Squirrel Trouble Again

[Dingeryote]

Well they are just rats with pretty tails

The Red squirrels are, and they are the worst.

Had a plague of the **** things at our north field Barn and MIL's house.

Big blob of peanut butter, with Hawk brand Rat poison pellets mixed in, placed on a fence post near the tree line, thinned them out.
Rat Traps in the attic, and barn loft, got a bunch too.

The Rat Bait chunks scattered in the attic didn't even phase them for some reason.
Different poison.

 

[creekbend]

We have abundant numbers of Squirrels in our 5 acres of trees. The population flutuates from year to year. Our outside dogs kill all the squirrels and rabbits that go into our fenced in yard. When our Son and I take our inside dog for her two daily runs, we use the golf cart to ride the trails. Out inside dog will chase squirrels and even attempt to climb a tree to get the squirrels. You can't eat a squirrel after a dog gets it. There's not much left, even for Stew.

 

[DieselnHooters]

They are good eating and make great pot pies.

First I thought you folks were joking but now I am not so sure ?

If I was to try those I'd better do my cooking and stewing in secret or someone would have me committed lol

I found even cats will seldom eat them, they follow their instincts and will chase and kill but they usually prefer their chow

 

[Ed of all trades]

If you had grown up in the country down here you would know that squirrel is good to eat and that is no joke. I have eaten many as have most in my area. It is a shame that your culture keeps you from such good eating.

 

[PMA]

Don't know how y'all can afford .410 shells. Can buy at least three boxes of 12 or 20 gauge for the same price.

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[KPark]

They don't bother the vehicles here, as we have plenty of butternut trees to keep them busy. I thin them out every couple years, but like to keep some around to keep the butternuts off the lawn (mower doesn't like them). I use .22 CB's to dispatch them.

I know gray squirrel is edible, but didn't think the red ones were (or at least not as good).

 

[Baby Grand]

If you had grown up in the country down here you would know that squirrel is good to eat and that is no joke. I have eaten many as have most in my area. It is a shame that your culture keeps you from such good eating.

Now my mouth is watering ... I'll have to give it a try.
Maybe on skewers over a campfire?

 

[pilotman]

Roll in flour fry in hot cast iron pan, use cracklins to make squirrel gravy for mashed potatoes. Yum:licking::licking:

 

[Stimw]

I use to know a POS from Lousiana who's wife bragged about her "Squirrel Brain Gumbo"!!!!
She froze the heads in water until she got enough (cooked the rest of the squirrel) then she parboiled them in a skillet of water. I saw her shuck the little heads. She took out the tongue, jaw mussles and brain and added it to her Gumbo.
NO!! I never tried it!! And he was a POS because he robbed my house while I was at work one day. (the legal system did nothing)

Also had a neighbor from "Down Home" when I lived in Cincinnati who used to shoot the squirrels out of our walnut tree so he could eat them! My dad didn't mind because he always ate them. He didn't have to, he had a good job but he liked them!

 

[Chilly807]

Now my mouth is watering ... I'll have to give it a try.
Maybe on skewers over a campfire?

Let's just say they're kinda chewy when you cook 'em that way.. stewed or slow cooked is the best way I've heard of.

Sean

 

[rekees4300]

Make my day!

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[sixdogs]

We bought an old farmhouse 30 years ago that had lots of chipmunks and squirrels around and some got in the house. I forget the exact number I killed but i'm thinking 75. I used a pellet rifle with flat tipped pellets and body shots. Then we got a cat problem solved.

 

[dmccarty]

Squirrel is a traditional ingredient in Brunswick stew in NC and in KY they have Burgoo(sp) that sounds like a similar dish. I think most people just eat the Squirrels fried or sauteed. Squirrel brains in scrambled eggs is a traditional dish in the South. I just read that there are cases linking Squirrel brain consumption to Mad Cow diseases.

Later,
Dan

 

[Ed of all trades]

We always, parboiled them, (boiled them until they were mostly done) and then coated them with flour and fried them in lard. I know lard is not good for you but it tastes better than what we use now. When they are done take them out and make gravy with the drippins. GOOOOOD!!!! :squirrel: :drool:

 

[Pilot]

Squirrel populations vary from year to year with the feed crop. Poor seed crop, fewer squirrels. Lots of trees that produce large seeds, the seed crop differences may not show much. A few years ago we had them under the house, in the garage, in the barn. Live trapped and drowned them. Next year, no seed crop, no squirrel problem.

When we moved into our house in the woods in Montana we had a lot of them, but after 3 years we hardly saw any more. May have been the seed crop or may have been our cat, or a little of both.

 

[masscity]

We had red squirrels everywhere in 2007-8. My neighbor shot 275 in 07 and 150 in 08. We shot a lot here, but we didn't keep track of them.

We still have winter here, snow everywhere and 8 degrees last night. I managed to get two so far.

I have a weasel living here that likes the free meals he gets when I shoot squirrels.

 

[MacLawn]

Oh yeah, we eat'em alright! And me hound helps out getting rid of the rascals. One she caught yesterday before he could get up a tree:

 

[Bird]

Squirrel is a traditional ingredient in Brunswick stew in NC and in KY they have Burgoo(sp) that sounds like a similar dish. I think most people just eat the Squirrels fried or sauteed. Squirrel brains in scrambled eggs is a traditional dish in the South. I just read that there are cases linking Squirrel brain consumption to Mad Cow diseases.

Later,
Dan

When I was a kid, we killed and ate every squirrel we could find; always fried. And when we skinned them, we skinned the head, too. Thoroughly washed and then fried along with the rest of the squirrel, the head gave you one good bite of meat from each cheek, and then we cracked open the head and ate the brains, too. And I've read some of the stories of the illnesses caused by eating squirrel brains. Maybe I can use that as an excuse for the way I am.:laughing:

I never heard of using squirrel brains in scrambled eggs, but calf brains in scrambled eggs is very good. It seems that the grocery stores used to all have the calf brains, but I don't know of any that do anymore since the mad cow scare. And there used to be one very popular 24 hour a day restaurant in Dallas that had calf brains and scrambled eggs on the menu. And when we butchered hogs, we had hog brains in the scrambled eggs, too. However, I've never seen hog brains in a grocery store or on a café menu.

 

[M E Race]

Squirrel is some of the best wild game there is, but the old timers will tell you that it's not right unless you leave the heads on so you can pick the brains out. I cut the head off when I skin em.