How many out there hunt squirrel? How many eat them?

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I post this because where I live, nobody hunts squirrel, or so it seems. It's almost taboo. I find it odd because it's a lot of fun and they don't taste half bad. Perhaps it's the lack of a nice trophy when done? I'm not sure....

I went out last week with a friend of mine and his two daughters. His 11 year old shot her first squirrel and she was on cloud nine. We asked her what she wanted to do with it and she replied "Let's eat it." It was classic.

But the question remains, how many of you out there hunt squirrel and eat them?
 
In the land of toto, huh? If that is Kansas, do you have any trees in Kansas?

All kidding aside, hunting squacks is serious business. Squirrel hunting season run from Sept through Feb and then we have a Spring season in mid-May to mid-June, so it gives me many more opportunities to be in the woods hunting versus deer hunting. It also gives me scouting opportunities as well as the chance to be in the woods by myself for the most part.

Nothing like fried squirrel and gravy with biscuits.
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That about sums it up although a nice stew with biscuits is good too.
 
I kill them because they are carriers of the fleas that spread Yersenius Pestis, aka Bubonic Plague.

Die Disease Harboring Fiends!!!! DIE!!!!
 
Seriously, hunting squirrels doesn't get much respect nowadays, but there are many benefits besides having six in the pot.

1. Hone your field craft
2. Hone your marksmanship
3. Enjoy more time in the woods
4. All you need is a .22, some spare time, and a little land
5. Pre-season scouting opportunities
6. Introduce someone to firearms and hunting
7. Take a kid hunting
8. Generous season lengths and bag limits
9. Opportunity to plink if hunting is slow, shoot crows, etc.
10. Enjoy yourself
 
Yes to both. Ahhh, the looks I've gotten when I tell people I hunt squirrells and eat them. They are tasty little buggers. I batter and bake them like chicken, with mashed potatoes and squirell gravy. I can't wait for squirell season to roll around every year!
 
I held one by the tail and some of the feathers came off. I inhaled some of it without paying much attention and later on I begin to have a moderate headache. Dang, Im allergic but I love shooting this little buggers.
 
Yeah, if that squack had feathers, I bet you did get sick.

I lived in Minneapolis for thirteen years and when I told people I hunted squirrel and ate them, they thought I was out of my mind. Some flat out refused to believe me. I think cityfolk consider them cute at best and nasty, dirty tree rats at worst.

Funny thing is that for three years I lived in what could be considered a "not so great" neighborhood, and the squirrels were indeed pretty nasty. They were forever foraging in the garbage bins. I will never, I repeat never, forget the time I saw a squirrel dart out of a garbage can with a drumstick in his mouth, jump to a tree, and start gnawing that chicken leg while sitting on a branch.
 
Florida Style

My old partner and I(both over 60)hunt 'em from a boat while easing thru a river swamp.we use .410's to keep it sporting-old eyes not so good for .22's.My partner skins 'em leaving the head on.Says the brains are good.Haven't trid any myself---yet.Down here it's squirrels and rice,made as you would chicken+rice.If anyone interested,while waiting on high water on the Illinois River I have spotted many-big as a fat cat! on river banks N+S of I-55 bridge in Joliet.
 
brains...good lord no... cj disease from eating brains.. not kidding swampus.. never ever eat brains,,heard of mad cow disease? look up mad squirrel disease on the internet. and creufeld jacob syndrome from eating squirrel brains.
 
i love squirrel hunting. however, i am yet to eat one that i kill.
hunting isnt taken too kindly around here so i keep a low profile around some of my more sissy friends when it comes to eating game.

i will someday though.
 
brains...good lord no... cj disease from eating brains.. not kidding swampus.. never ever eat brains,,heard of mad cow disease? look up mad squirrel disease on the internet. and creufeld jacob syndrome from eating squirrel brains.
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This is true and not just from squirrel. You really want to avoid any recipe
that has anything to do with an animal's cerebrospinal fluid.

Spinal sushi is definitely out this year...
 
the brains have a better and less dangerous use. Use it to tan that little suckers hide.

eating brains is a very bad idea...could turn you into a zombie prematurely...:neener:
 
i mean the fine hairs of its tail.

yeah the brains are good to have but this one doesnt .
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Have hunted and eaten them for almost 50 years...Still find it challenging after all this time, especially with a .22...My current rifle (Ruger 7722 with 2X7 Leopold) has taken ariund 500 squirrels in the past 12 years....Love stew and gumbo...BTW, I can skin one in under 90 sec....
 
Well I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one! I'm not really sure why it's overlooked here. Perhaps the big box outdoor stores that have moved in have pushed people around here to hunt big game primarily. Oh well! That just leaves more squirrels for me!
 
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