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Re: Squirrels [Re: upstateNY] #6690279
12/11/19 06:23 PM
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may do it tony,,do u know the squirrel pops near me are finally high now. I was spoiled from hunting them in w.va on the beech ridges as a young man and not so many here. We would clean them and in the mornin granny would fix squirrel gravy over biscuits with eggs n bacon..omg im Hungry!!!!!This past yr ive been shocked by the numbers killed on the roads...so maybe I will!!!

Re: Squirrels [Re: upstateNY] #6690287
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UpstateNY , I eat a lot of squirrel . It has one of the best flavors of all wild meats . I cut into serving size pieces , soak in a mild salt water solution over night then simmer in water until tender/not quite falling off the bone . Dredge in your favorite coating and brown in a frying pan in the oil of your choice . A pressure cooker will tenderize the squirrel faster than simmering but both produce the same result . younger squirrels get tender pretty quick so I do them seperately from the older ones . Might I suggest the squirrels done as stated above and served with a rich brown gravy containing mushrooms and onions over some wide egg noodles with hot buttered biscuits or corn bread ?

Re: Squirrels [Re: VH60] #6690289
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Originally Posted by VH60
UpstateNY , I eat a lot of squirrel . It has one of the best flavors of all wild meats . I cut into serving size pieces , soak in a mild salt water solution over night then simmer in water until tender/not quite falling off the bone . Dredge in your favorite coating and brown in a frying pan in the oil of your choice . A pressure cooker will tenderize the squirrel faster than simmering but both produce the same result . younger squirrels get tender pretty quick so I do them seperately from the older ones . Might I suggest the squirrels done as stated above and served with a rich brown gravy containing mushrooms and onions over some wide egg noodles with hot buttered biscuits or corn bread ?


That sounds delicious! Now I need to go get some squirrels.


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Re: Squirrels [Re: upstateNY] #6690313
12/11/19 06:47 PM
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I have a friend that cooked a few in a crock pot until falling apart. He took them out, removed all the bones, added barbeque sauce, mixed all together like pulled pork and took to work. They all knew it wasn't pork, but ate all of it. Did not know it was squirrel.

Re: Squirrels [Re: upstateNY] #6690348
12/11/19 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by upstateNY
Originally Posted by squacks
The above pressure cooking methods will work.
I use 15 lbs of steam for 12 minutes. Most times, I just season salt them before cooking and enjoy them just like that.
After cooking you could add just a little BBQ sauce to them.
After pressure cooking, One of my friends loves to egg wash them, Roll them in white corn meal with a little red pepper and garlic powder added, then quick fry them only to brown the meal.
You can, after pressure cooking, pull the meat from the bones and make chili. It's good!
Or, you can add the boned meat with cream of celery and cream of mushroom soup. This will make a rich sauce. Pour this sauce over your favorite pasta. I like a 3 cheese tortellini.

For skinning instructions you can try this method.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMNuLAsXnuk&feature=youtu.be
The varmint doing the skinning is me and it was quite a few years ago. It was a time of phone modems and 10 minute downloads. It was also before cell phones.

Nice quick skinning there squacks !!


That method works really good... The only problem I have with it is when I put the ball through the ribs instead of the head... they tend to tear in half pretty easy then. Lol

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Re: Squirrels [Re: upstateNY] #6690541
12/11/19 09:24 PM
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Mike:
That happens! Even a .22 lr hp through the ribs/spine may cause that. I have taken them with a .310 round ball but it best be in the head/neck area to save any meat at all. This time of year, I like a .22 magnum solid . It has a bit more usable range and can be sent through the ribs without much damage. It also anchors them quickly. I prefer to shoot squirrels in the head if at all possible but not so stuck on the idea that I am willing to go home "skunked" because of it! lol

Re: Squirrels [Re: upstateNY] #6690579
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I quarter them , roll them in flour. Salt pepper then brown in butter in the pressure cooker. Add a cup of stock and half a cup of red wine. 4 bay leaves and half a dozen juniper berries per squirrel. One chopped onion and some mixed mushrooms. ( re hydrated dried shrooms work best ) Cook in the pressure cooker till the meat comes of the bones. Let cool and pick the meat of the bones and put it back into the pot with the rest, thicken with some corn starch and serve with dumplings and red cabbage cooked with apple slices in it. And the rest of the red wine.

And thats how ya cook squirrels.


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Re: Squirrels [Re: Macthediver] #6690606
12/11/19 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Macthediver
For most my life I parboiled squirrels same as my mother did in just regular pot. Cook until meat was almost falling off bone...
I've always boiled then pan fried in oil of your choice with just Salt and Pepper..

Mac


I am with Mac on this... with the addition of rolling them in flour before frying them.

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Re: Squirrels [Re: upstateNY] #6690667
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Put them in the crock pot, cover with chicken stock, set on high for the afternoon. When they come out, the meat falls off the bones and you wouldn't know it's not chicken unless someone told you.

Re: Squirrels [Re: VH60] #6690720
12/12/19 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by VH60
UpstateNY , I eat a lot of squirrel . It has one of the best flavors of all wild meats . I cut into serving size pieces , soak in a mild salt water solution over night then simmer in water until tender/not quite falling off the bone . Dredge in your favorite coating and brown in a frying pan in the oil of your choice . A pressure cooker will tenderize the squirrel faster than simmering but both produce the same result . younger squirrels get tender pretty quick so I do them seperately from the older ones . Might I suggest the squirrels done as stated above and served with a rich brown gravy containing mushrooms and onions over some wide egg noodles with hot buttered biscuits or corn bread ?

That sounds pretty darn good over the noodles with some biscuts!! Quite a few recipes that sound real good in here.Gona have to try several.At least the grand kids will be happy to go squirrel hunting.

Last edited by upstateNY; 12/12/19 01:06 AM.

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Re: Squirrels [Re: upstateNY] #6690803
12/12/19 07:31 AM
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Squirrel is one of the best tasting wild meats in my opinion and my family agrees.

We use a method similar to the ones Macthediver, and VH60 have described. We keep it simple and let the delicious flavor of the meat dominate.


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Re: Squirrels [Re: Lugnut] #6690845
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Originally Posted by Lugnut
Squirrel is one of the best tasting wild meats in my opinion and my family agrees.

We use a method similar to the ones Macthediver, and VH60 have described. We keep it simple and let the delicious flavor of the meat dominate.


Took a little digging in my files but I found a pic of some tree rat I had in the frying pan.. This batch appears to have just a bit more oil that I usually put in the pan. Looks to be some even rolled in flour?? The amount oil may have been a oups! and I just left it, makes no difference in long run. I've used butter too but then ya really got watch heat so don't burn before browns.
This is pretty much how I've always done Squirrels pretty simple.

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Re: Squirrels [Re: Macthediver] #6690854
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Originally Posted by Macthediver
Originally Posted by Lugnut
Squirrel is one of the best tasting wild meats in my opinion and my family agrees.

We use a method similar to the ones Macthediver, and VH60 have described. We keep it simple and let the delicious flavor of the meat dominate.


Took a little digging in my files but I found a pic of some tree rat I had in the frying pan.. This batch appears to have just a bit more oil that I usually put in the pan. Looks to be some even rolled in flour?? The amount oil may have been a oups! and I just left it, makes no difference in long run. I've used butter too but then ya really got watch heat so don't burn before browns.
This is pretty much how I've always done Squirrels pretty simple.

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I want to eat some of that right now !! We got a couple more days of deer season here.Soon as that's done Im taking the grand boys squirrel hunting.


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Re: Squirrels [Re: upstateNY] #6690868
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Im goin too

Re: Squirrels [Re: west river rogue] #6690871
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Originally Posted by west river rogue
Im goin too

Come on up Steve.We got LOTS of greys here.We don't have them big fox squirrels though.I would like to go somewhere that has those and shoot some of them.We have a lot of them black squirrels here too,,but I guess they are just a different color of grey squirrel so they say.They are the same size.


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Re: Squirrels [Re: upstateNY] #6690874
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Originally Posted by upstateNY
Originally Posted by west river rogue
Im goin too

Come on up Steve.We got LOTS of greys here.We don't have them big fox squirrels though.I would like to go somewhere that has those and shoot some of them.We have a lot of them black squirrels here too,,but I guess they are just a different color of grey squirrel so they say.They are the same size.


Yep, black squirrels are a dark phase grey. I love hunting them in the snow. You can see those little coal dots way out there. This spring I saw my first ever blonde squirrel, much rarer than the blacks.

Fox squirrels are big and tasty, thought the biggest ones get pretty tough.

Re: Squirrels [Re: upstateNY] #6690881
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We have alot of fox squirrels here now...blacks are small here. Come on down T!

Re: Squirrels [Re: west river rogue] #6690986
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Cooking them low and slow in a crock pot in spaghetti sauce will make them tender. The acid in the sauce breaks them down nicely.

Re: Squirrels [Re: upstateNY] #6691012
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We started an invitational squirrel hunt on the old Marlintalk board around 19 years ago. The last one was this past September. It is held in the Shawnee National Forest on the southern tip of Illinois. It is officially a 5 day hunt because Illinois sells a 5 day small game license for a reasonable price. We have had folks show up from Virginia to Oregon and from Texas to New York. There have been a few folks from Britain and 1 from New Zealand.
This is a camping type hunt. This is NOT a squirrel hunting CONTEST.
I usually post a new invitation every Jan. 1 over on the rimfire central hunting forum.
If there is any interest in this hunt from members of this board, I can post the invite here as well.
There are usually 30 to 50 people show up for this event and it is a lot of fun if you enjoy squirrel hunting.

Re: Squirrels [Re: squacks] #6691091
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Originally Posted by squacks
We started an invitational squirrel hunt on the old Marlintalk board around 19 years ago. The last one was this past September. It is held in the Shawnee National Forest on the southern tip of Illinois. It is officially a 5 day hunt because Illinois sells a 5 day small game license for a reasonable price. We have had folks show up from Virginia to Oregon and from Texas to New York. There have been a few folks from Britain and 1 from New Zealand.
This is a camping type hunt. This is NOT a squirrel hunting CONTEST.
I usually post a new invitation every Jan. 1 over on the rimfire central hunting forum.
If there is any interest in this hunt from members of this board, I can post the invite here as well.
There are usually 30 to 50 people show up for this event and it is a lot of fun if you enjoy squirrel hunting.



that might be kind of fun.


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