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we been Squirrel hunting since Feb 1st - end of deer season

this was Tuesday hunted 3pm till dark, action started about 4:30, killed 10, 2 stayed stuck in the tree so made it out with 8


this was yesterday morning, it was warm, we killed 20, 4 stayed stuck in the tree, so made it out with 16
the dogs name is Dolly

That's great! Good looking dog.

Good stuff. Looks like Dolly knows what she's doing!

RS

😎👍👍👍

Looks like fun!

I'm thinking Dolly had the most fun.......

Dang. I love squirrel hunting and squirrel eating.

My dad's and grandads dogs never saw such travel accommodations.

Hard to beat a good skirrel dog

I'm a product of the 50's. My paternal grampa was born 1893. My dad was born 1920. I was born 1950.
As a kid, my grampa and dad took great pleasure in taking me (only son, grandson) squirrel hunting.
Grampa grew up poor. Squirrel was often the difference between hungry and fed.
Due to the "Great Depression", dad was also well aware that squirrel was quite often the difference in protein and boiled pine bark! LOL!

I started with an AH Fox .410 (wish THAT was still around!) and following dad and grandpa through the hardwood forests of East Texas, chasing "tree rats"!
A lot of the kids in my little backwoods school (Class A) also hunted squirrel with dad, grampa, brother, uncle or family friend.
Today's kids are too interested in video games etc to even be interested in a squirrel, much less hunting them.

I'd also venture that there are few mothers left in this world that can produce an edible batch of "squirrel and dumplings"!

I haven't hunted or eaten squirrel in over a decade.

It feels really good to see folks that can still take advantage of a little utilized game animal that has taught so many kids to hunt....and probably kept hundreds of thousands of Americans fed over the ages.
....and to do it with dogs? Even more amazing!

The cycle of human, companion, food and family continues!

Great job folks!
Keep tradition alive!

OH!
BTW!

Don't know how you like you squirrel, but here's something I worked up and enjoy.

1 - big red squirrel, cleaned and cut up
Onion
Garlic
Potato - 1 large
Milk
Flour
Black pepper

Dredge the squirrel in flour and fry until lightly browned.
I use those little aluminum, single use, loaf pans.
Place fried squirrel pieces in bottom of pan.
Peel potato and put in pan along with onion and chopped up garlic.
With the milk, make a thin gravy with the grease used to fry the squirrel.
Pour the gravy over the squirrel, potatoes, onion and garlic in the pan*. Pepper liberally. * - if the gravy doesn't cover the contents of the pan, add milk until everything is covered.
Cover with foil and place in a 325° oven for 1 hour.
Whether you prefer canned or homemade biscuits is up to you, but start your biscuits about 20 minutes before the hour is up!
Tasty smothered squirrel and biscuits!
A meal fit for a king!

Sounds mighty fine Martin.

Skirrel gravy mmmmm

Thank ya'll for the replies, Martin - thank you for that recipe - I will try it.

I made a squirrel gumbo last week, boiled the trinity with some Tony's and Garlic powder and 7 squirrels for 1 hour - deboned the SQ and saved the stock for the gumbo. made Chicken, sausage, pork tasso and deboned SQ Gumbo, with potato salad

normally it's browned and made into Meat Rice and Gravy over white rice - a brown onion gravy - a cajun staple

we will hunt several more times till Feb 28 ... 29th this year

Looks like a blast and good looking dog!

Neat pics. Love the dog! Keep hunting and having fun. Getting ready to make a squirrel chowder for a wild game feed we are having in a couple weeks.

I knew a guy who had a dog he used to hunt squirrels, but around this area, it’s almost unheard of to use a dog.
I quit shotgunning squirrels over 30 years ago.
I find head shooting them with a .22 or .22 Magnum much more fun.
I once told our Pastor that “using a shotgun on squirrel is almost like using a spotlight on deer”!
Reon

Thanks for sharing!

I haven’t squirrel hunted since i was a kid.


Getting harder to find big hard wood flats anymore.

About the only thing timber companies leave is what can’t be cut near creeks.

I like a yellow Cur...

Awesome!! I'm pretty sure I'd get a kick out of having a squirrel dog...

We hunted tonight with some training dogs killed 3 they young dogs

and we got a Cancer benefit raffle hunt in the morning with 2 dogs and maybe 6 hunters. I’ll post pics and story tomorrow of both hunts

Not sure about now, but at one time, the "Black Mouth Cur" was everybody's "go to" squirrel dog!
....but then again....squirrel hunting ain't as popular as it "usta be"! 😉