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bushytail:
I`m a little suprise nobody mention Squirrel Potpie. ???With homemade dough,not the store bought stuff.I save about 6 squirrels for a batch of Potpie.Real good stuff.Last year i got 5 or 6 with the bow.Lost about10 arrows. :(They`re alot of fun to hunt. ;DThis year i missed 3 so far.Lost 2 arrows and nothing in the freezer yet. :(Some days i`ll  go squirrel hunting as a priority before deer.Then if i see a deer,thats even better,but i know i`ll get shooting at the TREE RATS.

ballista:
HAHA- squirrel prioritize hunting, I want to mount one someday with a mini selfbow in his hands and a quiver on his back ;D I hven't gotten many with the bow to be totally honest, I've gotten a dozen or so with a 17 hmr, and about half a dozen with the homemade blowgun ;D the darts fer a blowgun are real inexpencieve to make, plus they have razor broadheads on em, the one's that i've killed were put down real quick- but still want to kill one with a selfbow! squirrel pot pie, sounds amazing, with some cocacola and a good tv show :)  how do you go prepairing the squirrel? you add anything else in there with it, like stuffing or anything? thanks again -jimmy

bushytail:
I boil the squirrels until the meat about falls off.Take all the meat off the bones and prepare it like you would ham potpie with potatoes and HOMEMADE dough.Store bought dough just dosen`t compare to homemade.Homemade gives it more thickness and not so watery.I finely got my squirrel mount back from the taxidermist.Two grey squirrels on one log with a hole in it.The one has just his head and one paw sticking out the hole and the other stretched out above him looking off to the side.He did a real nice job on the mount.This year i would like to get a fox squirrel mounted sitting up eating a nut.Thinking about using my hickory bow for him.

recurve shooter:
i cant even hit the little rascles. but i can hit an apple. what gives? anyway, crockpot cookes em up good to. never try to grill one though. like eating a tire.

GregB:
I've got what I think is a better skinning method then cutting it across the back. I can usually clean at least two squirrels to someone else's one who is using the across the back method.

Lay the squirrel on his back and cut through the underside of the tail through the bone leaving the hide still attached on the back side. This cut is made right where the tail is attached to the body. The key is to leave as much of the hide still attached on the back side because it is going to be under some stress. Also extend the cut a little ways down each hind leg where the white belly hair and dark hair meet. Then with your thumb separate a little of the hide from the body a little at the back. Then I usually find a step or something solid to step on with an edge on it. Lay the tail on the solid surface with the body extending off the edge and you're holding the squirrel by the hind legs.

Now pull the squirrel by the hind legs while at the same time holding the tail down with your foot. If set up correctly, it will pull off like taking off a tee shirt. When you get to the front legs, pull each one out and continue removing the hide until you reach the head. It will leave a little hide on the belly out from the hind legs and also some on the hind legs themselves. While still standing on the tail, you can peal the skin off the hind legs as well. Then break the leg bones and cut off the head to separate all from the body. This leaves very little hair behind if done correctly. Cut down between the legs and out the butt area. Cut up through the chest and out the neck. Remove the entrails. Wash out and you're done!

Sounds involved, but I've hunted squirrels since I was a kid and have skinned them both ways. This way once mastered is far better then cutting across the back, take my word on this!  ;D

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