Will a pellet gun kill a Nutria?
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From: 33.02N / 96.66W
Daisy used to make a Powerline 922, .22 cal pellet rifle.
Get that and a scope.
A 880 will kill most rats- I'll never forget seeign about 8 rats having a chow-down in my dogs food bowl in broad daylight one day. I got my 880, pumped it about 20 times, and waxed some serious @$$ with it...
Get that and a scope.
A 880 will kill most rats- I'll never forget seeign about 8 rats having a chow-down in my dogs food bowl in broad daylight one day. I got my 880, pumped it about 20 times, and waxed some serious @$$ with it...
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From: Your moms house
IMO
YES.
They are pretty big. "Nasty over sized rats" is what my dad calls em. When I was a kid, I took out rabbits with my pellet gun. But then again, that was 15 - 20 years ago. I dont know the quality of pellet guns these days. If they are still making em that good, sure. A nice good head shot, and they are done.
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YES.
They are pretty big. "Nasty over sized rats" is what my dad calls em. When I was a kid, I took out rabbits with my pellet gun. But then again, that was 15 - 20 years ago. I dont know the quality of pellet guns these days. If they are still making em that good, sure. A nice good head shot, and they are done.
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From: Lost some where in the middle of the Ozark Mountains!
Often if there is an over population problem the Dept of Conservation will come and thin them out for you. For every one Rodent that you see there is probably 20 more. So if your seeing a lot then there are probably thousands that you dont see and that is not good for the ecosystem.
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This member of the rodent family is native to South America, and it was introduced both accidentally and purposely in the waterways in several American states. The species has proved to be overly destructive of habitat in some areas, creating problems for muskrats and waterfowl. This species can tolerate winters in temperate areas only. An important furbearer in Louisiana and Texas coastal area, nutria are viewed as detrimental in most other areas.
Call the Department of Conservation and dont worry about them anymore.. I'm sure you can still use them for target practice for the fun of it if you wanted too.
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Didn't New Orleans pay their big chefs to have some type of cook-off with these things a couple of years ago? I think it was an attempt to create a demand for them to help curb the nutria population. They are supposed to be a really healthy meat (low fat, lots of protein, etc).
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Originally posted by jamzwayne
YUCK!
They are a "rat like" critter. I will eat almost anything, but you couldnt pay me to eat that crap.
YUCK!
They are a "rat like" critter. I will eat almost anything, but you couldnt pay me to eat that crap.
LOL! I think that is the exact reaction that the people who put up the money for the cook-off ran into! which is kind of funny to me because down on Bourbon St. it seems like all the "culinary masterpieces" are not much more than what people used to survive hard times. I mean do you think the first guy that looked a crayfish in the mud said, "that looks good"? I'm sure he was hungry and decided to eat whatever he could. Same for the "gumbo" - last time we were there my wife scooped a turtle's foot out of the bowl with her spoon. That ain't "rich" people food.
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Originally posted by chknbone
LOL! I think that is the exact reaction that the people who put up the money for the cook-off ran into! which is kind of funny to me because down on Bourbon St. it seems like all the "culinary masterpieces" are not much more than what people used to survive hard times. I mean do you think the first guy that looked a crayfish in the mud said, "that looks good"? I'm sure he was hungry and decided to eat whatever he could. Same for the "gumbo" - last time we were there my wife scooped a turtle's foot out of the bowl with her spoon. That ain't "rich" people food.
LOL! I think that is the exact reaction that the people who put up the money for the cook-off ran into! which is kind of funny to me because down on Bourbon St. it seems like all the "culinary masterpieces" are not much more than what people used to survive hard times. I mean do you think the first guy that looked a crayfish in the mud said, "that looks good"? I'm sure he was hungry and decided to eat whatever he could. Same for the "gumbo" - last time we were there my wife scooped a turtle's foot out of the bowl with her spoon. That ain't "rich" people food.
Hell, I love me some crawfish.....I guess since lowsy-anna is rock throwing distance away, I should check it out. If I'll eat rattlesnake, I am sure I can try me some "rat".
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Cool, let me know how it is.
PS - I wasn't directing my comments at you in particular for not wanting to try it. I just thought it was funny that when they spent all that money trying to promote nutria as something "edible", they ran into the same comments of "I'm not eating a big swamp rat!" Then I got to thinking about how much people are willing to pay to go down an eat Cajun dishes down in Nawlin's in general and what the food really was and that was funny to me as well.
PS - I wasn't directing my comments at you in particular for not wanting to try it. I just thought it was funny that when they spent all that money trying to promote nutria as something "edible", they ran into the same comments of "I'm not eating a big swamp rat!" Then I got to thinking about how much people are willing to pay to go down an eat Cajun dishes down in Nawlin's in general and what the food really was and that was funny to me as well.
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