Now I will clean it.

Hammond79 · Oct 7, 2024

English squirrels look a lot like American Greys. Are they closely related?

Disregard: a quick Google tells me they are US Gray Squirrels... that are invasive

Trigger · Oct 7, 2024

Invasive there I think.. it's a problem from what I heard.

There are America squirrels There.

Britsmoothy · Oct 8, 2024

There are millions of them and no closed season.
I shot 15-18 last weekend, I forget as I don't count anymore.

Hammond79 · Oct 8, 2024

Britsmoothy said:
There are millions of them and no closed season.
I shot 15-18 last weekend, I forget as I don't count anymore.

Do you eat them all?

Frontstuffer070 · Oct 8, 2024

You guys HAVE to try Squirrel Taco's. If you season ( taco seasoning) and throw them in an Insta Pot (or any pressure cooker) The meat falls off the bone and is nice and tender. Put that on a nice warm corn tortilla street taco style. SLAP YO MAMA GOOD. I do Rabbit like this too. Even my younglings wear them out made like that.

LME · Oct 8, 2024

Mike in FL said:
I meant not me. If I fire it, it gets cleaned that day. You are right that rust can be removed, I just don't like it on my guns. I am all for each individual doing what works for them, but my OCD won't let a dirty muzzle loader stay that way overnight.

If you are OCD then I am as well! I wouldn't be able to sleep if I left my rifle dirty! I am the same way with my modern rifles as well. It takes the ,"I wonder out of the equation"!

Hammond79 · Oct 8, 2024

Frontstuffer070 said:
You guys HAVE to try Squirrel Taco's. If you season ( taco seasoning) and throw them in an Insta Pot (or any pressure cooker) The meat falls off the bone and is nice and tender. Put that on a nice warm corn tortilla street taco style. SLAP YO MAMA GOOD. I do Rabbit like this too. Even my younglings wear them out made like that.

I'll have to try it out

Britsmoothy · Oct 8, 2024

Hammond79 said:
Do you eat them all?

No.
I use to cook a few but they are just a pain to skin.
Yes, I've seen all the videos.
Rabbit, hare and pheasant are a lot easier!

One year I counted them and it came to 440 something. Mostly shot with 22.
Last year I shot 60 something in my back yard.

Hammond79 · Oct 8, 2024

Britsmoothy said:
No.
I use to cook a few but they are just a pain to skin.
Yes, I've seen all the videos.
Rabbit, hare and pheasant are a lot easier!

One year I counted them and it came to 440 something. Mostly shot with 22.
Last year I shot 60 something in my back yard.

Yeah.. that's a lot of squirrels... IIRC They can bounce back from an annual population reduction of over 90% so eradication is nigh on impossible.

Trigger · Oct 8, 2024

Britsmoothy said:
No.
I use to cook a few but they are just a pain to skin.
Yes, I've seen all the videos.
Rabbit, hare and pheasant are a lot easier!

One year I counted them and it came to 440 something. Mostly shot with 22.
Last year I shot 60 something in my back yard.

Yup.. that's those things.

Good luck getting rid of that thing.

Who would do that. Bring those over.. it's like the snake heads fish.

Trigger · Oct 8, 2024

Some places here.. if you have a Peach tree. You'd loose count trying to keep them away.

And they will always grab anything ready and you don't want to pick anything not ready yet so.. You get nothing because of them

My grandfather one a day I was younge.
he said the chipmunks ate the garden.. he sat me down with the air rifle in the garden and said $5 for everyone you get..

he said how much do I owe you... I went 5 10 15 20 25 counting them up. He was cursing in Italian and handed me $100 bill..

LME · Oct 9, 2024

Just a word to everyone about the plight of the people in the mountains! Winter comes early to these people and the only thing they have to ward off the cold is what they have on. If you can help in any way it would be very much appreciated. There is an organization that Billy Graham started years ago called, "Samaritans Purse".The reason I mention this is to make sure everyone knows this is on the up-and-up! There are other good organizations but I don't know all of them.

Wirehair · Oct 9, 2024

LME said:
Just a word to everyone about the plight of the people in the mountains! Winter comes early to these people and the only thing they have to ward off the cold is what they have on. If you can help in any way it would be very much appreciated. There is an organization that Billy Graham started years ago called, "Samaritans Purse".The reason I mention this is to make sure everyone knows this is on the up-and-up! There are other good organizations but I don't know all of them.

I just donated to SM. Only way I could help those folks suffering from Helene.

LME · Oct 9, 2024

Wirehair said:
I just donated to SM. Only way I could help those folks suffering from Helene.

the folk in the hills may not know it but I do! Thank you my friend!

Robin101 · Oct 10, 2024

Skin them as soon as you recover them, comes right off.
Robin

Britsmoothy · Oct 10, 2024

Robin101 said:
Skin them as soon as you recover them, comes right off.
Robin

Tried that too. There is better out there....

Old Timer 48 · Oct 13, 2024

Britsmoothy said:
Got 5 more squirrels done with my little .45 smoothrifle.
It's not been cleaned all summer. Just used with plenty of my lube.
Zero rust.
Now I'll give it a clean.
It's my notion that the nomads and mountain men didn't fuss like most do today about cleaning their firearms.
Anyway, had a blast...
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Old Timer 48 · Oct 13, 2024

Good hunt Nice gun also

Now I will clean it.

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