2020 hunting picture thread.

[Arkansas Paul]

Went squirrel hunting this morning.
Didn't get many, but enough to make a pot of squirrel and dumplings. They're simmering right now. I added one more after the pic, so there's 4 in the pot.

 

[FL-NC]

The only turkey I saw this year was an hour ago on the side of highway 85, feeding on the shoulder.

 

[Patocazador]

The only turkey I saw this year was an hour ago on the side of highway 85, feeding on the shoulder.

I've seen dozens of turkeys this year ... all hens.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

This is the best part about squirrel hunting.

 

[hps1]

Unfortunately, was unable to get after them this season and freezer thinning out.


But that doesn't keep me out of the back yard, so long as mesquite still grows & they're still raising beef in Texas.



Regards,
hps

 

[der Teufel]

It's a losing battle, but I'm doing what I can to thin the hog population in central Texas —

 

[Armored farmer]

This is the best part about squirrel hunting.

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I've been shooting squirrels since I was a boy...never had squirrel stew!
Share recipe?

Oh, and congrats!

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I've been shooting squirrels since I was a boy...never had squirrel stew!
Share recipe?

Oh, and congrats!

That's actually just squirrel and dumplings.
Just use your favorite chicken and dumplings recipe, but instead of chicken use 3-4 squirrels.

I use Paula Deen's recipe that can be found here.
https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/chicken-dumplings/

I boiled these for an hour and a half before they were to my desired tenderness, so it does take a little longer. Good payoff though.
My wife and daughter have lived in the subdivision too long and won't eat squirrel, so I had that pot of dumplings to myself. lol

 

[Armored farmer]

My wife is an excellent chef and a hearty farm wife.....
But she doesnt do squirrel.
Wont cook it....wont eat it.
That may be why I handicap myself with a flintlock or a .22 handgun for squirrel hunting.

 

[Alaskan Ironworker]

Got this piggy in Hawaii in early march. Will hopefully have a black bear soon if I can keep the grizzlies off the bait.

 

[Skoghund]

That squirrel stew looks good. We used to shoot a lot of them in England when we had vermin shoots. As they are classed as vermin they were left where they fell. The grey squirrels carry, Squirrel pox, that is deadly for the native red squirrels You can buy sectional poles for drey poking . We only have red squirrels here in Sweden and i think there is more meat on a butchers pencil than on one of those.

 

[hq]

Roe deer buck spring season has been underway for three weeks now. A very nice mature buck has been showing up near my feeder but not touched it (?!).

After the storm on saturday a birch had fallen down nearby and what do you know, I spotted a roe deer munching on the leaves at around 10pm. A doe. Damn. But... bucks typically follow does so I waited and kept my rifle ready. Half an hour later this guy showed up. Took a .308 through the lungs at 60 yards or so, ran 50' and dropped dead under a spruce.

Pretty light here up north this time of the year. The photo was taken after 11pm, at dusk and still daylight.