Supper for Gamekeeper and Nath
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Supper for Gamekeeper and Nath
Greetings from across the pond.
When supplies in the pantry run low, you guys can always resort to this... As you can see, it has that Southern charm and flavoring added...
Old No7
When supplies in the pantry run low, you guys can always resort to this... As you can see, it has that Southern charm and flavoring added...
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The squirrels would be easy to get but we don't kill the yard animals. Well, except for the cow in the back yard. We plan to eat her.
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Ha! Something about those squirrels.....I ate em for years and shot most of them with a 32-20 1892..........then sometime in my 30-40's, a buddy was calling them "tree rats". I asked him why and he said they are a member of the rodent family. Dead stop right there...never ate another after that.
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Squirrel helper At a gunshow one time, I saw "roadkill helper".-----6
Yea, we all have it too easy today.....
Squirrel helper At a gunshow one time, I saw "roadkill helper".-----6
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Maybe this can help:
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Maybe this can help:
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I once saw a box of Spotted Owl Helper( remember when tree hungers were worried about those?)
(Turned out their population went UP after logging!)
(Turned out their population went UP after logging!)
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I quite like squirrel but not so keen on Lasagna........
Squirrel pie was, I believe, a favorite of Elizabeth the 1st.
In Tudor times they would have been Red Squirrels, now they are rare as the "over paid over sexed and over here" American Grey Squirrel has taken over...
GKjr is a full time grey squirrel trapper, protecting one of the few red squirrel strong holds left in England.
I've been a squirrel hunter for the last 56 years and must say the American import has given me a hell of a lot of fun....
Squirrel pie was, I believe, a favorite of Elizabeth the 1st.
In Tudor times they would have been Red Squirrels, now they are rare as the "over paid over sexed and over here" American Grey Squirrel has taken over...
GKjr is a full time grey squirrel trapper, protecting one of the few red squirrel strong holds left in England.
I've been a squirrel hunter for the last 56 years and must say the American import has given me a hell of a lot of fun....
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There was one really broke year when I ate lots of catfish, and squill.....I'd pressure cook the squill
meat off the bones and make stew, or soup.
meat off the bones and make stew, or soup.
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Squirrel brains in scrambled eggs is good
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I never tried that....Borregos wrote:Squirrel brains in scrambled eggs is good
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I've taken to chasing TRATS(tree rat) with my blowgun. Lots of fun trying to hit them with plastic .40 blunts!
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That sounds like a challenge!GunnyMack wrote:I've taken to chasing TRATS(tree rat) with my blowgun. Lots of fun trying to hit them with plastic .40 blunts!
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I'm assuming the American Grey was a stowaway, versus being purposely introduced... but then again, nothing surprises me anymore.gamekeeper wrote:I quite like squirrel but not so keen on Lasagna........
Squirrel pie was, I believe, a favorite of Elizabeth the 1st.
In Tudor times they would have been Red Squirrels, now they are rare as the "over paid over sexed and over here" American Grey Squirrel has taken over...
GKjr is a full time grey squirrel trapper, protecting one of the few red squirrel strong holds left in England.
I've been a squirrel hunter for the last 56 years and must say the American import has given me a hell of a lot of fun....
Y2K took out one at the beginning of his Christmas break. Used my .22 pellet rifle as he likes it better than his.
We used to have red and gray squirrels up in Michigan - and some black ones! They were smaller than the others.
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No squill season in WA .....I'd trade every dang black tailed deer for an abundant fox squill population, and generous hunting season.
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Reckon that I will have to check that out. I can't believe that my local WalMart does not carry that item.
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Jay, the grey squirrel was introduced on purpose in Victorian times, that wouldn't be so bad but the greys carried squirrel pox which our native reds had no resistance. Hence open season on greys all year round and NO bag limits.Ysabel Kid wrote:
I'm assuming the American Grey was a stowaway, versus being purposely introduced... but then again, nothing surprises me anymore.
Y2K took out one at the beginning of his Christmas break. Used my .22 pellet rifle as he likes it better than his.
We used to have red and gray squirrels up in Michigan - and some black ones! They were smaller than the others.
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Of course you need a few squills as there aint much perBlaineG wrote:I never tried that....Borregos wrote:Squirrel brains in scrambled eggs is good
Pete
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After a few times being shot at with the blow gun they start 'jumping the string'. That's when I go to the RWS.
Always carry some sort of blunt while bow hunting too, we can bait for deer here and the TRATS steal more corn than the deer eat.
Always carry some sort of blunt while bow hunting too, we can bait for deer here and the TRATS steal more corn than the deer eat.
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Squill ain't bad eatin'.
They ain't like rats in habits too!
It's a bit unfair calling them tree rats, it puts me off them but I know they are good chow.
N.
They ain't like rats in habits too!
It's a bit unfair calling them tree rats, it puts me off them but I know they are good chow.
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All of the small animals with continually growing teeth( mice, rabbits, beaver, squirrel etc) are members of the same rodent branch.
I raised a grey from a pink little blind helpless baby to adulthood. I take joy from watching them figure things out.
Somewhere on YouTube is a video of squirrel on a clay bird thrower, ZING- over the fence it goes.
They are fine table fare!
My Black & Chocolate labs give em a hard time every chance they get! So far they haven't caught one, but they are putting a hurt on the chipmunk population! Funny, if Winnie catches a chipmunk and it DOESNT bite her she won't hurt it, just walks around with it in her mouth- normally tail sticking out. I just open her mouth and it jumps out. BUT if it bites her then its crunched and I toss it on the shop roof, regular bone yard up there!
I raised a grey from a pink little blind helpless baby to adulthood. I take joy from watching them figure things out.
Somewhere on YouTube is a video of squirrel on a clay bird thrower, ZING- over the fence it goes.
They are fine table fare!
My Black & Chocolate labs give em a hard time every chance they get! So far they haven't caught one, but they are putting a hurt on the chipmunk population! Funny, if Winnie catches a chipmunk and it DOESNT bite her she won't hurt it, just walks around with it in her mouth- normally tail sticking out. I just open her mouth and it jumps out. BUT if it bites her then its crunched and I toss it on the shop roof, regular bone yard up there!
BROWN LABS MATTER !!
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I'm with SIX, ate a bunch of Squirrel's in the past (thank GOD for BBQ sauce), loved hunting them, but I couldn't eat them at this point in my life--yuk... :(
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Rats and squirrels are both rodents. Rodentia is a scientific order broader than a family. Squirrels and rats are not of the same family. Calling them tree rats is as accurate as calling people ground lemurs.Sixgun wrote:Ha! Something about those squirrels.....I ate em for years and shot most of them with a 32-20 1892..........then sometime in my 30-40's, a buddy was calling them "tree rats". I asked him why and he said they are a member of the rodent family. Dead stop right there...never ate another after that.
Yea, we all have it too easy today.....
Squirrel helper At a gunshow one time, I saw "roadkill helper".-----6
I know it's a figure of speech based on appearance, but the two animals are really quite different.
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Rabbits and hares aren't rodents. They do have continuously growing incisors and must gnaw but they have more than four teeth. They are in a different order along with pikas I believe.
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Sixgun, I'm totally with you on this topic.
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Having unlimited nutria around would be handy. One swamp rat = about 10 squill....
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