Woodchucks? They burrow, so I’d think they’d taste of mud.
Well, they certainly are fat enough, but it must be something to hunt them, since they burrow and are mean as all get out. The dog used to corner them when they got under the deck and as good a hunter as he was, he never got close enough to one to kill it. Lots of snarling and posturing from both of them!
I’ve known of Groundhogs to kill a dog. A .22 Magnum rifle with scope will get them better than a dog. :-)
He said they are very good eating so I suspect they don’t taste like mud. They dig. They don’t eat the mud. It’s piled up outside the burrow. They have deadly claws for digging and teeth that will rip a dog apart.