I usually have a ton left over. My friends love it when hunting season comes around. That is when I clean my freezer outgraysilm said:
deer hunting opinions, att. omega
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One of my favorites actually, and yes I've heard all of the tree rat comments.
Fried squirrel with gravy and buiscuits for breakfast, nothing quite like it.
I'll probably need a flame proof suit before the night is over, but I'll have to respectfully disagree with this comment as well. Hunting purely for killing is not IMO a decent practice. However Hunting with a purpose does not have to involve eating what is killed. Coyotes, and groundhogs come to mind immediatly. But if we wanted to get down to Brass tacks we could throw in possum, muskrat, rats, mice, skunks, ground squirrels, gophers, prarie dogs, So on and so forth. There are nuisance animals that need to be killed, and hunting is a great way to take care of that.
Dave
Squirrel tastes like rabbit to me. I've had squirrel and dumplings. It's not bad. Then again, I'll try just about anything at least once.
There are some places that will take your dead wildlife for animal food. We have a wildlife park near us, and if hunters don't want their deer, they will take them to feed the wolves and other carnivores..
If you know you have more than you can eat, check for places like this.
If you know you have more than you can eat, check for places like this.
Lol...actually, we made a stew with turnips, potatos and carrots....it was very good...TheMightyQueenPixie said:
Only trouble....is getting all the dang hairs off the little buggers !! You skin em but you still have all these hairs that you can't get rid of...lol....ah well, I suppose those too shall pass !
Difference in squirrel and rabbit meat. Rabbit is white meat...squirrel is all dark meat. Rabbit tasts more like chicken....squirrel to me is not as dry as rabbit and more like...well....turkey....lol...(the dark meat on a turkey)
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What if you singed the hair off first??? just a thought...Personally they look a little too much like rat, but I will eat anything once.
Ahh Zee stench would be too much.
Squirrels are tough enough that skinning them without getting hair on the meat is difficult, but not impossible. Most of the hair that gives you trouble is cut loose when you make your initial incision through the hide. Just be extra carful during that art of the process and most hair will be avaioded. It's the same principle with most anything, but since squirrels are both small and really tough they tend to be messier when done. Groundhog is the only thing I've found to be worse, and I don't often skin and eat a groundhog.
In this state we have a "hunters for the homeless" program. Any hunter who doesn't want their meat can take the animal to a packing plant that is in the program and they will pack the meat and give it to the homeless. There is still some processing cost to the hunter, but for a small donation (processing fee) they essentially provide a lot of people with good meals. I wish they'd let us shoot a few thousand geese for the same purpose, It is impossible to walk around our lake without sliding on the green bowtie's.
Dave
There was a similar proposal in Toronto to deal with the ridiculous Canada Goose problem...They dont fly south for the winter and they poop all over the beaches and parks...Ofcourse the program was nixed...Now we have poopy beaches and a major contributor to the coliform problem.
Ahhh Prairie Dogs!!!!!!!
My favourite prairie rat memory was the day me and a buddy found a bolt action .22 target rifle at a garage sale. It was a piece of art this gun great big octagon barrel, solid reciever and for twenty bucks we couldn't say no!!
We put a bipod and a 4-12 power scope on it, set up on a little knoll and began picking the prairie dogs off from 125 yards. I think we had 4 or 5 down before the little rodents knew what was happening!! We must've gone through an entire brick of shells that day!
That was almost as memorable as the day I discovered a 7mm Rem Mag is overkill on a porcupine!!
My favourite prairie rat memory was the day me and a buddy found a bolt action .22 target rifle at a garage sale. It was a piece of art this gun great big octagon barrel, solid reciever and for twenty bucks we couldn't say no!!
We put a bipod and a 4-12 power scope on it, set up on a little knoll and began picking the prairie dogs off from 125 yards. I think we had 4 or 5 down before the little rodents knew what was happening!! We must've gone through an entire brick of shells that day!
That was almost as memorable as the day I discovered a 7mm Rem Mag is overkill on a porcupine!!
