I told him we'd be home in a minute, and not to "be alarmed, but there's a live groundhog trapped under the bucket near the fence."
Nelson: "Ok, Uhhh....did you want me to exterminate him for you?"
Hmmm....do I?
Yes. Yes. I do.
But not in my yard.
So, Nelson happily packed up Lil Phil
Hahahahaha, if only I had caught his face when I psyched him out. It was so funny. I insisted that Phil could still get out of there, but Nelson assured me that the secured lid was sufficient.
Or not.
The minute we walked away from the closed container, the lid came flying off the bucket and up into the air. I screamed, and Nelson sprinted back over to it, grabbed the lid, threw it back on as fast as he could, and said, "Ok, I think we might need to get a rope."
So Phil was tied up,
thrown into the back of a truck,
and taken home to Nelson's house....where he was shot with a pellet gun, skinned, and is now soaking in a salt water bath.
Nelson plans to fire up his roasting pan tomorrow night and cook us up a Groundhog feast.
He promises to bring me a sample.
I requested only a bite size sample.
That's right.
we are freaking going to eat Groundhog Phil.
with lettuce, of course.
You mess with my garden and I will destroy you.
(I'm back to sounding tough again. yay.)
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all i can say is wow...I'm not sure when we'll start eating varmints. My hope - never.
(I like my meat the way it was intended - packaged in styrofoam and plastic...) ;)
Me too! Haha! But I am going to be brave and at least taste it, just to say I did. Nelson said he recently ran over a squirrel, and took it home and cooked it. He's all excited to cook a groundhog. He had the missionaries over for dinner last night, so they helped him skin it. There's one for the scrap book.
Wow. Meg, I think you've lived in Arkansas for too long if you're starting to eat your garden pests. Although, we did eat the turkeys that Dave's dad shot that were eating Kathy's lettuce last year....
oh my word!!!!!
I am in total shock! I can't believe someone eats those things! you'll have to let me know how the sample is!
Can't stop laughing! It sounds like Idaho. Is "eat groundhog" on your bucket list? :)
i think i just threw up a little.
you aren't REALLY going to eat it are you?
video, please.
i have watched the first two videos at least a million times...the third does not disappoint either!
oh my gosh, I just laughed so hard I almost peed. I will anxiously be waiting for a full report on how groundhog tastes!
-A
Ummmm. Ewwww.......
I think my little brother ate squirrel stew pretty often when he served in S. Texas, though.
Oh. My.
I too just threw up a little.
I've heard of people eating squirrel & always thought it was a "redneck" joke. But not so! I was talking to someone in our ward who has friends in one of outer-lying small branches, and she said that they actually have a bunch of recipes for squirrel--SERIOUSLY! So, maybe you should get a pellet gun for yourself & start making some new dishes (groundhog, squirrel, etc.) Could be interesting... :)
haha, no thanks!
I bet it tastes like chicken! Joel ate road kill regularly in TX/LA in Odomville where most everyone is an Odom and marry their cousins. All I can think is "rabies". Eeeeek! Glad you're critter is no longer a bother and YOU'LL get to eat your lettuce instead!
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