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Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours #6169242
02/24/18 11:42 PM
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I caught a squirrel in a tube trap. 55 degrees outside. He was in the trap at least 5 hours before I skinned him, and gutted him.
5 hours.. do you think the meat is ok at 55 degrees?


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Re: Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours [Re: Short Track] #6169252
02/24/18 11:51 PM
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Bait. I wouldn't chance eating it but I'm picky as to how I do game for the table. And I eat a lot of squirrels.

Re: Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours [Re: Short Track] #6169261
02/24/18 11:58 PM
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Your nose will tell you.


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Re: Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours [Re: Short Track] #6169306
02/25/18 12:37 AM
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I don't see how it could go bad in that amount of time. I've had a grouse in my truck longer than that In warmer conditions and it was fine.


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Re: Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours [Re: Short Track] #6169307
02/25/18 12:39 AM
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5 hours? I'd eat that all day long.


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Re: Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours [Re: Short Track] #6169319
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I had a squirrel that was caught in a perfectly good blind set, so I stuffed him in a hole right next to the trap and turned into a dirthole. He had it coming.


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Re: Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours [Re: Short Track] #6170258
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It's way better than the ones that are killed at 7:30 A.M. and cleaned at 10:30 A
M. in August.

Re: Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours [Re: Ken Smith] #6171323
02/26/18 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted By: Ken Smith
so I stuffed him in a hole right next to the trap and turned into a dirthole. He had it coming.


This response is awesome! lol

Re: Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours [Re: Short Track] #6203203
03/30/18 09:10 AM
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that's funny there


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Re: Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours [Re: Short Track] #6203384
03/30/18 02:54 PM
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I always skin/clean in the field, and hang the meat from a cut tree branch that looks like a check mark. This cool the meat very quickly, only takes a minute, and allows the woods to settle down.


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Re: Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours [Re: harrison72] #6203752
03/31/18 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted By: harrison72
It's way better than the ones that are killed at 7:30 A.M. and cleaned at 10:30 A
M. in August.


This is the same thing I was thinking. And those are good for me!

Re: Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours [Re: Boco] #6204006
03/31/18 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted By: Boco
Your nose will tell you.
THIS!

Re: Eating a Squirrel after 5 hours [Re: Short Track] #6204012
03/31/18 12:15 PM
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Seriously, back when game was a common part of peoples diet it was common to hang game for a week or more prior to drawing or dressing. Many cooks in days gone by would not cook a freshly killed pheasant for example, it had to hang undrawn for a minimum of three days.
Check out the web for "game hanging to age" and I bet you still find advocates for hanging up to a month.

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