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Old 11-27-2014, 10:36 PM
 
Location: Maui, Hawaii
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This thread may not be suitable for the squeemish or faint of heart.
Wild goats/pigs/etc... What are the laws on hunting them? The 'rule of thumb' that folks actually use?
The critters mentioned in the post title... Does anyone eat them?
Coqui frogs.... Are they and/or thier eggs edible by man? If so, are they pallatable? I imagine canned Coqui... Like sardines... Or Coquiar... Like Caviar...
Then of course there are bugs.... but I'm not going to open >that< can of worms...

This is a serious post, so please keep humorous comments/flames/expressions of disgust/etc. to a minimum... and please don' hijack it.

RC
Oh, nevermind then but I will say if anyone tries to eat my 'House Geckos' they would be in Big trouble with me, seriously!!
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Old 11-28-2014, 12:26 AM
 
Location: not sure, but there's a hell of a lot of water around here!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rex Chetco View Post
This thread may not be suitable for the squeemish or faint of heart.
Wild goats/pigs/etc... What are the laws on hunting them? The 'rule of thumb' that folks actually use?
The critters mentioned in the post title... Does anyone eat them?
Coqui frogs.... Are they and/or thier eggs edible by man? If so, are they pallatable? I imagine canned Coqui... Like sardines... Or Coquiar... Like Caviar...
Then of course there are bugs.... but I'm not going to open >that< can of worms...

This is a serious post, so please keep humorous comments/flames/expressions of disgust/etc. to a minimum... and please don' hijack it.

RC
'This is a serious post', and you're asking about the viability of canning coqui frog eggs? Hopefully you will reconsider your move. And if dining on coquis is a dealbreaker, then Ocean View is the wrong side of the Island. However, if you like squashed Bufo ala asphalt after a rain?
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Old 11-28-2014, 12:57 AM
 
Location: Moku Nui, Hawaii
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There are a lot of varieties of onions which won't bulb up in Hawaii. I think you have to find the "daylight neutral" or some such type. Maybe an onion person will chime in with the info we need? I plant the green bunching onions and those thrive.

Roosters are easy enough to come by, as mentioned, folks will actually bring them to you once it gets known you'll take them. If you aren't sure how to prepare them, check the end of the breastbone. If it is half cartilage such as you see on the grocery store chickens, then you can fry it since it's a very young chicken. Once the breast bone is hard bone all the way to the end, you pretty much have a stewing chicken on your hands.
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Old 12-01-2014, 12:33 AM
 
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Even though some of my lilikoi vine drops fruit on the street, that still doesn't mean that you can come pick it!
Nice try, but if it's on public property or public easement, and I'm on public property or easement, then I'm pocketing what is now my fruit. I won't pick fruit off a tree growing on private property but over the road or public easement, but some people seem to think they can help themselves to my avocados like that. The difference is, if it falls to the ground it is not being taken care of, plus it could rot there or get run over if I don't save it.
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Old 12-01-2014, 03:46 AM
 
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I'm not going to post it here due to the language, but for a good laugh go to You Tube and search Crazy Rhubarb Lady.
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Old 12-01-2014, 11:53 AM
 
Location: Na'alehu Hawaii/Buena Vista Colorado
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Nice try, but if it's on public property or public easement, and I'm on public property or easement, then I'm pocketing what is now my fruit. I won't pick fruit off a tree growing on private property but over the road or public easement, but some people seem to think they can help themselves to my avocados like that. The difference is, if it falls to the ground it is not being taken care of, plus it could rot there or get run over if I don't save it.
Lilikoi isn't ripe until it drops off the vine. I go down to the street a couple times a day to pick up the ripe lilikoi that have dropped from my vine. I'd be pissed if some stranger walking by decided to pick it up before I get a chance to.

I've also heard stories of people actually going onto someone's property to pick their avos, mangos, papayas, etc. That's really wrong!!
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Old 12-01-2014, 12:35 PM
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Location: Hawaii
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I've also heard stories of people actually going onto someone's property to pick their avos, mangos, papayas, etc. That's really wrong!!
Yea I agree: that (stealing) would cause my angry side to appear.
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Old 12-01-2014, 11:00 PM
 
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I've also heard stories of people actually going onto someone's property to pick their avos, mangos, papayas, etc. That's really wrong!!
I agree!
This brought to mind a funny story. When I was a kid my dad bought a small house in Eugene, Oregon. He loved doing landscape work and so that's the very first thing he did. For some reason right in the middle of our front yard some asparagus that he did not plant, popped up! He had so much fun watching that grow and was excited to eat it when the asparagus was ready. Well one day him and I were looking out the front window and just as he was telling me that he thought it was time to harvest the asparagus, a car pulled up, an old lady jumped out, ran up to the asparagus, cut it, ran back to her car and sped away. We were both in shock! My father, who normally had a VERY bad temper, was left completely speechless. While it was sad that someone would do that, we both have a good laugh about it today.
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Old 12-02-2014, 10:18 AM
 
Location: mainland but born oahu
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Lilikoi isn't ripe until it drops off the vine. I go down to the street a couple times a day to pick up the ripe lilikoi that have dropped from my vine. I'd be pissed if some stranger walking by decided to pick it up before I get a chance to.

I've also heard stories of people actually going onto someone's property to pick their avos, mangos, papayas, etc. That's really wrong!!
I know stories of people cutting whole limbs off an lychee tree at night and stealing it.


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But you did remind me of small kid time picking lychee and different fruits off the vine in Hawai'i public places.
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Old 12-02-2014, 12:11 PM
 
Location: HOVE, Hi
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Originally Posted by Rex Chetco View Post
This thread may not be suitable for the squeemish or faint of heart.
Wild goats/pigs/etc... What are the laws on hunting them? The 'rule of thumb' that folks actually use?
The critters mentioned in the post title... Does anyone eat them?
Coqui frogs.... Are they and/or thier eggs edible by man? If so, are they pallatable? I imagine canned Coqui... Like sardines... Or Coquiar... Like Caviar...
Then of course there are bugs.... but I'm not going to open >that< can of worms...

This is a serious post, so please keep humorous comments/flames/expressions of disgust/etc. to a minimum... and please don' hijack it.

RC
Hhhmmmmmm.... perhaps it is time to clarify...
I have been busy irl and have had poor connectivity issues here w my phone so haven't really been able til now.
While the over all purpose and intent of this thread is serious..... to discuss the availability and viability f unorthodox and/or freely available food sources, the tone of my OP was intended as tongue-in-cheek humor. (please look for that "Is he kiddding or serious?" moment in future posts...)
Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh my! (from The Wizard of Oz) ... all of the post title are technically edible, there, and matched phonetically. Geckos, as reptiles, are safe food for humans. That being said, I will say also... Geckos are too cute to eat, too small to gather enough for a meal, and too useful to remove. Your house geckos are safe from my depridations. Rats and mongoose are also fairly exempt from my gathering intents. That being said, I currently am a gopher trapper, and will be looking into the ecconomic viability of trapping nuisance animals there. So if you see me trapping vermin don't lose your lunch over it... I'm just trying to make a buck.
This includes coquis... Having done quite a bit of research I am aware of thier size and relative difficulty harvesting... No dreams of conglomerates or corporatios exploiting an untapped ressource. But the question of "Are they edible?" goes unanswered. My research thus far (tapping on a phone... not the best way to find info...) has left me w/o answer.

What about other legally (or semi) huntable/trappable/harvestable foods? Locations/best times/methods/etc.?
Thanks to those who have already posted informatively.

RC
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