Field Care

NHmsj · 10-08-2007, 09:41 AM

To further stimulate chat about squirrel hunting, here’s another topic that some might care to comment on.

What manner or extent of field care do you apply to your squirrel kill? That is: do you just pop your kill into a game bag, do you field dress your kill on retrieval or do you completely dress out your prize on the spot? And if your method is none of the above but something totally different, please share with us what that method might be. Maybe there’s some method few of us are familiar with (a portable, solar driven refrigerated back-pack, perhaps?)

samuel · 10-08-2007, 11:57 AM

I eat it on the spot being careful not to get too much hair and risk a hairball. sam.

jerry · 10-08-2007, 12:41 PM

I typically gut the squirrell & other critters when the temp is up a bit. I carry a cooler and throw them on ice untill I get them home. If it's pretty cold out, I don't get too spun up. Squirrell is easier to skin IMO before gutted.

webs · 10-08-2007, 04:59 PM

I don't skin the squirrel on the spot but just keep hunting.When I am done for the day I find a cool creek and skin them before going home if possible.I lay the squirrels when skinned and gutted in the current and let them wash out.

502adamh · 10-31-2007, 07:14 PM

I throw em in my vest and they don't start scratching me like a couple years back, long story, but you can imagine or have probably experienced it.

rtch77 · 11-01-2007, 06:05 PM

I gut them as soon as they stop wrigling, strech out cavity drain out blood. Starting to save liver and hearts for experimental recipes. Then I take sweet smelling green leaves preferably sassafrass, wintergreen, or sweetfern and stuff the cavity full drop in shopping bag . in shoulder knapsack. Now I am itching to go out, life events work and some pain keep in indoors. Please share a description on skinning bushytails fast easy and neat.

harahar Samuel. Just walk down the street in your neat town among the coffee shops and bazaars chewing on a raw bushy tail like a burrito. Sit among the suit and tie people in the park under blue skies at lunchtime.

samuel · 11-01-2007, 06:21 PM

Must admit people stare at me but have gotten used to it. sam.

NHmsj · 11-01-2007, 07:34 PM

God, I love squirrel talk! rtch77, As for myself, I am expecting a knee joint replacment not too far in the future. I am, of course, trying to delay it until after the hunting season. Funny thing though, there is ALWAYS someting to hunt at some point in time. Sorry to hear you are housebound somewhat. Tell us, any new cooking adventures? Anything we'd like to attempt ourselves?

10-08-2007, 09:41 AM	#1
NHmsj Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 111 Trader Rating: (0)	Squirrel Field Care To further stimulate chat about squirrel hunting, here’s another topic that some might care to comment on. What manner or extent of field care do you apply to your squirrel kill? That is: do you just pop your kill into a game bag, do you field dress your kill on retrieval or do you completely dress out your prize on the spot? And if your method is none of the above but something totally different, please share with us what that method might be. Maybe there’s some method few of us are familiar with (a portable, solar driven refrigerated back-pack, perhaps?) Last edited by NHmsj; 10-08-2007 at 11:26 AM.

10-08-2007, 12:41 PM	#3
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,760 Trader Rating: (0)	I typically gut the squirrell & other critters when the temp is up a bit. I carry a cooler and throw them on ice untill I get them home. If it's pretty cold out, I don't get too spun up. Squirrell is easier to skin IMO before gutted. __________________

11-01-2007, 06:05 PM	#6
rtch77 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 69 Trader Rating: (0)	I gut them as soon as they stop wrigling, strech out cavity drain out blood. Starting to save liver and hearts for experimental recipes. Then I take sweet smelling green leaves preferably sassafrass, wintergreen, or sweetfern and stuff the cavity full drop in shopping bag . in shoulder knapsack. Now I am itching to go out, life events work and some pain keep in indoors. Please share a description on skinning bushytails fast easy and neat. harahar Samuel. Just walk down the street in your neat town among the coffee shops and bazaars chewing on a raw bushy tail like a burrito. Sit among the suit and tie people in the park under blue skies at lunchtime. Last edited by rtch77; 11-01-2007 at 06:09 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

10-08-2007, 11:57 AM	#2
samuel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,050 Trader Rating: (0)	I eat it on the spot being careful not to get too much hair and risk a hairball. sam.

10-08-2007, 04:59 PM	#4
webs Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 243 Trader Rating: (0)	I don't skin the squirrel on the spot but just keep hunting.When I am done for the day I find a cool creek and skin them before going home if possible.I lay the squirrels when skinned and gutted in the current and let them wash out.

10-31-2007, 07:14 PM	#5
502adamh Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Posts: 69 Trader Rating: (0)	I throw em in my vest and they don't start scratching me like a couple years back, long story, but you can imagine or have probably experienced it.

11-01-2007, 06:21 PM	#7
samuel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,050 Trader Rating: (0)	Must admit people stare at me but have gotten used to it. sam.

11-01-2007, 07:34 PM	#8
NHmsj Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 111 Trader Rating: (0)	God, I love squirrel talk! rtch77, As for myself, I am expecting a knee joint replacment not too far in the future. I am, of course, trying to delay it until after the hunting season. Funny thing though, there is ALWAYS someting to hunt at some point in time. Sorry to hear you are housebound somewhat. Tell us, any new cooking adventures? Anything we'd like to attempt ourselves?