I've never seen a live one in the wild, but I have seen a few roadkilled ones, and one or two stuffed ones (makes a nice conversation piece). I had a friend in high school who told me a story of his dad emptying a full cylinder of .44 Mag into one to get one out of a tree, didn't work, he had to go fetch the shotgun to finish the job.
Porcupine Hunting Legal or not
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- Near Coldwater, Ont
adriel said:
Many years ago I had a 78 Chrysler Cordoba. A previous owner had backed off the load bolts on the torsion bars to lower the frontend (about 6" ground clearance IIRC). Driving home one night I popped over a small hill and there was a very big porcupine just to the right of center of the road. There was no way to miss it without hitting the ditch, so I straddled it. "They sure wake you up " doesn't begin to describe what happened. I somehow managed to keep the car between the ditches and there was no visible damage, but you had to really watch where you put your hands while working on it after that because there were quills everywhere.
I had read how to skin a porky so I wanted to try it. Phoned the MNR and they said it was OK.
So next time out grouse huntin in the snow I saw one in a tree and shot it and skinned it out on the snow. The trick is to start by laying on it's back, slit the belly hide and skin out one direction. Roll the critter over and roll the quills under as U go. Never got a quill in my hand.
Cooked it up and it was very edible as I recall. My kids enjoyed eating it too as I recall.
So next time out grouse huntin in the snow I saw one in a tree and shot it and skinned it out on the snow. The trick is to start by laying on it's back, slit the belly hide and skin out one direction. Roll the critter over and roll the quills under as U go. Never got a quill in my hand.
Cooked it up and it was very edible as I recall. My kids enjoyed eating it too as I recall.
I watched a show on learning network last night about porkys!
Before they mate the Males stand in front of the Females and there peckers poke up and spray piss all over the females fronts, and i meen a good soaking neck face belly the works
Ya like im gona eat one after watching that Well maby a male one.
Before they mate the Males stand in front of the Females and there peckers poke up and spray piss all over the females fronts, and i meen a good soaking neck face belly the works
Ya like im gona eat one after watching that
Well maby a male one.
Slooshark1
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Oh man that's funny. When I was in grade school, my Dad and I used to drive the roads after school. I remember we shot 27 porcupines in three days. They were all out in the fields. Dad liked to vape'em with either my uncle's 22-250 Model 788 or my Dad's Mauser 6.5 x 55. We got 5 in one field.
It was fun. The fields grew a little greener when we were finished.
It was fun. The fields grew a little greener when we were finished.
In Southern Labrador, they managed to kill off every porkiepine in the area. Not a single porcupine sighting in over 15 years. The last couple years though, they say that they are slowly returning. Targets of opportunity...
I am told they are illegal to hunt as said in an earlier post that they are considered survival food they can be taken with a stick and eaten raw. My freind who is a trapper loves them he says they are fabulous to eat. And the bonus is the tooth picks they also make a great mount as well.
Foxer said:K - to be fair and at the request of a member i'm going to kill a few posts, and we'll just move on and stick to the subject at hand, ok?
Thank yew fer your support!
Who'd have thought whacking a few porkies would be so controversial.
Kill 'em all and let God pick his teeth with the quills.
Claybuster said:Who'd have thought whacking a few porkies would be so controversial.
Kill 'em all and let God pick his teeth with the quills.
Good grief CB;
Such a penchant for putting down porkers is proving positively peculiar,
as you are particularly passionate in your perennial pursuit of Porkucide!
Perhaps porcupines should pull out of your province!
How many Porks can a Claybuster bust, if a Claybuster could bust Porks?
fogducker said:
Ok.... I totally didnt get that.
What I'm talking about is the blood in your veins pushing/pulling the quills deeper into your body, I've heard it can happen. Not sure if its true or not. Guess it isn't, Still would hurt alot.
On a side note, I have read about a guy who died from a .22 to the wrist. It traveled up a vein and plugged a heart valve.
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OK, after getting my peepee slapped here, I will not go on about "YOUNGER" people and their "UNUSUAL" ideas.
So there, blasted chipmunk, yes indeed those quills can be shot up to twenty yards by a cornered porcupine. Be very cautious if he turns his back to you, that means he is about to launch a salvo of quills. They strike with about the same force as a .22 cal LR bullet, and typically penetrate about 2 inches of unprotected flesh. Once in your skin, they slowly eat their way further into your body, and travel in your bloodstream up to your brain, where they are usually fatal. Same as the .22 cal bullet that enters your wrist and travels to your brain.
The Internet is a wonderful place, just THINK of the knowledge that people would not have if they didn't read it on the Internet. Just yesterday I found out that Kentucky Fried Chicken raise millions of flightless, featherless, blind chickens in tiny pens..........
Doug
So there, blasted chipmunk, yes indeed those quills can be shot up to twenty yards by a cornered porcupine. Be very cautious if he turns his back to you, that means he is about to launch a salvo of quills. They strike with about the same force as a .22 cal LR bullet, and typically penetrate about 2 inches of unprotected flesh. Once in your skin, they slowly eat their way further into your body, and travel in your bloodstream up to your brain, where they are usually fatal. Same as the .22 cal bullet that enters your wrist and travels to your brain.
The Internet is a wonderful place, just THINK of the knowledge that people would not have if they didn't read it on the Internet. Just yesterday I found out that Kentucky Fried Chicken raise millions of flightless, featherless, blind chickens in tiny pens..........
Doug
