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Foxyboy43 said:
So finally - best time of day to shoot the little rascals?
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I've had some v productive sessions first thing in a morning, first feed of the day - especially in the colder months. Just make sure you wrap up warm as you need to sit very still..... (I have also shot them mid morning and mid to late afternoon.... they are greedy buggers!)
Be patient ... once a squirrel shows up, wait until it is engrossed in actually eating from the feeder. Then noggin it. They can often be quite twitchy on the approach, and whilst it can be tempting to try and shoot them as they come in, a squirrel's head can move surprisingly quickly. So let it settle. Patience, Grasshopper, patience.................
 
Some great advice chaps, thank you all.
Soooo finally, finally - anyone actually eat them and if so what are they like?
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I've eaten them FB and they are ok.

It's just the skinning part. Unless you have some kind of mechanical winch or you are built like Arnie forget it!

I'm late here but I just put wheat in a tub.
Next to a holly bush with a seat in it I should add.
 
Smellydog said:
I've eaten them FB and they are ok.

It's just the skinning part. Unless you have some kind of mechanical winch or you are built like Arnie forget it!

I'm late here but I just put wheat in a tub.
Next to a holly bush with a seat in it I should add.
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Thanks Smelly - I might give it a go but the staff will do the skinning bit, obviously…
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GWP said:
They love my pheasant feeders with wheat and are partial to the plastic drums when empty
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They hammer the drums when you let them sit with a little wheat inside that they can't get to. A box tunnel with a Fenn next to the pheasant feeder and you will start clearing them up in double quick time, bait the box with wheat as well and sit the trap on that.
 
Foxyboy43 said:
Some great advice chaps, thank you all.
Soooo finally, finally - anyone actually eat them and if so what are they like?
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Ive eaten loads, half grown are really good, mature ones need slow cooking, they can get really fat. Ive made squirrel and sweet chesnut sausages a couple of times.
Skinning is a knack, split between bum hole and tail, cut through tail bone but not keep the skin attached, then sharp knife up the back of the leg. Work the skin loose then tread on the tail and skin, pull the legs up. They peel quite easy then.
Now i just skin as above and feed to the dogs whole, head and guts included
 
shakey jake said:
Ive eaten loads, half grown are really good, mature ones need slow cooking, they can get really fat. Ive made squirrel and sweet chesnut sausages a couple of times.
Skinning is a knack, split between bum hole and tail, cut through tail bone but not keep the skin attached, then sharp knife up the back of the leg. Work the skin loose then tread on the tail and skin, pull the legs up. They peel quite easy then.
Now i just skin as above and feed to the dogs whole, head and guts included
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How old are your hands?
 
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