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Iukee:
My neighbor and I were talking the other day about all the squirrels around our neighborhood. He got to telling me about the old days and how he loved to eat squirrels. And was saying that someone he knew had a trick way of cleaning them. He said he had watched the guy before but couldn't tell me how the guy did it. Any ideas???

Hillbilly:
Quickest way to clean them I've found is to split the skin across the back, stick your fingers in there, and pull in opposite directions. Then just cut off the head, tail and feet and gut it. Works well with rabbits, too. Don't know if that's the "trick" or not, but that's the way I've always done them.

cowboy:
That's exactly what I was going to say Steve. Cut all the way around the middle, fingers under the hide, pull oposing direction's. Can't save the hide that way if your planning on using it though.

billy:
yeah.  Cut the skin from the heel, to the butthole, then to the other heel (just like you're case skinning a larger animal).  STart peeling the skin toward the head, just like taking off a sock.  Get the skin free from the back legs, and when you get to the tail, cut the bones of the tail so the tail is still in the skin, but is no longer attached to the pelvis.  Then put your foot on the tail, grab the back legs, and pull.  It will pull the skin all the way off to the neck.  Then you cut off the head, get rid of the guts, and you have a nice clean squirrel that's ready for the stew pot!  YAY!

Iukee:
Thanks guy, simple enough. I've clean rabbits before no big job, right? It was just that my neighbor was very impressed, of course I don't know that he has ever cleaned anything himself.

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