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Offline Donaye37

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how to cook squirrel
« on: April 15, 2013, 10:13:51 AM »
what is the best way to cooking squirrel, i have to full carcasses in the freezer from this weekend? im excited since i have harvested it myself, ive only eaten squirrel from other peoples.
im just a country boy..hunting with hounds and training horses.

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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2013, 10:25:17 AM »
lay it out on a cedar plank, grill it, then toss the squirrel and eat the plank  :chuckle:

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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2013, 10:25:34 AM »
Where did ya bag 'em?

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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2013, 10:26:36 AM »
Alot of people that dont know how to prepare food say things like that ^

but cooks.com says

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,how_to_cook_squirrel,FF.html

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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2013, 10:31:54 AM »
Any pics from the hunt?

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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2013, 10:32:41 AM »
lay it out on a cedar plank, grill it, then toss the squirrel and eat the plank  :chuckle:

Beat me to it  :chuckle:
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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2013, 10:35:35 AM »
I like grey squirrel slow cook in a crock pot with some dumplings.

Fox squirrel I'll fry them up with smashed potatoes, and good old brown gravy  :drool: 

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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2013, 10:40:38 AM »
Where did ya bag 'em?
got em with my hound a little outside of cheney. perfect spot for squirrel and chipmunk, so i just take my hound out to keep her nose sharp til next rabbit season.
im just a country boy..hunting with hounds and training horses.

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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2013, 10:42:22 AM »
I would slow cook them until they are tender.

BTW, I'm pretty sure it is illegal to shoot chipmunks anywhere/anytime.   :dunno:  And why would you, they're too small to eat and they are not vermin or pests?

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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2013, 10:48:07 AM »
yep....what lokidog said.....are you sure you want that pic up regarding the chipmunks?

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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2013, 10:49:09 AM »
 :yike: :bdid:

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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2013, 10:49:36 AM »
Take a look:



WAC 232-12-011
 
Agency filings affecting this section




Wildlife classified as protected shall not be hunted or fished.
 
  Protected wildlife are designated into three subcategories: Threatened, sensitive, and other.

      (1) Threatened species are any wildlife species native to the state of Washington that are likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout a significant portion of their range within the state without cooperative management or removal of threats. Protected wildlife designated as threatened include:

 



Common Name
 
Scientific Name
 


western gray squirrel
 
Sciurus griseus
 


Steller (northern)

      sea lion
 
Eumetopias jubatus
 


North American lynx
 
Lynx canadensis
 


ferruginous hawk
 
Buteo regalis
 


marbled murrelet
 
Brachyramphus marmoratus
 


green sea turtle
 
Chelonia mydas
 


loggerhead sea turtle
 
Caretta caretta
 


sage grouse
 
Centrocercus urophasianus
 


sharp-tailed grouse
 
Phasianus columbianus
 


Mazama pocket gopher
 
Thomomys mazama
 


     (2) Sensitive species are any wildlife species native to the state of Washington that are vulnerable or declining and are likely to become endangered or threatened in a significant portion of their range within the state without cooperative management or removal of threats. Protected wildlife designated as sensitive include:

 




Common Name
 
Scientific Name
 


Gray whale
 
Eschrichtius gibbosus
 


Common Loon
 
Gavia immer
 


bald eagle
 
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
 


Peregrine Falcon
 
Falco peregrinus
 


Larch Mountain

      salamander
 
Plethodon larselli
 


Pygmy whitefish
 
Prosopium coulteri
 


Margined sculpin
 
Cottus marginatus
 


Olympic mudminnow
 
Novumbra hubbsi
 


     (3) Other protected wildlife include:

 



Common Name
 
Scientific Name
 


cony or pika
 
Ochotona princeps
 


least chipmunk     
 
Tamius minimus
 


yellow-pine chipmunk
 
Tamius amoenus
 


Townsend's chipmunk
 
Tamius townsendii
 


red-tailed chipmunk
 
Tamius ruficaudus
 


hoary marmot
 
Marmota caligata
 


Olympic marmot
 
Marmota olympus
 


Cascade

 golden-mantled

      ground squirrel
 
Spermophilus saturatus
 


golden-mantled

      ground squirrel
 
Spermophilus lateralis
 


Washington ground

      squirrel
 
Spermophilus washingtoni
 


red squirrel
 
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
 


Douglas squirrel
 
Tamiasciurus douglasii
 


northern flying squirrel
 
Glaucomys sabrinus
 


wolverine
 
Gulo gulo
 


painted turtle
 
Chrysemys picta
 


California mountain

      kingsnake
 
Lampropeltis zonata

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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2013, 10:50:03 AM »
BTW, I'm pretty sure it is illegal to shoot chipmunks anywhere/anytime.   :dunno:  And why would you, they're too small to eat and they are not vermin or pests?

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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2013, 10:51:36 AM »
Another epic post...... :chuckle:
Should have a flashlight and a video camera mounted on the gun to make it even better...
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Re: how to cook squirrel
« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2013, 10:53:22 AM »
Is that a sawed off lol

 


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