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mr crab · #1 10-01-2015, 09:35 AM

I need tips on squirell butchering-prep. Plan to make a hunt this weekend, and hopefully a gravy with the meat. Any and all tips are appreciated.

swamp snorkler · #2 10-01-2015, 09:40 AM

Dont let them get wet..... do you have an air compressor? Go on you tube and watch the skinning method with an air hose.... pretty cool

T-Bone · #3 10-01-2015, 11:05 AM

This is the easiest way I have found to skin em out. Good luck on your hunt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c8OyexZ10E

duckman1911 · #4 10-01-2015, 11:55 AM

I skin them by hand then use a good pair of kitchen shears or a clever to cut them up. I take off the legs then cut the back into two pieces and trim out the ribs with shears. You end up with six pieces. Good luck this weekend MC

mr crab · #5 10-01-2015, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by duckman1911

I skin them by hand then use a good pair of kitchen shears or a clever to cut them up. I take off the legs then cut the back into two pieces and trim out the ribs with shears. You end up with six pieces. Good luck this weekend MC

I skin like t-bone's video, and prep like duckman....

duckman1911 · #6 10-01-2015, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by mr crab

I skin like t-bone's video, and prep like duckman....

What ya got planned for em crabs? You cooking so it's gona be good. If it was cooler I'd be doing a sauce piquant over a wood fire but will probably just do squirrel and dumplings since it's still warm.

Cappy · #7 10-01-2015, 01:07 PM

I usually cut mine in 3 front legs get the rib cage back and belly flaps is a piece and back legs another. if with my friends in the woods camping we leave the heads and cook them too. When home Peggy wont let me so I dont keep the heads on teh ones I plan to bring home. My favorite way to cook em is in the woods in a plain ole smothered onion gravy add some foraged mushrooms and a piece of tasso if ya got it but good ole rusty gravy in a black pot is hard to beat.