Chownings Tavern Brunswick Stew

[Joe from MO]

There are plenty of good critters to eat in this world, without have to eat a musk rat.....

I hope I don't live long enough where that becomes an attractive option....

[6pt-Sika]

There is or was a fellow name of TJ Jenkins that ran a small outfitting buisness in Dorchester County called “Muddy Marsh Outfitters” . I bow hunted with him several times . His center of operations was down close to the lower Dorchester County I suppose you’d call it dump facility . TJ is originally from Bath County VA . Anyway he told me he and the guy that worked with him had trap lines in the marsh they leased for nutria but they caught a pile of muskrats as well . He also told me they sold the muskrats to local black folks for about $1 a piece . That was about 25 years ago , so he may bot be trapping anymore .

[Mike of the Mountain]

Craig, try raccoon. Dark, moist meat and works great for BBQ, stew, soups, etc. I recommend just using the front and hind quarters. Don't mess with the innards. Raccoon and woodchuck were always the first dishes to be licked clean when we had our wild game dinner at our Kutztown church.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Craig, try raccoon. Dark, moist meat and works great for BBQ, stew, soups, etc. I recommend just using the front and hind quarters. Don't mess with the innards. Raccoon and woodchuck were always the first dishes to be licked clean when we had our wild game dinner at our Kutztown church.

A lot of folks in central VA back when I was a youngster ate groundhogs (not just black folks) . They’d specify a young groundhog and bake him with apples etc . Don’t think I heard of many eating coons . Mike did you ever kill any of the European hares they have in the Poconos ? I’d be curious how palatable they were !

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

A lot of folks in central VA back when I was a youngster ate groundhogs (not just black folks) . They’d specify a young groundhog and bake him with apples etc . Don’t think I heard of many eating coons . Mike did you ever kill any of the European hares they have in the Poconos ? I’d be curious how palatable they were !

Craig, I never hunted for nor ate snowshoe hare. My uncle used to take the entire season off of work to hunt them. They frequent higher elevations with a lot of swampy habitat.

[Woodcock survey]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Craig, I never hunted for nor ate snowshoe hare. My uncle used to take the entire season off of work to hunt them. They frequent higher elevations with a lot of swampy habitat.

Mike if memory serves from my years hunting PA. the season is very short and in a very small area. I did a lot of hare hunting in Maine at the time and was suprised that there were any in PA.
They do not eat as well as cottontails and need more cooking. We made a stew from them.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Dan, the hare season in PA is three days and they are very localized.