they taste delicious its just very hard work skinning them and theres not a lot of meat for your effort
sudgest gutting first then just hatchet them in half peal the skin off the rear and just cook and eat that part
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they taste delicious its just very hard work skinning them and theres not a lot of meat for your effort
sudgest gutting first then just hatchet them in half peal the skin off the rear and just cook and eat that part
I'm not sure about the legal side of it, but from the misspent days of my yoof, i can say that a black widow catty and a ball bearing will kill a squirrel. I takes a hell of a lot of practice though.
I think Grey Squirrels need to be controled. They do so much damage to songbirds at nesting time. I worked in a cemetery in east london and we put up about 50 nest boxes and in the space of two weeks 43 boxes had been raided in the nesting seson. we started shooting them with and air rifle (we thought we had about 20 in the cemmetery) in 1 month i shot 60 and it didnt look like we had made any dent in the local population. We keeped this up for two years replaced the fronts of the boxes and put up metal plates on them and any new box. Now there are still a few squirrels (we try to keep them about 15 to 20 pairs), but alot more small birds at the cemeterey. Also less complaints from the public with regards to them digging up peoples bulbs and plants on the graves.
Heres the place for squirrel recipes.
The camp stew is a favourite.
http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zsquir.html
Oh and yes kill as many as you can.
Jon R.
The camp stew is a favourite.
http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zsquir.html
Oh and yes kill as many as you can.
Jon R.
i live next to Regents park here in London and there are thousands of the little gits. would love to go shooting but some how think the Met police might have a word in my ear. Its a shame the native red are down in such low numbers i love their coats, they would make great mochisons.
Mooseman - maybe have a word with the park authority.
I'd imagine if you had permission (as hard as that might be to get) you'd be able to shoot in a restricted manner without having to explain yourself to the business end of a firearms officer.
So - has anyone here eaten both red and grey? I'm interested to hear what difference there is between them food wise (not that I plan to eat reds, well, not in the areas where it's at risk anyway - maybe in the areas where it is in a healthier and unprotected population).
I'd imagine if you had permission (as hard as that might be to get) you'd be able to shoot in a restricted manner without having to explain yourself to the business end of a firearms officer.
So - has anyone here eaten both red and grey? I'm interested to hear what difference there is between them food wise (not that I plan to eat reds, well, not in the areas where it's at risk anyway - maybe in the areas where it is in a healthier and unprotected population).
Hugh Fearnley Whitingstall has already covered this on his progs. Forrestry chap catching and killing one for him to make a banquet out of, wee, several in fact!
Some have said keep them around for food...
...I would think that if we eliminated all greys and saw the corresponding increase in reds, we'd be able to take reds off the endangered list and eat those instead.
Surely taking them off the list is the ultimate goal right?
As for "rather see a grey than nothing at all" - yea, true, but it's not that choice. It's "rather a red than a grey".
...I would think that if we eliminated all greys and saw the corresponding increase in reds, we'd be able to take reds off the endangered list and eat those instead.
Surely taking them off the list is the ultimate goal right?
As for "rather see a grey than nothing at all" - yea, true, but it's not that choice. It's "rather a red than a grey".
They already sell pretty well out of a few game dealers.
I read an article a while back that they were selling very well and indeed selling out.
LOL this is funny. My Dad retired to his house he built in northern Maine to live the life. Since then he has been having a feud with red squirrels. The are killing the birds and taking down his bird feeders. Dads been downing the ******** with a catapult, or a 22.
Of course he has also been eating them as well. Its funny you alwase eat well at my dads. Just dont tell the wife what we are eating and everythign will be fine.
Of course he has also been eating them as well. Its funny you alwase eat well at my dads. Just dont tell the wife what we are eating and everythign will be fine.
Boston073, can you explain the history of red and grey squirrels in the US?
I thought this grey v red business was a strictly British issue: the red squirrel is native to the British Isles and to Europe while the grey squirrel is an American species which in the UK one day escaped from a private collection and ever since multiplied here.
As said here in other posts the grey squirrel is more adaptable and less fussy with his food than the native red squirrel so its progression was always to the detriment of and loss of territory for the red squirrel.
My question is: your post mentions a red squirrel in America and a problem there also between reds and greys;
Is your red squirrel the same species and the British/European species? If it is, is it native to the US or has it been imported by European settlers?
If both species are native to the North American continent and co-exist, they probably have their own long-established territories. If your red squirel is an "import", then it is remarkable that he could conquer any territory at all over his grey cousin.
I thought this grey v red business was a strictly British issue: the red squirrel is native to the British Isles and to Europe while the grey squirrel is an American species which in the UK one day escaped from a private collection and ever since multiplied here.
As said here in other posts the grey squirrel is more adaptable and less fussy with his food than the native red squirrel so its progression was always to the detriment of and loss of territory for the red squirrel.
My question is: your post mentions a red squirrel in America and a problem there also between reds and greys;
Is your red squirrel the same species and the British/European species? If it is, is it native to the US or has it been imported by European settlers?
If both species are native to the North American continent and co-exist, they probably have their own long-established territories. If your red squirel is an "import", then it is remarkable that he could conquer any territory at all over his grey cousin.
nomade...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_squirrel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Red_Squirrel
Note lack of cute tufts on ears on the yank imposter... I mean species.
Since the Eurasian Red is particularly susceptible to the pox and doesn't really have a taste for bird eggs like the Eastern Grey (east America that is, not Far East) I think it unlikely Squirrel Nutkin would be causing so much bother over there, not that he was all sweetness over here - bothering Old Brown like that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_squirrel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Red_Squirrel
Note lack of cute tufts on ears on the yank imposter... I mean species.
Since the Eurasian Red is particularly susceptible to the pox and doesn't really have a taste for bird eggs like the Eastern Grey (east America that is, not Far East) I think it unlikely Squirrel Nutkin would be causing so much bother over there, not that he was all sweetness over here - bothering Old Brown like that.
Thanks for the info "Big Shot", question answered! It shows the American Red Squirrel is of a different genus to the other two (grey and Eurasian red).
I used to hunt them with a .410 or a Rapid 7 they are good eating if you have a few of them. We used to bbq them on our allotment, plenty of basting with olive oil & chilli.
Mostly though I used to skin them & give the skins to the boys with terriers & freeze them in our garage freezer. I bought an old blender from a boot sale, minced them up bones 'n all & fed the ferrets with them.
Calc
Mostly though I used to skin them & give the skins to the boys with terriers & freeze them in our garage freezer. I bought an old blender from a boot sale, minced them up bones 'n all & fed the ferrets with them.
Calc
The good side to this cull is free food for my ferrets & also they taste nice in garlic and butter
The good side to this cull is free food for my ferrets & also they taste nice in garlic and butter
Never tried eating ferrets, aren't they a bit stringy?
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