LA Authorities Encouraging Nutria Harvest

[Sheltowee]

Wildlife officials want you to eat this rodent

Nutrias, an invasive rodent, is causing major erosion to the banks of ditches, lakes and other bodies of water in Florida.

www.kktv.com

Anyone got a good recipe for water rat? I'm sure @WildWill could make it palatable with enough time on the smoker.

 

[Dave N]

I like the "They have to be unalive" part.

 

[WildWill]

Oh they'll make sausage at least.

 

[Sheltowee]

Feel like Uncle Randy's beaver barbacoa would work pretty well with nutria:

 

[Southern Elk]

 

[TheTone]

Dear hunting influencers,

Can you all focus on nutria for a year or so and lay off western elk and deer?

Thanks

 

[mdhunter]

In Maryland we have hunted the hell out of the nutria. They are not eradicated but enough have been killed you don't hear nearly as much about the issue. I cant say they were all eaten but in this case...I don't care much either.

 

[jwatts]

Wildlife officials want you to eat this rodent

Nutrias, an invasive rodent, is causing major erosion to the banks of ditches, lakes and other bodies of water in Florida.

www.kktv.com

Anyone got a good recipe for water rat? I'm sure @WildWill could make it palatable with enough time on the smoker.

On the first SE BHA squirrel hunt we had a wild game supper. We had a guy bring nutria. It tastes a lot like rabbit. I'd shoot every one I saw if we had them around here.

 

[thebestusernamesaretaken]

My Uncle traped and ate thousands of those things!

His name was Uncle Spider Everyone needs one of those Uncles

 

[thebestusernamesaretaken]

Nutria for Human Consumption - Nutria.com

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nutria.com

Nutria

Myocastor coypus Native range: Temperate and subtropical South America Invasive Range: Established in 16 states; abundant in the Gulf Coast but found as far west as Oregon and Washington Habitat: Found in a variety of semi-aquatic environments that occur […]

eattheinvaders.org

Honestly any muskrat recipe would work - yes we ate that too.

 

[morley.tyler]

My father-in-law grew up in New Orleans and shot the sh!t out of them in the late 50's and 60's. They'd sell them for 50 cents a piece or $5/dozen in low-income neighborhoods. Pretty good coin, considering the cost of 22LR ammo at the time!