Opening day of squirrel season results

[Daezee]

Fired four shots and got three. Neighbor lets me hunt for two weeks a small strip of his land where the deer don’t bed down in. Saw six. Two outside my hunting zone. Two out of shotgun range. Two in range that I got. I then took a stroll in my goat pasture. Saw one and got it.

20 gauge CZ Bobwhite. One bbl set for full choke and other bbl improved cylinder for short or longer distance if I don’t goof and pull the wrong trigger. #6 shot.

 

[BluesBrother]

Do you eat squirrel? If you do the hind legs is the only part that has meat, right?

 

[woodsy85]

Too many worms this time of year here in the Deep South. December-January is prime time for a squirrel fry.


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[DixieReb]

Do you eat squirrel? If you do the hind legs is the only part that has meat, right?

We eat the hind quarters, the back strap and front shoulders

 

[capt.joe]

Oh i know what im doing in the morning!

 

[Daezee]

Yep I eat ‘em! I’m not a great cook, so here’s what I do. Small ones just use front and rear legs. Big ones use legs and body.

Soak meat in salt water a couple of days. Put 4 squirrels in crock pot with beef stock. Cook at low for 8 hours or until meat is tender. Debone. Put in oven at 350 degrees with bbq sauce slathered on until meat is hot. Let cool and eat.

Came out of my shed and saw pine nuts raining down. Told wife I’m gonna shoot. Sat in folding chair watching the tree until I saw it. Just got my 4th of the season about 10 minutes ago.

 

[Fodderwing]

Squirrel is an excellent substitute for chicken in your favorite chicken and rice recipe, aka squirrel purleaux.

I had some good squirrel gumbo when I lived in Louisiana.

 

[BluesBrother]

We have a few feral cats in the neighborhood when they are lucky enough to catch a squirrel they eat everything but the tail.

 

[Longtooth]

Yep I eat ‘em! I’m not a great cook, so here’s what I do. Small ones just use front and rear legs. Big ones use legs and body.

Soak meat in salt water a couple of days. Put 4 squirrels in crock pot with beef stock. Cook at low for 8 hours or until meat is tender. Debone. Put in oven at 350 degrees with bbq sauce slathered on until meat is hot. Let cool and eat.

Came out of my shed and saw pine nuts raining down. Told wife I’m gonna shoot. Sat in folding chair watching the tree until I saw it. Just got my 4th of the season about 10 minutes ago.

Today I learned that there is a season on these things down here.

Growing up in the North, we used to just kill them whenever we saw them. They would get in our feed bins and make a mess. Farmers hated them getting around the barns.

 

[SlimSights]

This was last year. We hunt state land so we can’t go until November. It’s something my family and I look forward to every year. We soak em in a concoction and have a big squirrel fry. Fun to shoot and good to eat! Don’t worry I have the coon away to some other folks.

 

[Daezee]

Got back from borrowing a couple of 7mm bullet molds to find more pine seeds raining down. Spotted the squirre, got out the suppressed .22 this time, and got the 5th squirrel of the season. Swept pine seeds off some objects in the area so I can see if more squirrels come.

 

[GreeZdLightNin]

...theres a squirrel *season*?

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Got back from borrowing a couple of 7mm bullet molds to find more pine seeds raining down. Spotted the squirre, got out the suppressed .22 this time, and got the 5th squirrel of the season. Swept pine seeds off some objects in the area so I can see if more squirrels come.

Do you like using the .22 better or the shotgun?? I grew up using the 22 but would like to try the shotgun on some.

 

[Daezee]

Do you like using the .22 better or the shotgun?? I grew up using the 22 but would like to try the shotgun on some.

Shotgun. Squirrels move around too quick for ME, but in this case this squirrel would sit and eat.

 

[capt.joe]

I got one before the wind kicked up. Then had to go get a ladder and my 14ft surf rod to knock him out of a crook he fell into lol.

 

[airspeed272]

How are you guys cooking them? I hunted them often in Colorado and could never get a good recipe dialed in to get rid of the game taste. Tried a few different ways including soaking them in buttermilk and then tried milk overnight, frying, grilling etc

 

[capt.joe]

Like one of the other guys said, just about any chicken recipe works. Ive got mine soaking in a salt brine. I might boil it in chicken broth, debone, and add dumplings. Or stew it down in some gravy, with biscuits, and mashed taters.

 

[War-Buff]

My brother and I hunted them with our Remington Nylon .22s (I still have mine) back when we were kids in Michigan. Mom fried them for us & we enjoyed it.

 

[SlimSights]

How are you guys cooking them? I hunted them often in Colorado and could never get a good recipe dialed in to get rid of the game taste. Tried a few different ways including soaking them in buttermilk and then tried milk overnight, frying, grilling etc

Soaking them in a shot of vinegar to a half- gallon of water helps with gaminess. Salt, pepper, and flour. Then we fry them like back-strap. Making a gravy afterwards, and simmering the bigger ones in it, after being browned.