Putting food on the table with primitive weapons

[Loja man]

I have been inspired! I love hunting and eating squirrels! I was unaware there was a spring squirrel season in Kentucky till just now. All this talk of hunting and eating them fired me up! I wish my traditions Kentucky build was done to take out! Oh well, just have to take out the New Englander! Here’s a pic from a fall hunt!

 

[Colterkid]

Believe it or not, chicken. Squirrel dumplins is as good as chicken in NC. Of course, it ent called dumplins in NC. "Chicken and Dumplins" is Chicken Pastry in NC... so Squirrel Pastry.

Yep, in North Carolina, it's Squirrel Dumplings. Of course my wife calls them "rats", so my reply is " fix me some rat dumplings".

 

[Loyalist Dave]

LOVE IT

And I love the haircut....,

Uncle Sam cut off all my hair in 1984..., it never grew back right, so I have kept it really short ever since.


LD

 

[Christophero]

The fox squirrels we have in SW Ohio taste too nutty to compare to chicken or rabbit, and I've eaten plenty of all three. An older boar can be very tough, parboiling or pressure cooking is in order. My Grandma made fantastic squirrel meat gravy and biscuits. I watched my Dad take a squirrel when I was a young lad and then took my kids out when they were small. The 22lr would do it, but the tenacity of life for those animals prompted a build of a TC 32 Cherokee kit. That took them down with authority. Maybe I'll get into the woods again in September to rekindle fond memories with that dandy little rifle.

 

[Idaho Ron]

Fox Squirrels to me are more like pork. I really do enjoy them. I marinate them and then pan fry to brown. Then place in the oven at 350 for 20 minutes. Most of them except the old boars are fine eating.

 

[oldwood]

Squirrel tastes like squirrel. It's a unique individual flavor that lends itself to being fried , or used as is in several dishes. Groundhog amazingly is so neutral in taste , chicken bullion cubes are good to make it usable for a noodle dish. Can't continue , getting hungry.