How to cook grey squirrels

[Largemouth21]

I shot 4 this weekend. Beautiful day to be out. Now how do I cook em. Supposedly they're really good.

[Crappiebasser]

I have only seen them skinned, filleted and cooked into stew or dumplings. I've never seen squirrel eaten by itself. 

[Jeff H]

I've eaten many right off the grill soak/marinate if you wish and throw 'em on the grill.

[david in va]

this time of year here in Virginia , they still have wolves in them. We never killed them for eating until cold weather 

[Largemouth21]

17 hours ago, david in va said:

this time of year here in Virginia , they still have wolves in them. We never killed them for eating until cold weather 

wolves??

 

[david in va]

Parasites (Bot Fly)  we call them wolves

[riverbasser]

This^^^  should be noticable when cleaned. Cold weather gets rid of em.

 

 

 

I fry squirrel

[Largemouth21]

12 hours ago, riverbasser said:

This^^^  should be noticable when cleaned. Cold weather gets rid of em.

 

 

 

I fry squirrel

One of the ones I shot had some hair missing in a small spot and a circular shaped hole. Is this from those parasites??

[david in va]

37 minutes ago, Largemouth21 said:

One of the ones I shot had some hair missing in a small spot and a circular shaped hole. Is this from those parasites??

Yes

[Largemouth21]

6 minutes ago, david in va said:

Yes

I let a coon have it

[riverbasser]

Google it for a better idea

[david in va]

If you wait until after a good killing frost , they want have them, they get into rabbits too

[12poundbass]

I had to take a bot fly larva out of a kitten before. Most disgusting thing I've ever done/seen. I'll gut a deer all day long but I'd have a hard time taking another bot fly out. 

 

P.s. people can get them too

[MickD]

A friend of mine had one taken out of his forehead.  Got it in the tropics.  He could feel it moving around in there.  Only one of many doctors in the states knew what it was and how to handle it.  

[Cak920]

You can make squirrel pretty much any way you make chicken. Same with rabbit

[Largemouth21]

On 10/7/2017 at 7:10 PM, MickD said:

A friend of mine had one taken out of his forehead.  Got it in the tropics.  He could feel it moving around in there.  Only one of many doctors in the states knew what it was and how to handle it.  

i feel sorry for your friend! I wonder how it got in there in the first place

[12poundbass]

3 hours ago, Largemouth21 said:

i feel sorry for your friend! I wonder how it got in there in the first place

The larva burrows into your skin and feeds off from the inside of your skin. Once it reaches maturity it'll come out. They have little burrs on them that makes taking them out a bit tricky. Pretty gross.

[scaleface]

I'mfixing  squirrel today . I'm going to attempt the way my Mom use to cook them . Some of the best eating I ever had . Fry  them . Then make gravy with the drippings , throw squirrel and gravy in a crock pot and cook for several hours . I'm going to add a can of mushrooms .

[Bluebasser86]

On 10/4/2017 at 8:28 AM, riverbasser said:

Google it for a better idea

Googled it, wish I hadn't 

[MDBowHunter]

My buddies dad hunts them a ton and he cuts them up breads them and frys them. He cooks them outside usually while were sitting around having some beers, they are the bomb done like this!!!

 

[scaleface]

They are in the crock pot . Fried then made some gravy then added some mushrooms and dumped in the slow cooker .

 

 

[scaleface]

It was delicious .  First time my son had squirrel . He loved it . Just flour gravy and I used both water and milk . 

[N Florida Mike]

Fried ! But I'm not sure 4 would be enough !! 

[scottyboy]

Squirrel and dumplin's

Take four good Squirrels and boil them until tender, Take meat off the bones but save the broth, cut up 5-6 cans of cheap always save biscuits.  

Cut up each biscuit into 4 sections and roll each piece in a milk and butter batter and finally flour them. Now add seasonings and the squirrel meat eat to the broth. Get it boiling good and dump in your biscuits for about 20 min.    Talking about good!  This recipe usually requires sweet Tea and a foot stool  {Bot flies are optional} 

[jbsoonerfan]

5 hours ago, scottyboy said:

Squirrel and dumplin's

Take four good Squirrels and boil them until tender, Take meat off the bones but save the broth, cut up 5-6 cans of cheap always save biscuits.  

Cut up each biscuit into 4 sections and roll each piece in a milk and butter batter and finally flour them. Now add seasonings and the squirrel meat eat to the broth. Get it boiling good and dump in your biscuits for about 20 min.    Talking about good!  This recipe usually requires sweet Tea and a foot stool  {Bot flies are optional} 

Johnny Cash would approve!