Porcupines

[S-3 Ranch]

We shoot them , dogs , cattle, and pocupins love to chew on wires and hydroelectric lines on tractors

[quarterback]

They are kinda cool critters. I really don't see what good it is to shoot them but then I am not a ranch owner either. We've seen them off and on in San Saba County but it's not something you see every day. To each his own I guess.

[2coolforschool]

Kill them on our place. They'll eat quite a bit of protein and show up every night.

[AntlerCollector]

I shot one to have it mounted. I probably won't shoot another one.

[MIHunter]

I would love to shoot one just for the mount . Same as a badger .

X2!!!!!

[Flint knapper]

The are nothing more than another Corn thief! Also, the will do a lot of damage to fruit trees.

[wloftis]

Have shot one with my bow many years ago, and not had the opportunity to shoot another. That being said I have seen pics of several in Callahan county and I will shoot them if given the opportunity. Cool little critters, but I do not want to know what my vet bill will be if my dog found one and decided to introduce herself.

[88 Bound]

They don't bother anything on our place. I have no desire to shoot one.

[SaltwaterSlick]

Only reason I'd shoot one is if I had fruit or nut trees and they showed up. they will kill big trees in a short period of time. They eat the bark, especially on fruit trees. We had 'em on our place out west. They never bothered anything so I didn't bother them.

[CrossTimbers]

My dad doesn't like them because he says they eat his trees. I give them a pass.

[breederbuck33]

It would have to be a big one I wanted to mount... I've literally walked up to one and poked it with a shed when we were looking for a deer one day a few years back. It was sleeping in the sun and when my shadow covered his face he woke up, and just walked off...

[kd350]

Shoot. Landowner says shoot every single one because they will kill the baby goats

[muzzlebrake]

Our land owner instructed us to kill every one we see. Something about they messing up his Dorper ground maggots aka sheep. I would much rather kill all them ground maggots. Ground maggots are danged near as bad as goats.
When I see a p-pine I just use a rock or limb and smash it's little head. No use wasting a perfectly good arra. They are real slow moving so easy to get close to.
Do not run over one with your ATV even with tires full of elephant snot.

[El Viejo]

Cutest critter I've ever seen was a baby 'cupine on Juno Road, north of Comstock.

[SabreKiller]

They can and do kill trees by eating the bark off. They can also be a pain in protein feeders. I kinds like them, but I'm probably in the minority. They can cause an issue to dogs and deer, but deer typically know to keep the hell away from them...

^^^^This. They eat the bark off trees and it kills the tree eventually.