While camping out last night I snared a male possum while aiming for coon. Figured there’s a first time for everything so I , butchered, cleaned and made a roast of it and rendered the fat for later. It was p good but gamey of course. Possum meat is fairly soft and the texture is fairly similar to summer coon.
Snare it with a foot trap. Say a prayer to St. Hubert then take it out humanely with .22 (9mm nakes too much of a mess with game yhis small). Check for ticks, rabies or infestation. If you have time submerge in water for a while to soften the flesh bc the fur will come off easy.
Clean and quarter and put it in a Dutch oven camp pot with with a paste covering it of salt, pepper, hot sauce, Cajun seasoning, Worcestershire sauce and light molasses
Roast about 3 hours on your campfire. Baste frequently and make some biscuits or potato along with it. Save the brown rendered fat for rind
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Great job irl living up to my mental image of you
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I had river snake one time, have you ever eaten snake?
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Yeah but outside of being desperate for any nutrition in a survival situation I don’t think it’s worth the effort. Fishing or squirrel is easier and you won’t potentially harm your blade trying to spear or impact strike a snake
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Just grab it by the neck, kitty.
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Not sure why you're taking this so personally, Snappy.
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It’s one less Marsey in the world
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Fun fact! Opossums eat ticks and are for the most part immune to rabies. They’re a good animal to have around and also to eat since less risk.
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Yeah that’s true. They are good critters rip
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Also, opossums are a surprisingly smart group on average compared to other critters their size. I've been around a bunch of them over the years and they are pretty cool.
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You weren’t afraid of getting parasites? Trash animals after all
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I’m in the mountains not Detroit
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There's a possum that sleeps in the coop with my chickens. He doesn't bother them and just takes an egg every now and then. I rationalize letting him do it because he keeps the snakes away? Idk. Maybe I'll eat him.
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You're going to get superAIDS from that little guy. Possums are the more disease riddled than a gay crackwhore.
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This is just baseless. They have less chance of catching rabies than the average new yorker
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Hmm feels true tho
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Feels over reals
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Nah I cooked him well. It’s good to get used to the same procedure for any critter
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I dont believe you
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Is the 'O' silent, or what?
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William Howard Taft did the same. They tried to market it as the Billy possum to compete with the teddy bear. It didn't go well.
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