Porky-pines!

[DVXDUDE]

Been so cold here the last week I think porcupines are leaving trees for warmth.

My 13 year old hound came out of the bush the other day with 3 quills in the end of his nose. Poor bugger would still ram his head into the snow to check out old tracks. That couldn't feel great.

He's a good dog. Didn't like me touching them but he would wag his tail after I yanked each one out.

 

[Suther]

Falls under schedule B wildlife.

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Ahhh that would be why I couldn't recall anything about them. I don't own property so schedule B is all off limits to me. Thanks!

 

[Crack]

So it is said. I was brought up to believe that they should not be killed by a casual hunter because they're the one animal that even an unarmed lost person can easily kill and cook up for food. I don't know about that, there haven't been all that many I've come across that weren't way up in a tree, but they certainly are a menace to dumbass dogs and anything that has a salty flavour, however faint, from having been handled by human hands- axe handles, fuel bottles, boots, doorways, what have you. They will gnaw anything like that into slivers.

BTW, part of the survival lore I was told is that you can kill one with a punch on the nose. Good luck with that.

I was told, on a number of occasions that it is in fact illegal to kill them in Ontario. The reasoning is that they are considered "survival food". As in, if you're lost in the woods and have no food, you can kill them with a log and I believe even eat them raw. I don't how much truth there is to that, but I've heard a few times

 

[Thunderhog]

Anyone into parasitology on this thread?

Porcupines have to be one of the most parasitically infested, wormiest mammal's on the face of this earth?!!

Good Lord.

I would suggest if you eat them you better check what comes crawling out of your rectum. Seriously.

And those poor doggies. Once they get that porcupine hate in their head, you have a training/ obedience problem. Even with the best of dogs.

Finally someone with some brains.....

Yes, absolutely full of worms and parasites, gross indeed!.......

 

[Thunderhog]

I was told, on a number of occasions that it is in fact illegal to kill them in Ontario. The reasoning is that they are considered "survival food". As in, if you're lost in the woods and have no food, you can kill them with a log and I believe even eat them raw. I don't how much truth there is to that, but I've heard a few times

You would be better off to eat raw worms, or stinky snapper.

Eating porcupines, or any other rodent for that matter is gross.

One may as well eat mice, rats, pack-rats, gophers, marmots, shrews and other disgusting rodents.......

 

[Mr.Rigpig]

You would be better off to eat raw worms, or stinky snapper.

Eating porcupines, or any other rodent for that matter is gross.

One may as well eat mice, rats, pack-rats, gophers, marmots, shrews and other disgusting rodents.......

Thats easy to say when you're bellying up to the table every evening with a nice, juicy steak on the plate in front of you.

I think if it came down to life or death survival, and starving to death was not a goal, a person might change his attitude towards a lot of edible things. Then factor in winter and there being even less available critters, you might be surprised what a person is willing to eat.

You ever hear about that plane crash in South America(I think) in the mountains in winter with a football team onboard? Some of them survived... Not much food available. I would be willing to bet they would have thought they won the lottery if a porkypine happened to wander by.... There is a movie about it.

 

[Thunderhog]

Thats easy to say when you're bellying up to the table every evening with a nice, juicy steak on the plate in front of you.

I think if it came down to life or death survival, and starving to death was not a goal, a person might change his attitude towards a lot of edible things. Then factor in winter and there being even less available critters, you might be surprised what a person is willing to eat.

You ever hear about that plane crash in South America(I think) in the mountains in winter with a football team onboard? Some of them survived... Not much food available. I would be willing to bet they would have thought they won the lottery if a porkypine happened to wander by.... There is a movie about it.

Well, first off, I wish I could say I was in fact eating, or bellying up as you so eloquently stated to a nice juicy steak, but that's not happening.

The f@cking Liberals have killed the Canadian economy and made my early retirement due to medical reasons almost impossible to buy good food like steaks.

My wife and I, both at 62 years of age, struggle with buying food, gas, rent/mortgage, and everything else that is required to survive.

In a life & death situation, we will harvest deer, elk, moose or otherwise to live. Not RODENTS!........

And no, I would not be surprised what I would eat if I was hungry. I'm aware of my limits, and rodents do not make the cut.

Yes, I have heard about the Rugby Team who ate their colleagues to survive, a tragic event indeed. But a choice had to be made, they chose to survive. I will not eat my brothers and sisters either.

So go ahead and enjoy your rodents, I/we will not be partaking.

Parasitic invested rodents are absolutely disgusting. As a former trapper/guide and taxidermist, I have skinned and seen a lot of disgusting things, so it turns a person off, so to speak......

 

[Mr.Rigpig]

Well, first off, I wish I could say I was in fact eating, or bellying up as you so eloquently stated to a nice juicy steak, but that's not happening.

The f@cking Liberals have killed the Canadian economy and made my early retirement due to medical reasons almost impossible to buy good food like steaks.

My wife and I, both at 62 years of age, struggle with buying food, gas, rent/mortgage, and everything else that is required to survive.

In a life & death situation, we will harvest deer, elk, moose or otherwise to live. Not RODENTS!........

And no, I would not be surprised what I would eat if I was hungry. I'm aware of my limits, and rodents do not make the cut.

Yes, I have heard about the Rugby Team who ate their colleagues to survive, a tragic event indeed. But a choice had to be made, they chose to survive. I will not eat my brothers and sisters either.

So go ahead and enjoy your rodents, I/we will not be partaking.

Parasitic invested rodents are absolutely disgusting. As a former trapper/guide and taxidermist, I have skinned and seen a lot of disgusting things, so it turns a person off, so to speak......

I wasn't meaning to single you out in particular, was just a broad general statement.

I agree with you on the effect the lieberals have on us, we have alsobeen hit pretty hard.

If deer, elk, or moose were an option, absolutely! (Really for me, they are a preference)

 

[Thunderhog]

I wasn't meaning to single you out in particular, was just a broad general statement.

I agree with you on the effect the lieberals have on us, we have alsobeen hit pretty hard.

If deer, elk, or moose were an option, absolutely! (Really for me, they are a preference)

Sorry for my outburst. We are just tired of struggling from day to day.

It's not we don't make okay money, it's the cost of living has gone up 30%-40% here, like everywhere else.

It has to come to a stop. And hopefully burst, all while maybe coming back down.

I do not know how people make ends meet anymore.....

 

[Butcherbill]

You would be better off to eat raw worms, or stinky snapper.

Eating porcupines, or any other rodent for that matter is gross.

One may as well eat mice, rats, pack-rats, gophers, marmots, shrews and other disgusting rodents.......

It’s all how you look at it, if it’s in town I wouldn’t eat it. Raccoon, porcupine etc, if it’s out in the bush not eating trash I’ll give it a go lol.

Same for bears, I wouldn’t shoot and eat a town bear. Buggers probably chowing down on dirty diapers at the dump for all I know.

My dad was a chef and a big foodie, he would try anything once. That rubbed off on me to an extent.

 

[wolf19534]

Sorry for my outburst. We are just tired of struggling from day to day.

It's not we don't make okay money, it's the cost of living has gone up 30%-40% here, like everywhere else.

It has to come to a stop. And hopefully burst, all while maybe coming back down.

I do not know how people make ends meet anymore.....

I retired to a good pension back in 2008....then the union agreed to take my cost of living away so that the voting members could get a $6000.00 signing bonus for the new contract...then they down graded my medical and health benefits next contract..Wife retired from being a hospital employee...no benefits upon retirement.
I feel your pain...The wife and I have decided to sell our forever home cause we can't afford to stay here. We need to down size.. And you are right...it is a struggle from day to day. Not like I can find another job at 72.. Just hang in there.

 

[Thunderhog]

I retired to a good pension back in 2008....then the union agreed to take my cost of living away so that the voting members could get a $6000.00 signing bonus for the new contract...then they down graded my medical and health benefits next contract..Wife retired from being a hospital employee...no benefits upon retirement.
I feel your pain...The wife and I have decided to sell our forever home cause we can't afford to stay here. We need to down size.. And you are right...it is a struggle from day to day. Not like I can find another job at 72.. Just hang in there.

Sorry to hear brother!.....

My wife and I sold our house in Kelowna, 2016. Did okay, but did not make much, about $30,000.00.

We moved to Cranbrook, BC thinking we could start over. Could not find the right place, as our buying power was about $350,000.000. Now the same $350,000.00 place is $700,000.00. Well guess what, we cannot afford to buy anything now......

I hope you and your wife can find a smaller more affordable place. If you come to BC, remember it stands for "Bring Cash!"

All jokes aside, Trudeau should receive a prison sentence for the crimes he has committed to this once great country and it's people. As long as the corrupt RCMP continue to protect him, we are all screwed. Over 20 years in law-enforcement and it now means nothing. I would never protect that criminal, not even if it cost me my job.

I wish you well wolf, God Bless and stay strong. We have have a much bigger fight coming.

Good versus Evil!

 

[rar]

Hi there, Thunderhog. I'm in the Ok Valley. Imagine if you stayed here. The valley is getting overpopulated, and a lot has changed since you moved away.I know several people who have sold and left bc all altogether. and moved to other provinces. and no to having porcupines on the menu.

 

[Thunderhog]

Hi there, Thunderhog. I'm in the Ok Valley. Imagine if you stayed here. The valley is getting overpopulated, and a lot has changed since you moved away.I know several people who have sold and left bc all altogether. and moved to other provinces. and no to having porcupines on the menu.

Yes, we go to Kelowna every three months for my wife to see her pain specialist. Each time we are there, I dislike it more and more.

Like you said, way over populated, lot's of angry and rude folks, not to mention the drug dealers, gangs, street shootings, and of course the snotty but gorgeous valley girls.

The house we sold for $462,000.00 is now assessed at $800,000.00. I can tell you for a fact, our place is not worth that kind of money. But supply, demand, low inventory, and slimy realtors all drive up the housing costs in Kelowna. We now refer to Kelowna as Sodom & Gamora. Neither of us can stand to be there, even for the few days we have to be......

I feel bad for you that you are living there, maybe one day you too can retreat from the wrath of Satan living in Kelowna!.......

 

[MRP]

We call Kelowna east Vancouver.

 

[rar]

Yes, we go to Kelowna every three months for my wife to see her pain specialist. Each time we are there, I dislike it more and more.

Like you said, way over populated, lot's of angry and rude folks, not to mention the drug dealers, gangs, street shootings, and of course the snotty but gorgeous valley girls.

The house we sold for $462,000.00 is now assessed at $800,000.00. I can tell you for a fact, our place is not worth that kind of money. But supply, demand, low inventory, and slimy realtors all drive up the housing costs in Kelowna. We now refer to Kelowna as Sodom & Gamora. Neither of us can stand to be there, even for the few days we have to be......

I feel bad for you that you are living there, maybe one day you too can retreat from the wrath of Satan living in Kelowna!.......

thunderhog .sodom and gamora . That's an interesting saying. I see many things as I walk around this town. it's not what It was like before. It's time to go to the hills.

 

[Hmatt]

We call Kelowna east Vancouver.

There’s not enough d-bag rigpigs driving lifted denalis and white oakleys in Vancouver to make that comparison. I grew up in Kamloops , haven’t lived there since 2010… that place has really gone to $hit. Frog in the boiling water effect for sure. My friends that never left still think it’s the greatest place on earth.

I hit a porky with a tandem dump truck at 3am once. Guy in the pickup behind me said he looked like a pillow exploding. When we got to our destination there was about 20 quills sticking out of the sidewall of one of my tires

Edit added porky story as to not derail the thread and upset FCD

 

[Suther]

There’s not enough d-bag rigpigs driving lifted denalis and white oakleys in Vancouver to make that comparison

No they're in Abbotsford and Chilliwack...

 

[Crack]

You would be better off to eat raw worms, or stinky snapper.

Eating porcupines, or any other rodent for that matter is gross.

One may as well eat mice, rats, pack-rats, gophers, marmots, shrews and other disgusting rodents.......

Didn't say I was down with the idea. Personally I'd rather eat dirt, or my arm under those circumstances

 

[Crack]

Well, first off, I wish I could say I was in fact eating, or bellying up as you so eloquently stated to a nice juicy steak, but that's not happening.

The f@cking Liberals have killed the Canadian economy and made my early retirement due to medical reasons almost impossible to buy good food like steaks.

My wife and I, both at 62 years of age, struggle with buying food, gas, rent/mortgage, and everything else that is required to survive.

In a life & death situation, we will harvest deer, elk, moose or otherwise to live. Not RODENTS!........

And no, I would not be surprised what I would eat if I was hungry. I'm aware of my limits, and rodents do not make the cut.

Yes, I have heard about the Rugby Team who ate their colleagues to survive, a tragic event indeed. But a choice had to be made, they chose to survive. I will not eat my brothers and sisters either.

So go ahead and enjoy your rodents, I/we will not be partaking.

Parasitic invested rodents are absolutely disgusting. As a former trapper/guide and taxidermist, I have skinned and seen a lot of disgusting things, so it turns a person off, so to speak......

I too am sorry to hear of your current circumstances. After 15 years, I lost a 120K a year job that I busted my arse for, over "COVID". I don't mind saying, I was good at my job, better in fact than most I encountered in my field, and feel pretty strongly that I earned that level of financial comfort. No big deal, se' la. Wife got an OK job, we lived off my package, my EI and then my life savings. It all ran out and then things were a little sticky. I developed pancreatic and liver cancer. Wife can't afford my meds and the government has told me F-OFF as I'm not entitled to benefits since I haven't worked for 2 years. Point being, life is hard and no one survives it. Something is going to get you. Funny that the topic of dead porkies can bring you to an understanding of what's important no? I still have a roof, got my (mostly adult) kids healthy, I've been able to see them through what I think are the important bits in life, and they both have HUGELY promising futures. Mission accomplished as far as I'm concerned