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With the interest in all things squirrel hunting in mind I thought I would start a thread on our successes. Post your hunt photos and any details youd like. Maybe your favorite recipes or how you like to prepare them!
 
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12SEP20. 0700 first one of the year with my .40 cal. Shot out of a Red Oak at 25 yards.
 
I love squirrel hunting, it my be one of my favorites. It's in the time of year when thing start cooking of and the first type of hunting since late spring. I allows you to get some exercise and get out and see what deer or other animals are doing.

I went on the other day for a few hours but the woods were just dead, funny cuz it was about a perfect morning for squirrels. Maybe they spelled in lol.

I like eating them to.
 
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I made a wash with an egg and a couple spoons of mayo. Coated the pieces and then coated them in flour. Cut up an onion and cooked it in a pan of oil. Removed onion and place in the squirrel till fried. Removed the squirrel and used the oil to make gravy and then placed onion and squirrel in the gravy. Covered with a lid and simmered a bit. Served with hot biscuits! Makes two healthy servings.
 
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18SEP20. 1530. Perfect afternoon on my oak flats. Cool air and sunny in the woods. Was in the woods for 10 minutes and had a shot. Clean miss as I shot high about 30 yards on the ground. Dont think I was settled in yet. I was still hunting and shot offhand. Hunted for about two hours. My second shot was a ground shot also. A little young one. Put the lock to full cock and set the rear trigger. As I was bearing down on the squirrel the set trigger slipped and rifle went off. Need to look into this. Squirrel hung around as I reloaded and just about the time I was priming the pan he took off. Finally had a third opportunity standing at the top of a hollow. I didnt use the set trigger and made a rested shot against a tree. The ball found its mark on this one atop a log at 30 yards. I will be roasting this one as I have cut out the carbs this week. Let y'all know how it turns out.
James
 
Man I'm getting hungry lol, I like doing the fried squirrel and gravy to, have to use bisquick most of the time tho I'd like to make some sour doe starter some day.
I like doing them like chicken wings to, my dad used to make a nice spaghetti sauce with them.
 
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Man I'm getting hungry lol, I like doing the fried squirrel and gravy to, have to use disquiet most of the time tho I'd like to make some sour doe starter some day.
I like riding them like chicken wings to, my dad used to make a nice spaghetti sauce with them.
Nothing better than squirrel gravy. Wish my Grandmother was still around to tell me exactly how she did it. I didnt have enough sense to ask these things. I was just young and hungry. I could have shot more today but one is enough really. I'm just keepin the family tradition going. I was down home in East TN this past winter and talking with an older 2nd cousin. Talking squirrel hunting and he invited me back down this Fall to hunt together but he passed suddenly shortly after. Never came to fruition. He was a dyed in the wool coon hunter at heart. I did alot of rabbit hunting with him in my early youth also. Folks think squirrel is just for kids or a primer for deer season but in my people in that tri corner area of SW Virginia, East TN, and Western NC it got them thru the depression of the last century alive. That is only two generations removed from me.
 
Squirrel's and gravy over biscuits you forgot the fried taters one of my favorite meals, still a bit to warm in my neck of the woods and a lot of leaves still on the trees, but the .32 long rifle whimpers every time I walk into the room.



Ain't that a fact! I'll miss it all 'cept maybe the tail end of the season. Eye surgery and can't see much at present.
 
Ain't that a fact! I'll miss it all 'cept maybe the tail end of the season. Eye surgery and can't see much at present.
Know what you mean had a shot in my left eye this week. It takes 4-5 days for noticeable improvement. Was 20/60 in it but tonight I can actually read with my right eye shut!!!! [retina problems from diabetes.]
 
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My squirrel huntin bag contents. Patch knife\ skinning knife, 30grain cane measure, turnscrew, some cleaning patches/ball puller, jag,and worm. Lead balls, hunk of tow for cleaning the rifle bore. Spare flints and leather. Lastly a ball starter. What do you all think? Keep the same or something different?
 
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This was a change for me. 1 sweet onion and a whole clove of garlic in a roaster. Placed in the squirrel with some salt and pepper. Cooked in the oven at 450 degrees covered for 45 minutes. Uncovered, added more pepper and cooked for 15 minutes to brown. Super tender! Meat just fell off the bone.
James
 
Your shooting bag looks fantastic. I would have that picture framed on my wall. That squirrel dinner is making me drool, looks amazingly tasty. I'm going out with my boy in the morning. Weather looks perfect, nice and cool and sunny. We are super exited, especially after seeing this thread. Hopefully we will be able to contribute to some of the great pictures and stories on here so far. Best of luck out there everyone and stay safe.
 
I always hear guys say to age the squirrels for a few days to a week, I've always just cooked them the same day they were shot. I'd like to try a salt water brine like chicken but squirrels don't seem to need that.
 
My squirrel season starts on Oct,. 1st. I have about a 200 mile drive to get to where I can hunt them, but I'm going to try and be there. Up north and in the trees. Hope its cooler up around Flagstaff.
 
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