Danged squirrel pulled a knife on me...More dead squirrels - now with BK9 content.

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... so I shot him.

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Field dressed, skinned and sectioned the little bugger with my BK11.

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BK11 worked flawlessly, though honestly, the initial incision would have been easier with the Vic Huntsman I had with me - thinner, sharper, pointer point. BK11's tip is better for drilling stuff and it clearly can clean game as well - not sure I'd be keen to try the Huntsman's tip to drill stuff though.

Anyway - for field dressing, the BK11 did just fine on the initial incision and fantastic on the rest - zipped right up through the rib cage as if it were made of squirrley butter. For skinning, I don't use a knife any more than I have to, but when I had to, the BK11's size and shape were both perfect. For final processing (cleaning up the yucky bits I missed in field dressing - didn't mis much - and for separating the legs and so forth) the BK11 performed as if it were designed to do specifically that.

Great knife - I get tons of use out of it!

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Beckerhead #42
 
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I've yet to have good tasting squirrel. Got any tips for cooking it up right?
 
Sport hunting is every bit as legitimate as hunting for food, but yes - we will be eating him. If not then dressing, skinning and prepping him would have served little purpose. Typically, we have squirrel in stew - great stuff! My son and I are thinking of frying this one up though - perhaps with some nice bacon. Oh who am I kidding - if we fry it, bacon will certainly be involved. :D

I'm thinking that would go well with some potatoes and maybe even some eggs. Dang - now I'm getting hungry.


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Beckerhead #42
 
Just make sure you scream, "IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!" when you shoot. I learned that from South Park.
 
Imho Squirrel has to be stewed, unless your pretty hungry. I wasn't thrilled with the taste any other way. straight up open fire spit cooked though its not terrible, especially if you can rub the meat with a little seasoning.
I like Rabbit better.
 
A friends Hungarian grandfather made an awesome rabbit and squirrel lintel dish once, always wanted to get the recipe for that one. Only time I have tried to grill rabbit I think my boot would have been tastier and more tender.
 
Ethan needs to chime in with his expertise on this one! I have seen the E2E wabbit vid and damn he cooks a good looking critter! :encouragement:
 
I seems most squirrel shootings I hear of are in self defense.

It's a small wonder as to why:



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soak the squirrel in beer, then roll in seasoned bread crumbs.
chop up some bacon, add diced onion and raisins.
once you have a good mess of bacon grease, take the cooked bacon & prey food out of the pan and drop the squirrel in it and pan fry.
 
With any wild game (except larger game, deer, elk, bear, etc.), I soak overnight in brine.

With squirrel, I roll it like chicken, deep fried, boiled, or roasted, it all works for me. Squirrel and Dumplin's are one of God's best gifts to man, IMO.

You need at least a dozen to make a full pot.

Or deep fry them tree rats after rolling them in flour and seasoning. Make wonderful nuggets, too.

I got accustomed to cooking them over an open campfire. You need indirect heat, for at least 30 mins, and a "squirrel cooker" or something akin to it,

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You can bushcraft you one as well, if need be.

I find tree rats are a main staple of woods food, when the grocery store is more than a quick trip down the trail.....

Moose
 
1066vik said:
soak the squirrel in beer, then roll in seasoned bread crumbs.
chop up some bacon, add diced onion and raisins.
once you have a good mess of bacon grease, take the cooked bacon & prey food out of the pan and drop the squirrel in it and pan fry.
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then throw the squirrel out, and eat the bacon...

been reading that squirrels have prions in their brains - spongiform encephalitis - no fun. then again, deer around here and there have been getting that too lately.
 
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