Posted on 11/02/2008 9:20:50 AM PST by yankeedame
Ping!
Ate a rabbit a few years ago which had gotten into the garden, but man, that rabbit was awfully rich for me [kinda put me off the whole idea of wild game for a while].
You guys got any good squirrel recipes?
There used to be a squirrel at the bluffs overlooking Savannah that 1/2 a tail, one eye, one ear and a nub left for a front paw.He would take any food you had to offer and clutch it with his good paw, working it down by rolling it on his chest as he gnawed.He reminded me of the old joke about a nearly exactly mangled dog in a missing flyer called “Lucky”.
But lately I've been noticing that if I just leave the carcasses lying around the house, they're gone the next morning.
To the bellies of raccoons or possums or foxes or owls or other, I know not - but something out there is like a roving vaccuum cleaner when it comes to carrion.
Almost makes me want to set up a remote control infrared/nightvision webcam and record it so as to find out the next morning who's going home with a full belly.
Chris Matthews, is that you?
12 gauge birdshot or target-shot works wonders on squirrels.
You can purchase like 100-packs of it at Walmart for literally pennies on the dollar.
Also, it's good practice for getting the feel of your shotgun, and doesn't leave you with nearly the irritation/bruising on your shoulder that you'd get if you were practicing with full-blown buckshot or slugs.
I will give the fluffy-tailed vermin credit for their intelligence and persistence.
“squirrels are awesomely smarter than most people recognize”
As the landlord of an apartment building we lived in back in 1981 said (of a squirrel who got into the wall of one of the buildings);
“I hate squirrels. Squirrels are just rats with fluffy tails and much meaner.”
Just put it in a pot and boil it. Season to taste.
We had a squirrel for a couple years in the yard that apparently had some sort of condition. He'd have such a peculiar look on his face as he lay out on a sun warmed stair rail or the top of the metal swing set and um, roast his chestnuts.
We have a yankee city moron a few houses down who hates squirrels and has about as many brain cells as one. We'd been gone all day and left the dogs outside. We got home so I sent Junior out to mow the yard and not long after the phone rang. The neighbor said he'd chased a squirrel through the neighborhood and eventually caught up with it in a tree beside Junior's bedroom. The idiot shot at it a few times and when it fell dead, left it. It was difficult but I held my temper. As I hung up, I called out to Junior, "Hey, watch out for..." kerplunk, kerplunk... 1) do NOT trespass, 2) don't shoot at my house or anything around it especially anywhere near my child's room, 3) don't leave dead animals in my yard for my dogs to play with or my child to run over with a lawn mower and have to clean up the mess, and 4) idiots shouldn't have guns.
This thread is just begging for this to be posted.... lol...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iiMoK7Xkv9g
GRUMPY: ... You people all asked the same questions over and over again.
CHUNG: Did the police specifically ask you if you had a romantic relationship with Chandra Levy?
GRUMPY: They asked every, every question they wanted to ask, and every detail question they asked. And I answered that I have a PEANUT PROBLEM! Okay? I said it!!
CHUNG: And you, did you tell them that you did have a romantic relationship with her?
Grumpy: Uh, I told them everything they asked. Do I get one of those peanuts now?
CHUNG: Do you think you're a rehabilitated squirrel?
GRUMPY: I think I am a rehabilitated squirrel. Yes.
CHUNG: Okay. Um, I think we are out of time, Grumpy. Thank you so much.
GRUMPY: Those peanuts on the coffee table. . .ummm. . .
Read more at Grey Squirrel’s Page of Silliness:
http://www.greysquirrel.net/chung.html
I have hated squirrels since they got in my attic and stripped the insulation off almost 20 feet of wiring. I gotta get me an owl.
Squirrels are rats with good PR.
But you gotta love watching the little guy fighting back...
I had a fruitless mulberry outside my window when I lived in Big Bear. It had one exceptionally long branch. A squirrel jumped from one of the higher branches onto the long branch, which then swung wildly up and down. After it stabilized the squirrel ran back up the tree and did it again. And again. And again. No one can tell me squirrels do not know how to have fun.
The owl should go get checked for rabies.
"Ha-ha ha ha-haaaaaa..."
I would never train a squirrel to climb up my pant leg in search of nuts.
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