Porcupines...

My dog got into a fight with one last year, she ended up having to go for surgery, she had 10 quills deep in her throat and a bunch on her face.
A week later she went and got herself sprayed by a skunk.
 
The best time for porcupine eradication is when there is snow on the ground. The tracks look like you are following a catepillar.
They hole up in trees with big cavities and leave heaps of pellets or stains in the snow underneath. Sometimes under sheds, boats, etc.
 
As a kid, I remember we used to get quite a few porcupines in our hay stacks. A good knock on the head with an old hockey stick would often be enough if there wasn't a .22 around. Can't say I ever had the desire to try eating one. I don't think I ever will.

We used to put the dead porcupines in a wooden box and take them to the local taxidermist. He'd pay us $5 for each one - I assume he plucked the quills and sold them to the local arts and craft crowd.
 
Get rid of them, they are dynamite on cattle on the open range. The animal or animals that were quilled, and no one checks on them on a regular basis, can't eat, if a calf gets quills, the mother won't let it suck. Some eventually die. Porkies are a menace.
 
ryan32 said:
best way to hunt porkies is leave out a wooden deck then shoot the sucker when he comes to chew
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My cottage is up on pillars... I left it alone for two weeks and came back to find one of the corner pillarts half chewed through... They are increadibly destructive...

Hence the story of me eating porcupine... Was pretty good... But wouldn't seek it out...
 
I would love to try porcupine but I've only seen a few in the 30+ years I've been hunting. If I could just figure out where they are I would go get one for sure.
 
ArchiePerry said:
The dog went down a burrow hole and the Porky was at the bottom of it which I assumed is where he sleeps... I was planning to stake out that hole.
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My father said that they were tasty but I've never tried one.

It isn't very humane but the old survival trick of 4 or 5 large treble hooks on 6" lengths of heavy fishing line, secured to the end of a stout stick, long enough to get to the bottom of the burrow might solve your access problem.

Don't use this survival technique if it is illegal in your jurisdiction please.
 
Sorry about the dog.
Claybuster said:
Kill every porcupine you see. I do. On your own land in Ontario it falls under the protection of property provisions in the Fish and Wildlife Act and when it comes to porkies destruction of property is pretty much all the do.
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Absolutely, the only good porcupine is a dead porcupine. After pulling quills from my dogs, horses, and cattle no porcupine ever gets a pass. Thankfully all my neighbours subscribe to same zero tolerance policy.
 
geologist said:
My father said that they were tasty but I've never tried one.

It isn't very humane but the old survival trick of 4 or 5 large treble hooks on 6" lengths of heavy fishing line, secured to the end of a stout stick, long enough to get to the bottom of the burrow might solve your access problem.

Don't use this survival technique if it is illegal in your jurisdiction please.
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That or back your truck up to the hole, grab a 8 foot piece of barbed wire, ram it down the hole and start twisting it then hook the other end to the bumper and yard him out. Heard of guys doing this to fox. As for fox, I sure wouldn`t want to get caught doing this though...likely a hefty fine.
 
Superbrad said:
They used to be illegal to kill because they are too easy to run down on foot... That being said, they are legal and delicious... Don't ask me how I know...
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They were never illegal to kill. It was a unwritten hunters rule not to kill them because if someone should become lost in the woods you can literally walk up to one, give it a whack on the nose with a stick and eat it as food.

Now that they are chewing everything, kill em as a nuisance.
 
The closest thing I had access to on the farm one time was a pitchfork. I hate pulling quills out of dogs.. took one out of a cat once too. The pets hate it during the taking them out part but sure love you when it's all over.
 
Here in NS if you get lost in the woods all you have to do is find a porcupine. It will always lead you to the highway. That's where all his flat buddies are located.
 
If you have to eat a quill pig, don't skin the critter, singe him, burn the hair off that critter and roast him. If you are hungry, cold, and wet, they can be fine dinning. Burn the hair and quills before you gut him.
 
poor guy, hope he bounces back, ive got two of the little bastards and i know how they deal with pests and how stubborn they are. my older guy came home covered in skunk blood and had some skunk juice all over his face and chest and kept trying to go out for round two.

find the hole, make a small pipe bomb, toss it in there, run. :D
 
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