nutria hunting

A scoped .308 was the most effective.
An AK-47 was a lot of fun.
I've used a .22 LR but it isn't as much fun.
Once my Lab choked one to death.
But the most fun was with my Glock 21 with a light on it. It's hard to hit a 5 pound rat in the dark with a pistol, but its fun doing it. :)
 
Nutria, huh??

Where are nutria hunted? What do they look like? Anybody got a photo? Are they good to eat?

The Lab that choked one--I assume the Lab then choked it down his own throat! :)

"5 pound rat," well, squirrels are "tree rats" and those are eaten regularly. My mother-in-law's fried squirrel was just like fried chicken, only no breast meat.

So: Nutria stew? Frickaseed nutria? Nutria pot pies? BBQ'd nutria on the grill? Nutria noodle soup?
 
I've never hunted them, but I'm not sure about the .22.
I've seen nutrias the size of dobermans on the banks of the Colorado River
 
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Photo linked from here: http://www.wlf.state.la.us

They don't look particularly appetizing.........:barf:
 
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When I fur trapped the coulees of louisiana I just lumped the animals in the head with a maple club... First nutria I had took my dern club from me so I took my little pre-teen butt home and got the .410... Got me a single shot .22 rifle for christmas that year:D
Brent
 
I saw one a few days ago as I walked to the bank from work, right next to Wal-Mart in the ditch. I could have killed it with my pocket knife if I wanted to.
 
i had a kill permit to hunt beavers in my swamp. i just sat in my treestand with my 243, and that was ALOT of over kill for 40 to 60 pound beavers.
 
I can't stand those things. They're all over the place near the MS river banks. Come to think of it, if memory serves me right. The nutrea rats were so detrimental to the levee system that the Corps of Engineers introduced alligators :eek: to their environment in many areas (back in the 70's).
 
City where I used to work paid a guy $50/per to trap them. He had some special license from the state to do that type of work. He also had to haul the nasty things off to somewhere....

They were just destroying a park, between killing the plants and the cr*p everywhere, and it was in the city limits, so they wouldn't let us just shoot them....
 
A few years ago I actually saw point of sale flyers for comercially harvested Nutria Rats at the LRA (Louisianna Restaurant Association) food show in New Orleans. I don't think it caught on. So if you want to dine on Nutria Rats you will have to kill your own.:barf:
 
I've never actually hunted them but have killed plenty with all sorts of guns. If I were really going after them I would probably use a .22mag or 17HMR. They are supposed to be real good to eat with a very high protein content. they have very good pelts in the winter. My great aunt wanted a mink coat, so my uncle killed a bunch of nutria and had a coat made. He also bought her the real thing and you really couldn't tell the difference in appearance or feel.
 
I see them around here. I live in a town where air rifles are legal to shoot in the city limits. Might have to go lookin for some nutria one of these days.

I read somewhere that there's a nutria scam. These fools convince the victims that nutria are viable fur bearers. They sell them a bunch of the rats for high$ and then split. As soon as they leave town the only customer you would have had is gone.
 
3711,
Is this meant as intentionally humorous? I sure hope so cuz that is of the biggest reasons for the over population...
The scammers followed the chinchilla guy into town basically and sold "nutria farms" to tons of folks promising high returns only nearing the profit margin of the "worm farmer". But seriously they were over hyped.
Brent
 
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