Eat a Squirrel

[DrHenley]

Web site dedicated to catching, killing, cleaning, and cooking squirrels.
https://eatasquirrel.com/

 

[The_Machine]

Chicken of the trees. Breaded and pan fried.

 

[DrHenley]

May be the only natural source of meat left soon if the WEF has its way!
Squirrel was a very important food source for the pioneers. They don't call the Kentucky Long Rifles and Tennessee Long Rifles "Squirrel Rifles" for nothing.

 

[Mountain trapper]

The only squirrels we have here are the little pine squirrels, or the "endangered" ground squirrels.
When I was a kid growing up in Oregon I hunted gray squirrels a lot. Good eating critters.

 

[rainingcatzanddogs]

Mmmm. Squirrel fritters.

 

[lonewolf]

Grey Squirrels in this area, very small, may need a few for a decent feed.

 

[Mountain Dragon]

Guinea pig? So as an alternative?

 

[DrHenley]

Grey Squirrels in this area, very small, may need a few for a decent feed.

At the BOL we have both grey squirrels and fox squirrels. The fox squirrels have over twice as much meat on them. I rarely see the grey squirrels anywhere but right around the cabin. There are fox squirrels there around the cabin too so the two occupy the same ecological niche, although it seems the fox squirrels like to hang out up near the top of the trees and grey squirrels hang out closer to the ground.

 

[lonewolf]

Grey Squirrels are not native to Britain, the Red Squirrel is the native variety but the Grey's have Squirrel Pox and have killed off so many of the opposition that Greys are only found in the far North of England .

 

[Mountain trapper]

There's some big squirrels in town. I don't know what kind they are, kinda reddish brown. I should shoot a couple and see if they're any good eating.

 

[user 7650]

I love squirt meat in hamburger helper. It sounds like a joke, but I’ve ate it since I was younger. I love squirrel hunting. It’s fun, and a good way to practice marksmanship with kids. I always used a .22 or a 410 pump. Killed a few with a good pellet gun. I tried to kill a few with a slingshot, but man am I horrible with a sling shot. I couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn if I was in the barn with one of those things.

 

[user 7650]

Mmmm. Squirrel fritters.

How would you make that? Sounds good. I might try it next time I go

 

[rainingcatzanddogs]

How would you make that? Sounds good. I might try it next time I go

Obviously you gut and skin. Then, strip off the meat. Batter, spice and fry.

 

[Oddcaliber]

Mostly gray squirrels around here. They end up in the gumbo.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Obviously you gut and skin. Then, strip off the meat. Batter, spice and fry.

Thats similar to the way I prepare beaver and coon. Only I don't gut them. After skinning I cut off the better strips of meat. I'm getting ready to skin a coon right now. He may go in the skillet when I'm done.

 

[Survivor_316]

Thats similar to the way I prepare beaver and coon. Only I don't gut them. After skinning I cut off the better strips of meat. I'm getting ready to skin a coon right now. He may go in the skillet when I'm done.

Oh my gosh, that sounds awful to me. Does it really taste good?

 

[GaRp58]

We have so few squirrels here, we only see about 10 per year, if lucky. Large rabbits and pheasant tho. Deer everyday, but they are so human shy, I would have to wait all night in camo and get close enough to get them with bow and arrow.

 

[rainingcatzanddogs]

We have so few squirrels here, we only see about 10 per year, if lucky. Large rabbits and pheasant tho. Deer everyday, but they are so human shy, I would have to wait all night in camo and get close enough to get them with bow and arrow.

You may want to consider starting to bait for when TSHTF. Get them used to coming in closer. The deer that is.

 

[EastenerWesterner]

Around me all I have is destructive ground squirrels.

If I go down into the park, I can get some grey tree squirrels.

Greys can vary a lot in color. Reddish grey, grey, black (Adirondacks), white (small town in Indiana. Not true albino because of their eyes)

 

[tmttactical]

I feed my local squirrels, so in the future they may feed me. They are safe until I need to harvest them.

 

[rainingcatzanddogs]

I feed my local squirrels, so in the future they may feed me. They are safe until I need to harvest them.

Just make sure they don't decide your attic would make a good nest. They chewed through a neighbor's soffit and then the plastic around his electric wires causing a short!

 

[Mountain trapper]

Oh my gosh, that sounds awful to me. Does it really taste good?

Absolutely. Give it a try sometime. Meat after SHTF is the least of my worries. In addition to beaver and coon I've eaten bobcat and muskrat too. They're all good eating. I don't care for porcupine though. In the old days porcupine was considered starvation food for the trappers and miners.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I feed my local squirrels, so in the future they may feed me. They are safe until I need to harvest them.

Last Fall I planted 20 acres of alfalfa for the same reason, to feed the deer and elk. Food on the hoof. During late summer we have the only water for quite a ways around here. We have a large spring fed pond and several water tanks for the cattle and wildlife.

 

[DrHenley]

Both squirrel and coon taste great country fried, they are just tough and need to simmer in gravy for a while to soften them up.

 

[Schattentarn]

In the mountains surrounding California's Central Valley we have a bit of a problem here. Mung hunters (came over here after the Vietnam War) hunt squirrels for food. They hunt a lot of them. In my area Grey Squirrels are somewhat rare. They have hunted them extensively on my mountain. But meanwhile, we are almost overrun with ground squirrels---nasty pests.

So, my question is how do we get the Mung to hunt and eat ground squirrels?

 

[Mountain trapper]

In the mountains surrounding California's Central Valley we have a bit of a problem here. Mung hunters (came over here after the Vietnam War) hunt squirrels for food. They hunt a lot of them. In my area Grey Squirrels are somewhat rare. They have hunted them extensively on my mountain. But meanwhile, we are almost overrun with ground squirrels---nasty pests.

So, my question is how do we get the Mung to hunt and eat ground squirrels?

Send them back to Vietnam. They wipe out huckleberrys, mushrooms and fish in some areas. I've heard that in some city neighborhoods, there isn't a cat, rabbit, squirrel or dog left running around.

 

[dirtdiva]

Here we have both grey and fox squirrel. Last year I killed around 20. I skin and freeze. I batter and deep fry, make a mean squirrel pie and throw in my gumbo. My property has 9 huge oaks and 6 hickory so I always have a heavy squirrel population. If I did not kill they would wipe out both my strawberries and my blueberries. They eat the fruit green. I even have some pint jars of squirrel meat canned in chicken broth that I home canned to get out of the freezer. They are terribly destructive critters if the numbers are not kept down here.

 

[Mountain trapper]

My wife just skinned and fleshed her first raccoon tonight. She did pretty good, only cut one small hole in the hide with the fleshing knife. We didn't eat these guys but we fed the dogs some of the meat and fat. The dogs are running around with the tail bones tonight.

 

[GaRp58]

There are nothing but corn, wheat, rye, oats and sunflower fields for 50 miles in all directions around me here. Wild acorns, walnuts, cashews and such are also here. The wild pigs and deer are in abundance. Pheasant, dove, pigeons are here also. I could hunt but the laws are terribly strict and fines are thousands of dollars if you get caught. Only after SHTF will I be doing any hunting or fishing.

 

[rainingcatzanddogs]

Here we have both grey and fox squirrel. Last year I killed around 20. I skin and freeze. I batter and deep fry, make a mean squirrel pie and throw in my gumbo. My property has 9 huge oaks and 6 hickory so I always have a heavy squirrel population. If I did not kill they would wipe out both my strawberries and my blueberries. They eat the fruit green. I even have some pint jars of squirrel meat canned in chicken broth that I home canned to get out of the freezer. They are terribly destructive critters if the numbers are not kept down here.

They eat my peaches!!! Three bites and then leave them on the ground to rot. Ticks me off some.