Slang or descriptive wildlife names .......

[Hidalgo]

A recent thread had raccoons described as "Trash Pandas". What names have you given or heard for animals? I'll go first:

Moose = Swamp Donkey

 

[crapshoot]

Antelope = prairie maggots/ speed goats.

Cows= slow elk

 

[borkon]

Yotes ( coyotes).
I hate that term.

 

[spotstalkshoot]

Ditch chickens , ringneck pheasant.

 

[GC]

In hillbilly speak:

Deer = Gov't goats
Coyotes = Brush Wolves
Bobcats = Wampus Cats

 

[Heymartay]

Armadillos-combat possums Javelinas-stink pigs

 

[Heymartay]

Possums-grinners

 

[crapshoot]

House cat= ditch tigers

 

[Hidalgo]

Armadillos-combat possums

How about possum-on-a-half-shell ...........

 

[Stu Farish]

Snake = no shoulders

 

[GC]

More hillbilly speak...

Game Warden = Mr. Green Jeans, Possum Cop or Fish Cop depending upon the circumstances.

Apologies to any LE outdoor types. Keep a sense of humor!

 

[old cat]

Rabbit cop here = game warden I am hillbilly

 

[cropdamage]

Possums-grinners

Been using that one for 30 years..lol

 

[cropdamage]

Squirrel = Tree rat, Chicken of the tree
Seagull = Dumpster chicken, flying rat
Corn field living Whitetail deer doe = Corn camel

 

[Bowhunt]

Armadillos-combat possums Javelinas-stink pigs

Armadillos - possum on-a-half- shell

 

[Slagiatt]

Chipmunks : timber tigers

 

[Slagiatt]

Skunks : fart squirrels

 

[Slagiatt]

Coyotes : song dogs

 

[crapshoot]

Doe or cow elk= freezer queen

 

[Heymartay]

Beavers- %#€€~<#%. As In those %#€€~<#% ate all my trees!