Kill every last porcupine 🤬

[Trip McNeely]

goes with the territory, maybe you should move.

Yea I did consider that but then decided the best alternative would be you go fucking yourself.

 

[Kurtr]

Aloha Snackbar!!

beat me to it haha

 

[SDMF]

Aloha Snackbar!!

Is that where you go to order Canadian Bacon/Pineapple Pizza?

 

[Jiffy]

No you do that in HELL!! NOBODY should order pineapple on pizza!!

 

[johnr]

My dumb GSP got a mouth full at the Pick City state park, we loaded him onto the back of the Ranger and headed back to the 5th wheel, by the time we got there, he had picked out almost all of them himself, no idea how the eff he did that, but he did. Mrs johnr got the last few out with a plyers.
Never an issue with him after the fact, and have since never encountered another one.

porcupines can be eaten raw, its the one source of meat you can kill and literally eat, just incase any of you fuckers are ever stranded and starving.

 

[Smuscha]

Don’t waste your time with the vet. They don’t show up on any immaging so it’s a waste. Really isn’t anything the vet is going to do that you can’t do at home. Someone hold her down and pull the rest out. The ones you miss usually will show up within a few days. Now she will probably have learned and will leave them alone.
Hound got into one this year, about a dozen in the nose I pulled in the field. Years ago when she was a pup she got it a little worse. Pulled what I could but didn’t get them all. Took her to the vet and they did nothing. Within the next week i found and pulled about 5 more.

 

[NodakBob]

I have found it works well to wrap the dog in your coat or a blanket to immobilize them…then have another person pull quills while you hold your dog

 

[snow2]

My dumb GSP got a mouth full at the Pick City state park, we loaded him onto the back of the Ranger and headed back to the 5th wheel, by the time we got there, he had picked out almost all of them himself, no idea how the eff he did that, but he did. Mrs johnr got the last few out with a plyers.
Never an issue with him after the fact, and have since never encountered another one.

porcupines can be eaten raw, its the one source of meat you can kill and literally eat, just incase any of you fuckers are ever stranded and starving.

GTN juanr...hard pass on raw...doubt I could get past the stink.

 

[Lycanthrope]

I have found it works well to wrap the dog in your coat or a blanket to immobilize them…then have another person pull quills while you hold your dog

if alone, you could probably wrap them in a blanket and wrap that in a ratchet strap and tighten until snug, to keep them from squirming

 

[Lycanthrope]

GTN juanr...hard pass on raw...doubt I could get past the stink.

at least you would have plenty of 'toothpicks' for after your snack!

 

[AR-15]

Skunks and porcupines a dog's best friend, they always have to say hi

 

[Trip McNeely]

Update: she’s been slowly letting us take out a few more. There cant be more than a few left in her one paw. It looks like it’s swelling a bit now. I made an appointment with the vet tomorrow to get antibiotics and she’ll take a look at it. She needed her shots updated soon anyhow. I don’t blame the porcupine at all nor the dog. I don’t think the dog knew the porcupine was there and accidentally hopped on it as she was crashing through a very small patch of buck brush. Had she smelled it and was curious or knew it was there her nose and face woulda been covered and she had none above the neckline. Her paws took the brunt of it. She’s a sweetheart of a dog and this ordeal definitely knocked the wind out of her sails. She doesn’t even wanna get up now. Been an awesome dog so far with the very little amount of time Ive been able to work with her. Soft mouthed, stays close, doesn’t break off conmand, really birdy, flushes well and retrieves like she’s been doing it for years……she doesn’t hesitate to crash through the cattails or buck brush either……..realistically porcupines arent good for much and after this experience I’ll save someone else the trouble and pop every one I see moving forward.

 

[cooter00]

Well, something Ive dreaded finally happened this evening. My 2 year old golden finally met up with her first porcupine…. She got it pretty good on the front paws and neck. Thank god she didn’t get any on her face or mouth. I had to carry her back to the truck. She’s pretty submissive and mild tempered so we were able to pull a lot out in the field and in the ride home. I got almost all of them out but there’s still maybe 5-6 on her front paw that she won’t let me touch. Anyone have any experience or suggestions on how to get her calmed down enough to help her. Im trying to avoid any major vet bills at this point as Im pretty confident Ive gotten most of them, even the hard to see broken off ones. Maybe 40-60 pulled out so far……. I pumped 3 rounds of 2 shot into that fat son of bitch so he won’t be hurting anything ever again.

A baby bayer aspirin every 4 hrs for the pain should help allot

 

[Trip McNeely]

A baby bayer aspirin every 4 hrs for the pain should help allot

Thats a good idea. I’ll try that tonight. The benedryll seemed to really knock her out but the pain was still enough she would keep her paw guarded. I like the wrapping her in a blanket idea as well.

 

[lunkerslayer]

My dumb GSP got a mouth full at the Pick City state park, we loaded him onto the back of the Ranger and headed back to the 5th wheel, by the time we got there, he had picked out almost all of them himself, no idea how the eff he did that, but he did. Mrs johnr got the last few out with a plyers.
Never an issue with him after the fact, and have since never encountered another one.

porcupines can be eaten raw, its the one source of meat you can kill and literally eat, just incase any of you fuckers are ever stranded and starving.

Junar
What if you don't have any way of killing it first, are they fast?
Do you have to climb the tree?
What if you are afraid of heights?
Can you just shake the tree?
Could you build a fire around the tree to smoke him out?
If I used my foot would I get a quils in my shoes or do I need to wear a special shoe that is puncture resistant?
Could a person use a flint sharp rock to remove the skin?

 

[Kurtr]

Update: she’s been slowly letting us take out a few more. There cant be more than a few left in her one paw. It looks like it’s swelling a bit now. I made an appointment with the vet tomorrow to get antibiotics and she’ll take a look at it. She needed her shots updated soon anyhow. I don’t blame the porcupine at all nor the dog. I don’t think the dog knew the porcupine was there and accidentally hopped on it as she was crashing through a very small patch of buck brush. Had she smelled it and was curious or knew it was there her nose and face woulda been covered and she had none above the neckline. Her paws took the brunt of it. She’s a sweetheart of a dog and this ordeal definitely knocked the wind out of her sails. She doesn’t even wanna get up now. Been an awesome dog so far with the very little amount of time Ive been able to work with her. Soft mouthed, stays close, doesn’t break off conmand, really birdy, flushes well and retrieves like she’s been doing it for years……she doesn’t hesitate to crash through the cattails or buck brush either……..realistically porcupines arent good for much and after this experience I’ll save someone else the trouble and pop every one I see moving forward.

Who did you get her from know some of the golden people up there. If I was ever to get a golden Dakota gold kennels is where I would go.

 

[Trip McNeely]

Guy down in Pierre. Can’t remember the name offhand. She’s a purebred but not specifically bred for hunting. He picked the puppy he thought was the “birdiest” and make the best natural hunter and he was not wrong at all. Im a new dog owner/trainer with 3 kids and no time. She makes me look good anytime we hunt and it’s not because I have any idea wtf Im doing.

 

[Obi-Wan]

Have a brother in law in a drunken stupor that decided it would be a good idea to punt one, he was wearing sandals. They were camping out at ft Lincoln and went to the casino for a concert and alcohol. When they returned there was a porky in their campsite and he felt the best was to get it out was to kick it. you can all guess how that ended for him.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Have a brother in law in a drunken stupor that decided it would be a good idea to punt one, he was wearing sandals. They were camping out at ft Lincoln and went to the casino for a concert and alcohol. When they returned there was a porky in their campsite and he felt the best was to get it out was to kick it. you can all guess how that ended for him.

pictures?

 

[Jiffy]

Have a brother in law in a drunken stupor that decided it would be a good idea to punt one, he was wearing sandals. They were camping out at ft Lincoln and went to the casino for a concert and alcohol. When they returned there was a porky in their campsite and he felt the best was to get it out was to kick it. you can all guess how that ended for him.

Wow! You know I have been fairly drunk before….kicking a porky while wearing sandals has to be an extreme case of being hammered.