2024 squirrels, post them here.

[Smellydog]

Where do you keep getting those old but good Winnie’s from? I wish I could still get them, better than the rubbish they turn out nowadays. I’ve given up on their current offerings. Good shooting anyway SD

If I see them I grab them buddy.
There's been some estate sales recently etc. think it's all dried up now.

 

[Squirrelbasher]

Just one today….

 

[Arbshot]

Another feeder for an hour

 

[Cyres]

Whole maize is best. I pick up cobs post harvest and dry them. Easy to split off maize. Dry whole maize infront of log burner and use in custom made feeders. Deadly.
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[Smellydog]

Five this afternoon.

 

[Pine Marten]

Just about to climb the tree, back corner of the garden.

 

[AlexD]

Tonto on here kindly sold me his Anschutz 0.17 HMR last week, but I was missing my Weirauch HMR, until I saw how delightfully accurate Tonto's rifle is. He did say it was accurate.
These are two squirrels nailed today from 90 yards, and there were two more yesterday, all four being smack on target.
Thank you Tonto!

 

[mastertech]

Great topic this guys, I love my run through tunnels with a no6 fenn. I use live trap cages on the north end of the estate as we still have some reds up there.

 

[shakey jake]

new record for me, 7 traps set in a garden in cambs at 12. at 2 customer called to say we have some, 5 in cages plus shot another 3. at 4 another 2.
10 in four hours, this could be a busy week.
13 this year

 

[shakey jake]

another 6 trapped and two shot today.
thinking of making squirrel rillet

 

[blueeyes]

Out for a couple hours late morn as a cold one last night 4 to start the 2024 tally off

 

[BenBhoy]

Out for a couple hours late morn as a cold one last night 4 to start the 2024 tally offView attachment 349969

3rd one along looks bat**** crazy!!

Hannibal squirrel

 

[shakey jake]

another two today. knocked the traps off till monday. 20 from one garden in three days

 

[shakey jake]

another 4 today. cooked the back legs and saddles of 17 into rillet on sat. ive never seen squirrels as fat as some of these, thought they were pregnant, massive swollen belly full of bright orange fat. rendered that fat down to mix with deer far for bird feeder.
minced the rest for the dogs

 

[BenBhoy]

another 4 today. cooked the back legs and saddles of 17 into rillet on sat. ive never seen squirrels as fat as some of these, thought they were pregnant, massive swollen belly full of bright orange fat. rendered that fat down to mix with deer far for bird feeder.
minced the rest for the dogs

What do they taste like mate?

 

[shakey jake]

What do they taste like mate?

like a fatty rabbit or gamey pork sort of. fiddly to eat but with a few sliw cooking is good. ive bbq half grown ones, and made squirrel and chestnut sausages for my bros stag do.
i think they are worth trying, the fat is a weird colour on alot of them, bright orange. ill get a pick when i skin some more tomorrow

 

[Smellydog]

Have they been eating maize?

 

[blueeyes]

Have they been eating maize?

Yip I would agree with that contains b-carotene. same as we used to give the canaries to colour them orange

 

[shakey jake]

Have they been eating maize?

not seen maize in any quantity. peanuts, sunflower, mixed corn and a fat block. all in squirrel proof feeders but they have learn how to shake and spin them to dump the contents.
i quiet like the idea of using squirrel fat in a fat block for song birds, nice they are giving something back

 

[Andy morton]

Some from the last couple of weeks out of the hide