what do varmint hunters do with their kills?

One of the grey areas of our sport is the question of if, and how much must we utilize some of the animals that we kill.
I think that when we pull the trigger on something, some justification is in order. If there is some good use that the dead critter can be put to, - meat, fur/hide, or other, it should be done. IMO.
Don't forget, the bunny huggers are watching, and many of them put more value on animal life than they do on humans.:rolleyes:
By the way, if ya kill somethin that's wearing a decent pelt, you owe it to yourself to send it in for tanning. Furs are cool, beautiful, and great to have simply laying around. I've seen a big WOW factor in folks who would normaly be against killing a "cute' critter, when they get a chance to fondle a nice pelt. jd
 
JD, While completely legal, I am very reserved in how I mention feral cat killing in person locally... they are a devastating pest yet so many folks think they deserve to be in the wild.:barf::mad:
Brent
 
I hunt Coyotes and I am not sure how many have been up close to one, but the STINK.... I leave them for the Crows and then blow them up too. :)
 
The varmints I shoot (groundhogs, skunks and raccoons) are left where they lay for scavenger turkey buzzards or coyotes.
 
There are different rules for killing pests/varmints than the rules used for hunting game animals.
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True, but I still try to use any parts I can. Coyotes get skinned for pelts, ground swuirrels get their tails cut off, jackrabbits get fed to my friend's falcons, and feral cats get turned into excellent quality fertilizer. I leave skunks alone, if only for the fact that if you do shoot one, it stinks up the whole area.
they are a devastating pest yet so many folks think they deserve to be in the wild.
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But Brent, they're so cyooooot!!!!!!!
Especially as the hair starts to settle out of the air.
 
Hey Brent, back when I used to trap, I received regular fur price flyers in the mail - mainly Moscow Fur in Idaho. There was an actual market for feral cats, seems like price was about the same as muskrats. Also, coyote canine teeth, porcupine fur, skunk pelts, and cats claws. My local fur buyer even sold coon pizzles. And yes, I still have a few.:o
You can bet that our distant ancestors made use of everything except the squeal. I don't do quite that well, but we do pretty good with what Ma Nature provides. You shoulda seen Mrs. jd cutting the teeth out of our elk jaws to make do dads and dingle dangles.:p jd
 
As a kid trappin' I got several "by cat'ch" kitties. I just skinned them out and put them on the stretcher and bobbed the tail. The fur buyer came to a "barn" in town once every few weeks. He is the one who told me to "run them thru the middle of the stack, I'll give you something for them." when he run his hand in them feeling for hair quality he would wink at me and ask... "nother *nutria rabbit*?" Yessir says me! This was in abbeville louisiana.
Brent
 
I was in one varmint forum a couple weeks ago. I can't find it just now. But the question about eating coyotes was asked. But there is an annual Song-dog cook-off or sumpthin. I want to say Wyoming, but I'm not sure. There were like 30 different recipes. Some were claiming the great taste if cooked right.
 
Whats a coon pizzle?
And what are "by cat'ch" kitties?
I'm thinking they are terms used in local areas. Local to you and not me. LOL

Anyway, back to the original thread.
The last varmint I killed was a skunk. It was about 10 yards away and it turned to run away. I had my Saiga308 loaded with 110gr V-Max's and a view of a Texas Heart Shot.
The hapless critter vaporized.
All I saw was the poof of the critter, blink, and watched the hide float back to the ground from about two feet up.
ATTT was with me, and all he said was, "Oh God!"
I wanted a pic of the scene, but the next thing he said was,
"If you go anywhere near that, you are riding on the top of the truck all the way home."
The air was permeated by a fair skunk scent, but not bad. That was because of the dominant scent left behind...
The air smelled roasted and burnt. :D
I could've died laughing that afternoon, ...and the next.
It's macabre but, I still get a good chuckle when I think of it.

Not sure what I could've done with the remnants of that critter.
I suppose the ants had a picnic.

In the end, and grand scheme of things, everything on this planet gets recycled back into the earth, eventually.
No matter what you, as the hunter, decide to do with it.
 
the pizzle is a snoop dizzle way of describing a particular coon body part that sells pretty well in some areas...
"by cat'ch" kittie= feral cats which are by catch when you are trying for coon, rabbit and nutria rats. My fur buyer called my cat hides "nutria rabbit"....
Brent
 
The best feral cat is one that i have blown up with my .300 magnum using 180gr accubond's, so afterwards there is no existance of the stinking thing.

Sorry but i have no feelings what so ever for the feral cat. They do so much destruction on our native wild life here in Australia and there is blody millions of them.

We also have a huge feral population of dogs now, they are causing havoc on our live stock.
 
And daryl has been there I see!
Brent
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Of course! Everyone ought to have a good 'coon pick.

I have an extra one here that I got from a big ol' chicken thieving coon. Might send it to my wife's brother for Christmas, as a gag gift.

After all, he showed some interest in it for some reason.

Daryl
 
Can someone point me in the right direction for hunting varmints in the Austin TX area? Don't mean to thread jack, just didn't see any info after doing a search...

Oh, and I used to feed the squirrels to the dogs, minus the tails...

Rabbits got cooked up...

Yote's well, walked over, looked at em, said cool, then walked away!

Crow...yeah right, like there was anything left to look at!! LOL
 
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