RAT Tree Rats - your thoughts?

[byrd687]

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[BenchmadeBoy]

Hey, that's some good stuff! I also enjoy hunting squirrels. I've always wondered how to process them for food. Any favorite recipes or methods for cooking? Any diseases or parasites endemic to squirrel meat I should be aware of?

 

[shotgunner11]

I've poped my fair share of the little devils but mostly for "pest control" reasons (it's what I do for a living).

I did "hunt" them for most of my youth and ate alot of them.

They are about the most fun you can have busting caps.

 

[RJT64]

I usually spend all of deer season being annoyed by them and then in January when I have time to hunt for them they are nowhere to be seen! I really should spend a day earlier in the year hunting for them this season. Now the big question is which RAT knife works best for skinning/cleaning a tree rat?

 

[adaman04]

I usually spend all of deer season being annoyed by them and then in January when I have time to hunt for them they are nowhere to be seen! I really should spend a day earlier in the year hunting for them this season. Now the big question is which RAT knife works best for skinning/cleaning a tree rat?

Izula or RC-3 for sure! But if you're skinning them the right way, any knife will do.

 

[PastorMarko]

That is one of the best presentations I have ever seen.
Thanks so much for sharing, I saved that to my hard drive.

 

[byrd687]

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[kgd]

Excellent post - thanks so much. I saved that one to my harddrive!

 

[s12.aaxtell]

I am curious, what does squirrel taste like? I have never met anyone who has claimed to eat it before.

 

[rmc85]

Great post and super cool pdf. I saved a copy so I can go back to it!

 

[Odaon]

Never hunted before to tell you the truth, I've been wanting to get out a do a little squirrel hunting to see what it's like.

 

[Ron Athay]

Go ahead. Rub it in. ALL squirrel hunting is illegal in Washington. Why? I do not know. But I do not like it.

 

[rmc85]

Go ahead. Rub it in. ALL squirrel hunting is illegal in Washington. Why? I do not know. But I do not like it.

What about squirrel "finding"?

"I swear officer, I've been looking for that bullet all day! I'm glad that squirrel found it before it hit something important."

 

[hoopster]

Go ahead. Rub it in. ALL squirrel hunting is illegal in Washington. Why? I do not know. But I do not like it.

Washington state or Washington D.C.?

 

[beatle bailey]

Washington state
8. Protected Wildlife:
It is illegal to hunt, kill, possess, or control
protected wildlife. Protected wildlife are:
Cascade golden-mantled ground, golden
mantled ground, Washington ground, red,
Douglas, northern flying and western gray
squirrels; steller and California sea lions;
seals; dolphins; porpoises; whales, green sea,
loggerhead sea and painted turtles; Larch
Mountain salamanders; pygmy whitefish,
margined sculpins; Olympic mudminnows;
cony or pika; North American lynx; common
loon; least, yellow-pine, Townsend’s red-tailed
chipmunks; hoary and Olympic marmots;
wolverines; California mountain kingsnakes;
all birds not classified as game birds, except,
starlings, house sparrows, rock doves (pigeons)
and magpies; all bats, except when found in
or immediately adjacent to a dwelling or other
occupied building.

 

[pcboss2]

Sounds like a boring state.

 

[7rip13a]

This is really cool. Like others above, I've never had the experience of hunting before, but when I get the chance to move to a place where it's more acceptable, will definitely be using this guide to get me some squirrel. Nice RAT knives too, I've got the same combo.