Gerald
Bronze Member
After reading another post,"Squirrel for supper tonight". Made me want to try some squirrel and dumplings. There seems to be a bumper crop of squirrels this year. It was really good when I was a kid. Our squirrel season starts Aug 15. That seems too early to me. My father told me never eat squirrel or rabbit till after the first frost. He said they had too many parasites on them till cold weather. Maybe it is where we live, I get covered in bug bites every time I work in the woods even with half a can of Deep Woods Off on me. Anyone heard of this before? He called the parasites "Wolves". I remember seeing one on a rabbit, looked like a hard knot under the skin on his neck, about the size of a quarter.
Gerald
Gerald