LA Authorities Encouraging Nutria Harvest

[Beignet]

Anyone remember the show Insomniac with Dave Attell? He had an episode some 20 plus years ago where he rode along with a dude hunting Nutria in canals. I wanna say it was in New Orleans.

I absolutely remember that episode! I lived down there for a little bit after Katrina and used to ask cops on the street how I could tag along for that. Never did get an actual invite.

 

[brian flatlander]

What are most people hunting them with-- a .22LR/.17HMR to the head or a shotgun with birdshot?

300 RUM

 

[Nicoli7153]

Nutria | Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is responsible for managing and protecting Louisiana’s abundant natural resources. The department issues hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses, as well as boat titles and registrations.

nutria.com

Nutria

Myocastor coypus Native range: Temperate and subtropical South America Invasive Range: Established in 16 states; abundant in the Gulf Coast but found as far west as Oregon and Washington Habitat: Found in a variety of semi-aquatic environments that occur […]

eattheinvaders.org

Honestly any muskrat recipe would work - yes we ate that too.

Beaver meat is some good eating too

 

[Reina216]

I’d like to hunt some nutria around here. Catch is they’re almost all in private land, and good luck getting a land owner to talk to you.

Most of the publicly owned land management seems to hire professional trappers to catch and kill them by the hundreds, so the few wetlands I can publicly access have had their nutria eradicated. It’s a good thing over all, just wish they’d have tried incentivizing hunters first. Could have been a good way to get kids into it, much like the free fishing days.

Damn, it’s that difficult to hunt nutria in LA? My friend Sara and I were hoping to go at the beginning of next year. But we don’t have a boat and we’d be hoofing it. We have both hunted in various states, but never LA nor nutria. I heard it’s delicious so I wanted to bring some home….

 

[MTGomer]

Nutria sounds like a fertilizer that you would add to a freshly planted tree, not some sort of beaver rodent thing