Posted on 10/17/2019 7:34:02 AM PDT by w1n1
Ugh. Rats with bushy tails. Cute from a distance, not so much up close...
I used to love squirrel hunting as a kid. Just walking and observing and shooting. No one in my family ever had enough patience to successfully hunt deer. My grandfather taught me to dress and clean them and my grandmother would cook them and they were spot-on delicious, as long as you were careful not to bite into a piece of shot.
50 shades? Knowing how some people think here I though there would be a discussion of gray squirrel vs. young beavers.
Same here. My Mom would quarter them and treat them like fried chicken. Delicious.
Many years ago, the 60 year old neighbor asked my grandfather how to fry a whole chicken she’d bought at the grocery store. He told her to draw and quarter it and he’d be over in a bit. That’s exactly what she did. She drew it on a piece of paper and quartered the picture. Grandpa said he never said a word and scrutinized the picture as he cut it up for her. Honestly, a 60 year old woman hadn’t a clue. Of course, her retired military husband demanded everyone address him as “Admiral” when he never made rank. Loony toons.
there are no squirrels in our neck of the woods. NADA none.
“Tree” squirrels? Is that opposed to water squirrels? Every squirrel I’ve ever seen lived in trees. You don’t need a dog. My cats are always bringing them in to show off their hunting skills.
I’m pretty partial to squirrels. We had them in the back yard where I grew up in NJ, and the feeding of them and their antics provided us with many hours of entertainment. They actually each have their own personalities, just like dogs and cats. My folks even “rescued” one - a few-day-old baby that had fallen out of its nest. We raised Fuzzy, and had him for about 6 months until he found himself the right girl squirrel and ran off.
But they ARE rats - cute ones, because of the tails, and perhaps a bit smarter (well, some of them, anyway), but their essential rat-ness cannot be denied. I wouldn’t eat a rat, so I wouldn’t eat a squirrel - unless it was an issue of survival.
“Ugh. Rats with bushy tails. Cute from a distance, not so much up close...”
Yep, but absolutely adorable in a Brunswick Stew!
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There are ground squirrels. Go out to 17-Mile Drive in California, and go to the shore area near the end, and you’ll see PLENTY of them. There are signs saying, “Don’t feed the ground squirrels” and, of course, everyone feeds them. They’ll even tug on your pants leg if they’re impatient for whatever you’ve got.
Got a few of them around my house because of the bird feeder but I don’t have the heart to shoot them.....They’re not bothering anything.
My yard in Minneapolis is full of eastern grey squirrels. I could take a dozen a day from my deck.
My 75 foot tall black walnut tree is a magnet that draws them in from blocks away.
Ugh! I have seen them screwing with my plants, chewing off buds, etc. It’s wartime around here I got a bunch of cayenne pepper and spread all along my fence lines and gardens where they are burrowing. Hope to witness some squirrel tongues hanging out soon.
Ugh... Stringy, like rabbit. Tried it, no thanks. An old friend used to add some squirrel to his Brunswick Stew. Wasn’t so bad in there.
If you can learn discipline and how to effectively hunt squirrels, you can hunt anything.
Squirrels won’t be jumping into your lap like a city park squirrel.
Q. How is a squirrel different from a rat?
A. Designer outfit.
“There are ground squirrels.”
You mean “chipmunks”?
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