5 Minute Walk Around

[CharlieSlade 14]

I went off for a quick walk about with my air rifle looking for some pigeons, but I came across a pair of grey squirrels in a tree. Shot one in the lungs just shy of the heart, the other one did the sensible thing and ran off up into a tall pine and disappeared. The first one dropped straight out of the tree but as I missed the heart and he still had a tiny bit of life left in him so I shot him in the top of the head just to be sure. Also does anybody know what squirrel tastes like?

[villaman 9,983]

Rabbit , pigeon , pork and squirrel burgers with chili ,onion and red peppers

[trigger2 3,137]

i would imagine they would taste o.k. ive been told they are a bit of a bitch to skin so ive never tried to do any myself.

[The one 8,467]

There surprisingly good eating season same as with other meat though

[CharlieSlade 14]

I'd say they were easy rabbit if not easier to skin as long as you've got a sharp knife, didn't try to eat it as it looks very similar to a rat once you've removed the exterior

[j j m 6,536]

well done bud

[gurtwurz 792]

They taste great, somewhere between rabbit and duck flavour wise.best cooked in Chinese duck recipes or coat the back legs in crispy crumb and deep fried KFC stylee.

They are a pig to skin if you leave them too cool down but if you can do them straight away it's a lot easier. Personally I gut them then cut the skin across the shoulder blades so you've a tshirt and trousers to remove, as it were. Just rip the bottom half off as there's no meat to speak of above the saddle.

[Daz39 962]

Chicken............

[villaman 9,983]

It all depends on what they have been feeding on , if its feeding on chestnuts they are really greasy and taste between lamb & duck

[random 659]

tastes nice,basically,used to cook it straight over the flame on a skewer,haven't had one for a while though,made me hungry now...

[WhiteRabbit 112]

Meat by itself is always one of them, depends on how you cook it. However, if you marinade it or cook it with sauces, it helps it to be more palatable for the first time.

 

Never had squirrel I've caught myself but it's not too far from chicken in texture and a game taste, from what I can remember.

 

White

[Bigad 136]

Did you try eating the tree rat and what did you think to the taste ?

[CharlieSlade 14]

I skinned it then decided it looked too much like a rat to be appetising so I gave it to the Jack Russell who seemed to enjoy it