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The Center of Camp => Camping Gear and Campfire Cooking => Topic started by: david32cal on October 03, 2011, 07:40:34 PM

Title: squirrel!...it's whats for dinner.
Post by: david32cal on October 03, 2011, 07:40:34 PM
...and dumplins and mashed taters and salad,the rewards of todays hunt. :)
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Title: Re: squirrel!...it's whats for dinner.
Post by: gelsenbeck on October 03, 2011, 09:57:12 PM
Sigh..............now I'm hungry.  

Gary
Title: Re: squirrel!...it's whats for dinner.
Post by: Longhunter on October 04, 2011, 01:49:02 AM
Looks good David but what's that green stuff? Is that so's ya won't get scurvy?... :laffing

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Title: Re: squirrel!...it's whats for dinner.
Post by: Loyalist Dave on October 04, 2011, 09:57:25 AM
[size=150]You boys need to put a disclaimer in the title that your post contains images of tasty food![/size]

Geesh some of us had to skip breakfast, and drooling on the computer keys on this cheap, gooberment computer causes short circuits!  :shock:


LD
Title: Re: squirrel!...it's whats for dinner.
Post by: Roaddog on October 05, 2011, 06:34:46 AM
That does it! Now I'm going out and get some squrriles evon if I got to go to the city park to get them. The site of them vittals made me snap. :shock:
Title: Re: squirrel!...it's whats for dinner.
Post by: Loyalist Dave on October 05, 2011, 08:06:28 AM
AGREED!

Now, I plan to try rat traps on the local ones, in areas that prohibit use of firearms.  Squirrel is a very odd game animal in the PRoMd, it's forest game, not considered a furbearer, but suburbanites can consider them a pest and use traps to get them...., disposal isn't specified in the laws..., so eating does qualify as disposal.

LD
Title: Re: squirrel!...it's whats for dinner.
Post by: rickevans on October 05, 2011, 10:05:38 AM
Each late fall, I...er I mean "a friend of mine" would sit on his deck over looking the wooded flood plain of a back yard. He is in a suburban area, lots about 1 -1.5 acres and nicely wooded with white oaks. Using a light selfbow and arrows with blunts, he would cull the squirrel herd for winter in an effort to reduce the amount of bird seed (Mrs. is a birder) to purchase over the winter. Better than trapping in the park...He has taken 18-20 a year for the past 3 years with no apparent affect on the population.
Title: Re: squirrel!...it's whats for dinner.
Post by: snake eyes on October 06, 2011, 07:59:19 AM
David,
        Yep,it is great for dinner in a number of ways.My personal
favorite is squirrel gravy over biscuits,eggs up or scrambled and
grits with butter and maple syrup for breakfast.It fuels the body for
a cold days hunt.
John
Title: Re: squirrel!...it's whats for dinner.
Post by: gelsenbeck on October 06, 2011, 08:30:17 AM
Aarrrggghhhh.  Parks.  Suburban, urban, tree rats.  I may have to start a local chapter of NURDS!  Northeast Urban Rat Disposal & Sorties in order to keep a regular suppy of the tasty morsels.  
Gary
Title: Re: squirrel!...it's whats for dinner.
Post by: Kermit on November 03, 2011, 06:04:07 PM
Gary, would that be an offshoot of the organization with nearly the same name that's in Tennessee? :happy