I’ve cooked and eaten just about everything. Liked most of it. Squirrel was just ok, after low and slow crock pot and a BBQ sauce. Chewy, still.
I love trout and all the panfish, too. The white meat ocean fish are good, though. Hubby said today people need to start with cleaning fish. He’s not a hunter, but friends are and we help process for a share. DH is a knife aficionado ; very skilled with a stone and (if needed) a grinder. He’s an experienced metalsmith.
I did terrible with butchering chickens and all I had to do was pluck and pick. Still smelled pinfeathers when I thought I’d done ok. I hate cleaning coops, too. Don’t like live chickens, much.
Raising chickens, backyard chicken coops are quite a fad here in southern NH. Right until a fox, racoon, bear, coyote, fischer cat or bobcat realizes you have them in your back yard. Then they rip the coop apart and leave a bloody mess that you have to clean up.
Then the slightly used coop is up for sale on Craigslist. Buying those eggs in the store for $2.89/dozen is so much easier.
I have witnessed this with multiple people, including my daughter/son in law. A bear killed two of their chickens.
FYI, my wife swears she saw a bobcat go through our back woods about 150 yards behind the house on Sunday afternoon.
I only caught a glimpse of it. All I know is that it was not one of the other animals above. It also was not a deer, moose or turkey. It was following the game trail that he deer always follow. That was a first. There have also been sightings of mountain lions in the area. NH Fish & Game will not admit they live here. I guess it has to do with the budget for funding for the department.
I am in southern NH. West of Nashua about ten miles. North of the Mass border about 15 miles. Out where the suburbs change to country. I haven seen turkeys(daily), deer(weekly), black bear, moose, coyote, fox, fisher, racoon, porcupine, wood chuck, snapping turtle, and others I can not remember on this property over the last 8 years.