I enjoy hunting what is in season .Doves, waterfowl ,rabbits, squirrels groundhogs are on my list of animals I hunt .But my favorite type of hunting is pheasant with dogs .Three or 4 friends a pair of dogs and a seasonable cold Nov. day are my idea of a prefect day . As a12 year old it was how I mainly began my hunting career .And now 50 plus years later it is still best way I know to spend a day afield

Maybe I can add a question. How many squirrels does it take to make a meal?

Rabbit my favorite to eat, but squirrels are fun to hunt.

Most species of squirrel weigh 2 lbs or less .So you would usually have less than a lbs of meat once it was cooked and the bones where removed Some people eat the meat by itself and many others make a meal by mixing it with vegetables or noodles

I'm a die hard handgun hunter so rabbits are my first choice with blue grouse as a second

Pheasants, grouse and woodcock in that order then doves, rabbits and squirrels.

Good memories in this thread. Tramping around with my 22/.410 Stevens as a kid. I chased after the small game. Life was simpler back then.

Been a long time since I've done it but quail over a good Brittany is good for my soul

Rabbits behind my beagles with squirrels a close second.

A poor cook can ruin anything. Lately my wife puthe then in the crock pot sprinkled with garlic salt nothing else added.

It depends on how many your feeding and how you serve it. For my family of 5 5 or 6 with 2 side.

I haven’t seen a quail here, in 40 years.

I'd have to opine that ptarmigan and chukar are my favorites. Probably in part because I rarely see anybody else hunting them. My idea of a good hunt is not seeing other people and not hearing any other shots.

Jack

Grouse and Rabbit

If you're talking red aka pine squirrel then yes! If you mean red aka fox squirrel, then no. I've never known anyone to eat the little pine squirrels. Grays and fox squirrels are the ones you want to eat and they're delicious. If the squirrel you ate was nasty, I'm betting it was a pine squirrel. Go shoot a few grays and fry up the legs and I know you'll love it.

Squirrel, with running Rabbits over my Beagles a close second!

Muskrats and geese are at the top of my list. I like walking for bunnies on a cold September evening too.

Squirrel hunting is what started me on muzzleloaders. I had hunted them with a shotgun, then switched to a scoped 22, finally a iron sight 22. I wanted more challenge. Being a history buff, and after reading an article on muzzleloaders for squirrels, I bought my first muzzleloader, a caplock 32. Its been a passion since.

The gun in the pic is a 48 inch barreled 20 gage smoothbore. I was out for rabbits that day, but won't pass on squirrels.

Mallards decoying in a cornfield is at the top of my list.

Don't know where you're at in ND, west or east. I've heard squirrel from the western or Rocky Mountain states taste different because they eat pine cone seeds.
Squirrel around here eat oak acorns. And field corn if they can get it. Also, I try to be selective, shooting only small grays. Breaded fried squirrel and gravy made out of small grays are mighty tasty. Old reds, foxes and grays are tough. Old reds,you about have to run them through the crockpot to get them tender enough to eat.