Butterfly and alli

[RingDancer]

Hey leslie...The rats or the Alli!!! lol... The Alli probably loves them varments!!! lol and some people do have a taste for gators...Now on the Nutra's...someone else will have to add input here???? I have tried rabbit, squirrel, frogs,coon, elk, buffalo, sheep, deer, crawfish, dove, quail, wild turkey (wild)hog and probably a few others, but never that I know of had nutras...Unless the cooks we have around here...slip a new one in on me...telling me oh it's just deer meat!!! Yeah right!!! lol!!! We have a friend from Louisiana...He is the best cook ever!!! He is always slipping something different on the plate...All I can say is delishhhhh!!!!!!!!! I never ask!!! lol

Someone here might know the answer to that one!!!

[gordiesgirl]

Great photos and finds. I really like the one of you detecting. Thanks for sharing.

[pris]

I was watching Bizarre foods with Andrew Zimmern and he gave a whole segment on the Nutra. People do, in fact, hunt them for food. There was a push with restaurants in the south (Louisiana area) that Nutra was a new delicacy for the area...it didn't really catch on, but people do hunt them from time to time. Andrew said they taste better than he thought they would. He said it was actually quite delicious.

[Jack D]

I'm not sure, but I think you must mean nutria. Nutria were brought here from South America for their fur and when fur was no longer fashionable, they were just turned loose. Now they are everywhere. Our state game commission has (in the past) asked hunters to help control their numbers and have even had recipes in their fliers. Was told they taste somewhat like pork. Tender and delicious......They eat succulent vegetation and are very damaging to crops and waterways. They burrow into the sides of streams and canals causing erosion. Similar to a beaver in appearance except for the tail which is round and rat-like. They are a rodent, but not sure "rat" fits.

I see that they are called nutra-rat in some places. Here they are called nutria.

Coypu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Save Our Farms and Streams, Eat Nutria.

[pris]

That's the critter!!

[RingDancer]

Originally Posted by pris

That's the critter!!

That's it for sure...they were all over one side of the road in the flooded, wooded area...Just everywhere Where the alli was- none...I would say she is taking care of the population... on her side...from what I could tell, they did have a pretty fur like appearance!!! Not real sure I would want to eat one knowing what it is...Tell me it is chicken and I will tear it up!!! lol Did remind me of a beaver!!! Thanks for the info

[johnj45586]

Great pics, thanks a bunch for posting them. And congratulations on 925 silver. :christmastree1: I still haven't found a toe ring (in the wild).
I definitely wouldn't want to bump into an alli on a hunt, regardless of how well fed it was. I would probably walk back to the car on the treetops!
Happy hunting (treasure, not nutria).:snowman:

[Buster]

Nice find on the 925 silver. Congrats. You know that Tinman and I are planing to wrestle us some gators. If you find any more call on us...Buster.....:santahat: