Squirrel cage trap.

[king 11,972]

1 hour ago, C.green said:

I shoot loads allways skin them before chucking them into ferrets. Cut inbetween the tail bone and the body step onto back legs pull and off it comes all the way to the nose

I will give that a try mate I've allways struggled skinning them..

[Flacko 1,747]

Ferrets love em 

[TOMO 26,335]

On 25/11/2020 at 16:53, C.green said:

I shoot loads allways skin them before chucking them into ferrets. Cut inbetween the tail bone and the body step onto back legs pull and off it comes all the way to the nose

watched the lads from usa on youtube skinning them like that....made it look very easy...when i tried years ago i did it like you would a rabbit...

but that yank way is the way to do it.....look on youtube king

[TOMO 26,335]

On 25/11/2020 at 18:40, king said:

I will give that a try mate I've allways struggled skinning them..

look on youtube king....how  the usa lads do it

[king 11,972]

1 hour ago, TOMO said:

look on youtube king....how  the usa lads do it

I will have a look mate.thats just what I did tried to skin it like a rabbit.bloody hard work..

[Greyman 28,651]

 

[Wolfdog91 7,206]

On 25/11/2020 at 07:18, king said:

I've tried skinning them in the past and to be honest it's bloody hard work.its like the jacket is super glued on lol.

I will get the trap in the woods later.been sorting the dog out the last 11 days after he hit a tree.

Will let you know how I get on mate

Did you try when they where cold or warm ? Because if here cold it's alot harder.when there warm you  make one cut along the the back tick you fingers in and around the back of the shoulders and basically just yank him out of his coat there's another method you can do where you kinda slingshot the little guy and it removes the guts as well.

[king 11,972]

1 hour ago, Wolfdog91 said:

Did you try when they where cold or warm ? Because if here cold it's alot harder.when there warm you  make one cut along the the back tick you fingers in and around the back of the shoulders and basically just yank him out of his coat there's another method you can do where you kinda slingshot the little guy and it removes the guts as well.

Cold every time I've tried mate..i didn't think to try and skin a newly caught 1

[EDDIE B 3,166]

10 hours ago, Wolfdog91 said:

Did you try when they where cold or warm ? Because if here cold it's alot harder.when there warm you  make one cut along the the back tick you fingers in and around the back of the shoulders and basically just yank him out of his coat there's another method you can do where you kinda slingshot the little guy and it removes the guts as well.

Any good recipes for squirrel lad? 

[Gav 1,708]

33 minutes ago, EDDIE B said:

Any good recipes for squirrel lad? 

Slow roast in a covered roaster with a cup of water for 2-3 hours (depending on size and quantity, you'll know when its easy to break meat off the bone), then pick clean. Can put straight in pies or the like or stew, curry etc. They're a lot like rabbit so small and boney hence picking em clean.

Edit : Slow roast = 130c - 140c

Edited December 2, 2020 by Gav

[CHEVINFOX 3,537]

1 hour ago, EDDIE B said:

Any good recipes for squirrel lad?

got a cook book with some in and how to skin them i scan them and put on later 

[EDDIE B 3,166]

20 minutes ago, CHEVINFOX said:

got a cook book with some in and how to skin them i scan them and put on later 

Cheers lad. That would be great

[C.green 3,231]

Why messabout making cage traps when there a fiver apiece ?

[CHEVINFOX 3,537]

3 hours ago, EDDIE B said:

Cheers

here you go friend 

 

[EDDIE B 3,166]

Fair deuce CHEVINFOX! I'm sure I'm not the only one that'll give some of those a try