Squirrel Skinning/Cleaning Picture Links?

PaladinX13 · October 22, 2000, 07:25 PM

Any pictures or illustrations on an online sight?

rr41mag · October 22, 2000, 07:53 PM

I take a pair of sidecutters, cut off the feet and tail. Cut the head off with a knife make a cut about an inch long across the back then start pulling in opposite directions on the cut until you pull his skin completely off.

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BadMedicine · October 22, 2000, 08:36 PM

We just got back from hunting. We shot 5 squirrels, and two snowshoes. The way 41mag describes is the easiest, for just the meat, but I've been keeping the skins, so it's a bit harder.

rr41mag · October 23, 2000, 09:38 PM

OOPS, naw, the way I do it I stand next to a trash can and everything but meat goes in.

PaladinX13 · October 27, 2000, 01:20 PM

http://www.silverstreaksports.com/squirrel_cleaning.htm

Pics here for those interested...

Poodleshooter · October 27, 2000, 03:34 PM

I use a hatchet on the wood block to take their heads and paws off. Very convenient.

deanf · October 31, 2000, 08:26 PM

Ok, I must ask, because I may shoot one some day: how does it taste?

Isn't a squirrel just a fancied-up rat?

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patrickt66 · October 31, 2000, 08:32 PM

It tastes like chicken! Really. Sort of like rabbit, which tastes like...well, chicken.

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Al Thompson · October 31, 2000, 09:27 PM

Dean, a common expression around here is "tree rat". They are rodents, but their diets is much cleaner.

FWIW, I find the meat dark and well suited to a crock pot and a can of french onion soup. Or you can put in some wine, onions and soy souce. Or Cream of Mushroom soup... Or.... Heck I'm hungry !! :-)

Giz

deanf · November 1, 2000, 12:51 AM

Hmmmm . . .when people start saying " . . .well suited to a crock pot . . ." I start to get suspicious.

Al Thompson · November 1, 2000, 08:18 AM

Dean - I'm lazy and like my meat tender. Pop stuff in the crock pot, fire it up, go to work, dinner's ready when you get home. Being a single guy, I like simple..

If it isn't the crock pot, it's the George Foreman grill...

Giz

Ivanhoe · November 1, 2000, 11:38 PM

If you aren't making the neighbors nervously checking the distance to the nearest fire hydrant, you aren't cooking!

BadMedicine · November 1, 2000, 11:48 PM

I like my squirrels char-burnt, with garlic

That's the way I had them the first few times, and it just kinda strikes me as how a squirrel should taste now. We used to shoot them with wrist-rockets or BB guns while camping, and garlic salt and pepper was usually the only spices we had, to cook fish with.

The meat usually has a piney taste to it, or at least red-squirrels do. They are somewhat "wild" but I like them none the less

Red squirrels really aren't worth shooting for the meat. All de-boned, they have maybe 3 good bites of meat, I could stuff it all in one mouth full. I usually just shoot them cuz...well, that's what I do, and then eating them cuz, well, I killed it.

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October 22, 2000, 07:25 PM	#1
PaladinX13 Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2000 Posts: 519	Any pictures or illustrations on an online sight?

October 22, 2000, 07:53 PM	#2
rr41mag Senior Member Join Date: June 26, 2000 Location: Biloxi, Miss. Posts: 180	I take a pair of sidecutters, cut off the feet and tail. Cut the head off with a knife make a cut about an inch long across the back then start pulling in opposite directions on the cut until you pull his skin completely off. ------------------ A son is the best friend you'll ever have!

October 22, 2000, 08:36 PM	#3
BadMedicine Junior member Join Date: July 8, 2000 Location: Anchorage Posts: 863	We just got back from hunting. We shot 5 squirrels, and two snowshoes. The way 41mag describes is the easiest, for just the meat, but I've been keeping the skins, so it's a bit harder.

October 23, 2000, 09:38 PM	#4
rr41mag Senior Member Join Date: June 26, 2000 Location: Biloxi, Miss. Posts: 180	OOPS, naw, the way I do it I stand next to a trash can and everything but meat goes in.

October 27, 2000, 01:20 PM	#5
PaladinX13 Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2000 Posts: 519	http://www.silverstreaksports.com/squirrel_cleaning.htm Pics here for those interested...

October 27, 2000, 03:34 PM	#6
Poodleshooter Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2000 Location: Floating down the James River in VA Posts: 2,536	I use a hatchet on the wood block to take their heads and paws off. Very convenient.

October 31, 2000, 08:26 PM	#7
deanf Senior Member Join Date: June 6, 1999 Location: N47º 12’ x W122º 10' Posts: 1,598	Ok, I must ask, because I may shoot one some day: how does it taste? Isn't a squirrel just a fancied-up rat? ------------------ "Anyone feel like saluting the flag which the strutting ATF and FBI gleefully raised over the smoldering crematorium of Waco, back in April of ‘93?" -Vin Suprynowicz [This message has been edited by deanf (edited October 31, 2000).]

October 31, 2000, 08:32 PM	#8
patrickt66 Senior Member Join Date: March 26, 2000 Posts: 115	It tastes like chicken! Really. Sort of like rabbit, which tastes like...well, chicken. [This message has been edited by patrickt66 (edited October 31, 2000).]

October 31, 2000, 09:27 PM	#9
Al Thompson Staff Alumnus Join Date: May 2, 1999 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,574	Dean, a common expression around here is "tree rat". They are rodents, but their diets is much cleaner. FWIW, I find the meat dark and well suited to a crock pot and a can of french onion soup. Or you can put in some wine, onions and soy souce. Or Cream of Mushroom soup... Or.... Heck I'm hungry !! :-) Giz

November 1, 2000, 12:51 AM	#10
deanf Senior Member Join Date: June 6, 1999 Location: N47º 12’ x W122º 10' Posts: 1,598	Hmmmm . . .when people start saying " . . .well suited to a crock pot . . ." I start to get suspicious.

November 1, 2000, 08:18 AM	#11
Al Thompson Staff Alumnus Join Date: May 2, 1999 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,574	Dean - I'm lazy and like my meat tender. Pop stuff in the crock pot, fire it up, go to work, dinner's ready when you get home. Being a single guy, I like simple.. If it isn't the crock pot, it's the George Foreman grill... Giz

November 1, 2000, 11:38 PM	#12
Ivanhoe Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 1998 Location: Virginia Posts: 413	If you aren't making the neighbors nervously checking the distance to the nearest fire hydrant, you aren't cooking!

November 1, 2000, 11:48 PM	#13
BadMedicine Junior member Join Date: July 8, 2000 Location: Anchorage Posts: 863	I like my squirrels char-burnt, with garlic That's the way I had them the first few times, and it just kinda strikes me as how a squirrel should taste now. We used to shoot them with wrist-rockets or BB guns while camping, and garlic salt and pepper was usually the only spices we had, to cook fish with. The meat usually has a piney taste to it, or at least red-squirrels do. They are somewhat "wild" but I like them none the less Red squirrels really aren't worth shooting for the meat. All de-boned, they have maybe 3 good bites of meat, I could stuff it all in one mouth full. I usually just shoot them cuz...well, that's what I do, and then eating them cuz, well, I killed it. [This message has been edited by BadMedicine (edited November 01, 2000).]