Guest guest Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Hey, Butch, I take offense at that remark. Armadillos are born alive here in Texas. You're jus joshin' those Yankees. I didn't know the correct spelling for possum and coon until I went to school. Every summer we would go and visit my grandparents farm and my grandpa would always go possum, coon, wild cat, and coyote huntin and bring us back the tails. Grandma would NOT cook possum nor coon. Armadillos are usually found out in West Texas and not much in the North and Eastern part of Texas. Rhavda Arlington, Texas >And for you Yankee folks .. it just ain't true that baby possums is born >dead on the side of the road down South .. but its true for a fact that >armadillos is born that way in Texas. > >> Rita > >> OK so I can't spell > >I see nothing wrong with your spelling .. ain't no sense in tacking on >an unnecessary O' in fronta Possum .. they ain't Irish .. and tacking on >a Ra in fronta Coon don't make no sense neither to a Suthran Boy less'n >you're at a Pep Rally or some such. > >Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Hey Rita, > My cat Max brought home a baby possum this afternoon (dead of course) > and yes I'm sure it was a possum. Now what is interesting is we live > at 8,000 ft and there is over 2 feet of snow on the ground. When I > googled possum it indicates that they don't live in this part of the > country (Colorado). I know that they are found at 7,000 feet in the mountains of New Mexico. > This baby was about 2 – 21/2 in long and had fur, so it wasn't still > in it mothers pouch. Any of you had experiences with possums?? Yep .. used to hunt'em and eat'em when I was a yonker .. normally we would be coon hunting but we ran upon possums as often as we did coons. Gotta pit barbecue them real slow to get all that fat off .. but they are purty tasty in fact. > Are they out and about this time of year? Dang betcha on that .. they wake up and roam a bit in the winter. I've seen many of them when there was snow on the ground .. used to catch them by accident in the dead of winter in my rabbit boxes. > Poor Max, is having a very hard time waiting for spring and mice -- > glad he didn't find the mama – she'd been a bit of a match for the > cat - and she would have won! Possums can be wicked critters if you corner them .. they will do all they can to escape otherwise but cats are not the kind of critters to let things escape. ;-) Possums are sissies if you compare them with a coon .. dang old He Coon can whip ten times his weight in dawgs and if he can get one in the water its gonna be a drowned dawg fer'shur. And for you Yankee folks .. it just ain't true that baby possums is born dead on the side of the road down South .. but its true for a fact that armadillos is born that way in Texas. > Rita > OK so I can't spell I see nothing wrong with your spelling .. ain't no sense in tacking on an unnecessary O' in fronta Possum .. they ain't Irish .. and tacking on a Ra in fronta Coon don't make no sense neither to a Suthran Boy less'n you're at a Pep Rally or some such. Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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