Anybody ever eat some squirrel before? Never have and woundering how it is...
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Anybody ever eat some squirrel before? Never have and woundering how it is...
not bad. better then cat....;P
I have eaten quite a bit of squirrel meat in the past, it's pretty good. I normally brine it or soak it in milk first and then batter and fry it like fried chicken or stew it.
squirrel dumplings with gravy. plan on at least two or three though
Grey squirrel - cooked up in shepherd's pie - my favorite meal as a child.
Red (pine) squirrel - edible - if you have an affinity for turpentine.
Thank goodness we don't have that problem here. Red and gray are just colors here.
Fried squirrel and fried rabbit are foods of the gods. Just plain good eating. Tacmedic is right, a brine soak helps.
Not as good as Bald Eagle.
One thing for sure it don't taste like chicken. It's pretty good, ate them for many years.
Only had it once as a lad, and just a small portion.
But I remember it being very tasty. Cooked until crispy.
Ate them a lot as a kid. Used to hunt them with my Dad using a shotgun. Gotta be careful of your teeth in case a bit o' lead is left in the meat.
Don't exactly remember the taste but I remember liking it... but then it was something I grew up eating.
Like someone above said: I think the meat was soaked in milk for a while, battered and fried. Little squirrel gravy with the leavin's.
I've had plenty of squirrel soup, pretty good. Never tried it fried up though.
yah, becuz ive had plent of chances to kill them but i nevr actully thought about doing it. im probully gunna give it a try on my next aventure. thanks for the opinions
*looks at squirrels playing in trees outside*
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*fetches wire, broomstick and peanuts*
You might want to check on the local gaming laws in Michigan:
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7...341---,00.html
They tend to get expensive if you shoot them out of season and get caught.
Grew up squirrel hunting and eating it. My mother use to make really good fried squirrel.
Um, that's why you use a .22...Quote:
Originally Posted by Teotwawki
Does that mean, red squirrel is not edible but grey is?
Personally I've never had red squirrel. Greys are the only ones we hunted or I ever saw. I can't imagine them being much different meat wise.
Yes, but someone mentioned terpentine in relation with a red squirrel
use to hunt squirrel with a .22 pellet rifle with some luck. and a few years back had one that had intentions of shacking up in the attic blasted that one with a paint ball gun a few times and he decided to move along:D
Ive eaten it fried and in stew with no complaints...a trapper friend out of Coldfoot, Alaska swears by his squirrel enchiladas, which were OK but not as good as his snowshoe hare enchiladas, deeee-licious!
yeah, i live pretty deep- in the woods so the chances of getting caught is very slim. but thanks for the adviceQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
I only had it a couple times in my youth. Unlike the others mine was roasted.
I do remember not likeing the taste much(may have been more a personal reaction due to my age though) and there was not much meat.
I would give it a try again as long as it was harvested far away from the toxic swamp:eek: I live in.
Ccole - If you look at that link a couple of types are legal year 'round and the others are not. To answer your question, red and gray are no different. Here at least. I've had both and I can't tell any difference (other than color) between them. They all eat the same things so I don't know why there would be a difference but perhaps there are in some places.
Red's will interbreed with grays and vice versa. So much so around here that it's now hard to tell the difference. Most are now red with a gray tummy.
who has succesfuly trapped a squirrel? that is one of my current objectives and i am having trouble i need to hear about some ones past experiance with succesful traps for squirrels, thanks
box type live traps work well and you might try the traps used for mink...they have a wire that pops up from under them kills quickly but doesnt break the skin
i have used some snares with a enough sucess rate to include snare wire in my kit.
Around here some of the guys use a 55 gallon drum with a tilting top for raccoons. the bai is in the center of the top once the animal goes for it the top tilts droppng the critter in the drum. works for cats and possums too depending on youre bait..:D
I have live traps set all summer long for ground squirrels and I've never caught a tree squirrel in one. Granted, a lot of the times there is not bait in them. Ground squirrels are pretty dumb and will trap themselves with or without bait. Tree squirrels never seem to go inside them for some reason. At least I've never caught one in a live trap.
depends on the bait. corn or sunflower seeds work pretty well most of the squirrels in our neighborhood like to raid the bird feeders so birdseed might work.
You guys are killing me. :( If you ever cook up one of the squirrels that hang around my place, the meat will probably taste like peanuts. :eek: That's because I feed them peanuts (Clarence, Jasper, Flloyd, Rufus - the whole gang) every morning at about 6:00 when they come and wait around the kitchen window.
miss owl ...bring youre traps to kens house and use peanuts...:D
@*&%$#*()&%$@#$%&:mad:
Actually, I think that's pretty smart. I'll bet Ken increases the distance each day and one day the peanuts will be laying in the frying pan. That Ken has a keen mind.:rolleyes:
Now that's not a bad thought. In preparing for a shtf scenario, bring the food to you rather than go look for it. I like it.
sorry ken. my daughter does the same thing when i mention how fat her guinea pigs are....:D
Hmmmm. Now there's a thought. Maybe while everyone is out raiding the grocery store I'll raid the pet store. Hmmmmmm.
hmmmmm.....how many gold fish to feed a family of five?
About 60 to take care of a frat house on pledge night.Quote:
Originally Posted by dragonjimm
Or only 30 if you want to reuse some.:D
Before processing or after?
Well, you know the old saying at frat parties. What goes down must come up.