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Post by pinman on Jul 4, 2023 18:57:19 GMT -5
OK this was not a game animal but defnitely different. My uncle managed what used to be Florida Ranch on US27 it was a pure bred Brahama operation. We had our kennel there were kept around 18 deer hounds. Every summer when the thinderstorms came a bull or a cow or 2 or 3 of them would get hit by lightning. When one of these 1200 to 1800lb beasts would get hit by lighting my uncle would call me. We would use 6 to 8 knnifes, an axe, a hatchet couple of machetes sharpening stone some chains and a forklift. No matter how green the meat was we would save it. Nasty as hell it would gag a maggot. But them dogs would get so fit and shiny. To this day 50 years after the fact i can still smell the stank. Brahma dispatched by lightning .....pretty dang unique.... |
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Post by fishingsouthflorida1 on Jul 5, 2023 6:56:10 GMT -5
Had a bunch of soft shell turtles in a pond eating all the fish so I decided to eat them. Saw a YouTube video and thought it looked good. Cleaning was a little difficult trying to work around the hard part of the shell and trying to reach inside to cut out the hind Legs. Once I got em out I cut em up into chunks and fried em and boy let me tell you I could’ve put that on a plate and nobody would be able to tell it was a turtle. The rest of the turtles in my pond have their days numbered now
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Post by meateater on Jul 5, 2023 7:59:18 GMT -5
soft shell turtle jerky, always had a big bag in the truck years ago when i caught and sold them. but fwc put a stop to that as well. was thinking about that saturday as i was driving along 75 after the 100th dead soft shell i seen on side of road populations must be making a comeback,, actually there was never a shortage just another silly rule.
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Post by swampdog on Jul 6, 2023 11:43:36 GMT -5
I’ve eaten my weight in soft shell turtles over the years. One of my favorites along with frog legs.
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Post by pinman on Jul 6, 2023 18:34:25 GMT -5
Anyone else eaten Fried Green Sea Turtle......used to be legal in the Bahamas.
I bet I could guess a guy or two on here that have....
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Post by One Man Gang on Jul 6, 2023 19:51:29 GMT -5
Anyone else eaten Fried Green Sea Turtle......used to be legal in the Bahamas. I bet I could guess a guy or two on here that have.... I'm guessing that you're guessing I have... I have eaten a ton of them. Mostly in South America. My crew and I ate as many as 15 a day.... if you must know. I had a Barbadian cook who did a good job with the frying and the soup. |
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Post by bindersmom on Jul 7, 2023 10:06:16 GMT -5
I cleaned a cat once. I found it on the road OTW to Lake O for a night of gator hunting.
We fixed on a peg rig, the smell was terrible and it worked great.
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Post by JS84 on Jul 7, 2023 10:48:15 GMT -5
Interesting thread
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Post by bullfrog on Jul 7, 2023 23:10:12 GMT -5
I did eat a cottonmouth once. I think I told the story on the old forum.
Best was to describe it is that if you know what an old leather boot smells like that you’ve been wearing for hours while slogging around the wet woods in summer, that smell is how a cottonmouth tastes. I’d rather go hungry than eat another one.
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Post by cranfield on Jul 8, 2023 10:59:11 GMT -5
I have skinned and cleaned squirrels for human consumption and also trapped and skinned moles for their fur.
These endeavours were part of my money making enterprises as a kid.
About 20 years ago I made the acquaintance of a retired Ghurka soldier (Nepalese), who expressed interest in the red foxes I shot.
They reminded him of the jackals that he ate as a kid in Nepal. I skinned and cleaned one for him to try and he ended up taking them from me for some years, until he moved into a retirement home.
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Post by swampdog on Jul 8, 2023 13:07:40 GMT -5
Regarding the consumption of green sea turtles. In the late 50s they were on some restaurant menus from Crystal River to Naples. I don’t remember when they became protected.
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