other than remove glans, coat in flour, brown in oil, make rouge and then stew with potatoes and carrots?

I have a pesky little MF that I am going to shoot and then after mounting his head on a small pike at the edge of the garden...I will then eat him

Let's seem him have more babies to mess with garden next year

Beef substitute in soups

I just braised a beaver, and that was pretty good, might work well with groundhog, too.

I read about the hairy pudding comment

I actually thought about braising it in tomato sauce and then serve over pasta

That was just the tail, lol, the body itself was excellent.  

I'm not sure about tomato sauce, unless you punch up the flavor with something.  Maybe some cider vinegar and red pepper, or maybe just worchestershire in goodly amounts.  Hard to say, I've never had groundhog.

I've had it , and it was good , but only found out what it was after I liked it LOL

the cook quartered it, soaked it overnight,  boiled it for 1/2 hr, then barbecue low and slow

with a light rub and bbq sauce to finish

tasted like chicken,

If it's this years ground hog you can cook it like you would a young squirrel or rabbit (roll it in flour and fry it in the skillet - or any other way you want).

If it was born last year it's too late to cook it like a young one.  You'll have to either boil it or cook it on the stove top for several hours in barbecue sauce (my preferred method).

How do you tell if it's born this year?  When you skin it (just like a squirrel/rabbit) you pop that knife blade through the loose skin on it's back, insert your thumbs and pull the skin apart to the head and tail ends.  If you can't pull the skin apart like that it's likely from last year and it'll be tough meat, too.  I've noticed that the meat is colored differently, too.  Young ground hog is a sort of light brown colored meat.  Old ground hog has a distinct reddish tint to the meat.

I used to stew them with dumplings. Ain't had no whistle-pig in some years.

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Works real good on Ground Hogs

I've only ever made dog food out of it. They love it. Not thought to eat it myself. Although people eat rodent all over the world, and the capybara burger I had a few years back was amazing.