm.

 

[Leadeye]

Used to go out in the fields after putting up hay and pick them off with the 25-06.

 

[patience0830]

Even the older ones can be delicious if handled correctly. Young are easier to make tender. Pressure cooker after all "Schmutz" is removed or crock pot low and slow.

 

[RobbyMaQ]

WHEW! I thought you were going to tell me all the morels had been picked.

 

[Bill B]

ok, I'll ask the stupid question. What are they?

 

[RobbyMaQ]

Morels are mushrooms, commonly found behind the berm at eagle creek during the month of May.
(not not serious tee hee)

 

[phylodog]

ok, I'll ask the stupid question. What are they?

Baby whistle pigs, wood chucks, groundhogs.

 

[phylodog]

WHEW! I thought you were going to tell me all the morels had been picked.

They probably have been but I sure wouldn't wanna be the person eating them lol.

 

[Black Cloud]

That's just what's left of the new recruits class. They're the ones that put away all the junk on Sunday. Reliable as hell...

 

[PistolBob]

Dad eats them...he says younger are better....older just takes more gravy.

 

[BugI02]

When I was a kid farmers would pay us to shoot 'em. That was so long ago it was almost another world ( I grew up in upstate NY )

 

[TontoKowalski]

Been having problems with them since the barn cat died. I've thought of a couple solutions, but shooting them seems to take care of them until the next season at least. One of the bachelor males that moved into our shed was absolutely huge, and he dug himself a burrow right under our shed's foundation. Not much I could do to remove him peaceably at that point.

They can be wiley though, running at the first sign of you. They present a really low target unless they get on their hind legs to look for danger. My father used to say that you should whistle before shooting because that would cause them to look around like another groundhog had whistled.

 

[kel-tecfan]

Eight or so years ago I had a whole family of them. I bought a live trap and started trapping them and would take and release them at the park. As I trapped them, they got smaller and smaller. I think I trapped the whole family. I released them all in the same place in the state park. I hope they found each other. They did a lot of digging under my shed and now after all these years it's starting to sink.