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fixer1958 
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Posted: 20 Nov 2022 at 7:31am |
Youngest son with his oldest son about 10 went hunting Squirrells yesterday morning and got 7 reds. 5 were males and 2 females. 3 of the 5 males were castrated. My dad told me when we were about the same time frame age wise as they are, that the mature males would check nest for young males and bite there nuts off to lesson competition.
Ruthless bunch out there. Good eating none the less for being a tree rat.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 20 Nov 2022 at 9:12am |
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im just glad i was not a young squirrel !! OUCH !
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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DMiller
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Posted: 20 Nov 2022 at 9:26am |
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Reminded me of squirrel hunting a few (DOZENS) of years back, got a FEW Larger Red Squirrels, all Males, were hung like Jersey Bulls, getting the hide off them was like removing your own appendix, painful and Difficult. Woman we were taking them to looked at the big ones and said, Gonna take a while to get them chewable and she was right. Threw a few of them away after cooking as needed a chainsaw to slice up. Tougher than shoe leather.
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fixer1958
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Posted: 20 Nov 2022 at 10:42am |
Never had a problem with being tough. I cook them slow. Meat to me has a sweet taste. Like them a lot better than rabbit.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2022 at 10:46am |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2022 at 12:43pm |
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Was the way was taught fifty years ago!!! Tried that with a couple OLD Reds, got the cuts made only we split the back legs hide then Step down and PULL and NADA, move maybe 1/8", like dragging a lead blanket!!!
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Posted: 20 Nov 2022 at 2:38pm |
Young nuts might taste good!?
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Posted: 21 Nov 2022 at 5:32am |
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Hey Fixer,,,We "used to do" a similar method on cottontails some time ago,,,and I say "some time ago", as we have not seen any cottontails around here in several years!! THey must be in that cycle,,,We used to wait till first snow to get the .22's and head out to the sandhills and most usually bag 10 to 20 cottontails and pull that fur starting at rear legs and just PULL towards the front feet and pull the skin off in one pull!! Chit, I ain't ate rabbit in at least 10 years,,,,
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Posted: 21 Nov 2022 at 7:59am |
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the only GOOD red squirrel is a DEAD red squirrel......
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Posted: 21 Nov 2022 at 5:15pm |
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jay, why would you say something like that. some people believe that animals have rights too - that includes me.
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Posted: 21 Nov 2022 at 5:25pm |
Without squirrels and birds bidding, some auctioneers would go outta business... 
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Posted: 21 Nov 2022 at 5:40pm |
DiyDave wrote:
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Posted: 21 Nov 2022 at 6:55pm |
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Without Squirrell, Moose would be lonely.
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Posted: 22 Nov 2022 at 6:09pm |
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Good one Clay - always wanted to hear Melina Trump say - Moose and Squirrell
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Posted: 23 Nov 2022 at 4:20pm |
fixer1958 wrote:
Youngest son with his oldest son about 10 went hunting Squirrells yesterday morning and got 7 reds. 5 were males and 2 females. 3 of the 5 males were castrated. My dad told me when we were about the same time frame age wise as they are, that the mature males would check nest for young males and bite there nuts off to lesson competition.
Ruthless bunch out there. yep, ruthless bunch! I was sitting in the company truck onetime eating my lunch. I was on a collage campus, and it was September. Lots of large oak trees around. I noticed one squirrel scampering around collecting acorns. He would hide them in the grass, or tree root crotches, etc. But there was another one going around behind him/her? stealing the nuts the first one just hid! Mind you, plenty of nuts to pick up but this low life had to steal someone else's! Good eating none the less for being a tree rat. |
Edited by LouSWPA - 23 Nov 2022 at 4:21pm
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Posted: 25 Nov 2022 at 2:04pm |
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we have red ones and black ones....sometimes you see a red one with a black tail and a black one with a red tail! i think they would still taste the same!
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Posted: 25 Nov 2022 at 6:15pm |
shameless dude wrote:
we have red ones and black ones....sometimes you see a red one with a black tail and a black one with a red tail! i think they would still taste the same! |
We have quite a few black ones where I live, never heard anyone talk about the taste. Probably some ordinance about killing them like white deer.
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Posted: 25 Nov 2022 at 6:23pm |
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Have to say this, buddy one time asked me what Blue Berries or Rare Red Meat tasted like as had NEVER eaten either. Asked him if ever tried Blue stuff or Red stuff before, said could not build the courage, so I explained VERY Slowly that the taste of Blue was really similar to yellow but different as well addictive and that Red is so close to Brown but Not that to taste it might burn his tongue out. He thought I was being serious until stated Purple is weird but not as weird as Green and totally different than Violet.
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Posted: 27 Nov 2022 at 8:07am |
Clay wrote:
Without Squirrell, Moose would be lonely. |
Thanks, ever since reading this it's been stuck in my head!! I can just hear Borris saying that.
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Posted: 27 Nov 2022 at 11:09am |
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