MrPink: Good luck with the hunting <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> and if you wanna save the fur, dont shoot it with a shotgun at close range, tried it and there wasn´t much left off it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> Dead squirel

This sick.....very sick......I LIKE IT A LOT!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hah! Hilarious. True confession: As kids, friends and I once pooled together to buy a gerbil, duct taped an M1000 to the side of his body and lit the firecracker. Blew his entire right side out, guts and all. Poor little guy was still alive, crawling around with his entrails exposed. I forgot how we put the rascal out of his misery, but we all felt bad afterwards. Then we got into crossbows. Egged on to send a bolt through a cat at short distance, I could not do it. Missed on purpose. If it is not for food, or for defense, I still would not be able to do it to this day. Not that I am haunted by memories, or anything of the sort. Just that the flying squirrel brought back thoughts of the past.

The problem with squirrels, at least here in Ontaio, is that there aren't enough natural predators to keep their numbers down, so they just keep multiplying like rabbits. Combine that with their insistent need to destroy anything you appreciate and value, and I have no issue with reducing their numbers whenever possible.

Of course, I always use the remains to make a nice stew, and the fur make great toys for the cats! LOL!

Does squirrel stew taste like chicken?

Not really. Personally, I find it's more sweet, and tastes like rabbit, but I've heard others say it reminds them of the dark meat on turkey? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> I guess it all depends on how your taste buds are built! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

More like a cross between spotted-owl and bald eagle... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Again, I guess it depends upon your taste buds.... Waaaait a sec! BALD EAGLE?!?!?! Now, they taste like chicken! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hmmm...maybe it was California Condor I was thinking of then... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />