Squirrel I have eaten. They taste good. To damn many small bones to contend with.
I forgot to add this. A dead squirrel is a good squirrel. Each year they destroy my peach and pecan harvest. There is to damn many of them were I live. I gave up on killing them.
If they would just take a peach and eat it all I could live with that. They take bites out of numerous peaches and ruin them all.
just take the hind legs (and maybe the back-strap if you want, but there isn’t much there)- leave the rest for the crows or raccoons and foxes-
there really isn’t much meat besides the hind legs- there is hardly any meat on ribs, front legs are tougher than a pine knot unless you really pressure cook them- and they are too bony to mess with for what little meat there is- Animals will eat them bones and all- some folks eat the brains and cheeks- but I aint gonna try that- they are kinda like frogs, where folks just take the hind legs for dinner-
And you have to look out for shotgun pellets as well, if you hunt your own.