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I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red
Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. My means of getting revenge are few in this densely packed suburban neighborhood, so I thought I'd do the next best thing and publish my all-time favorite squirrel recipe, in the hope that some of you will shoot some of the *******s and try it. Squirrel season is in, in many states around the country. From _The Gourmet Cookbook, Volume II_, revised 1965: ========================================= Squirrels in Cider Skin, clean, and disjoint 3 plump squirrels. Soak the pieces in cold salted water for 20 minutes, wipe them dry, and dust them with flour seasoned with salt and pepper. In a heavy skillet brown i/4 cup diced fat ham. Add the squirrel and brown the pieces well on all sides in the ham fat. Add enough hard cider barely to cover the squirrel, cover the skillet, and simmer the liquid until most of it has evaporated and the meat is tender. Add 2 tablespoons butter, increase the heat, and quickly brown the pieces of meat once more. Remove the squirrel to a warm serving platter and to the juices remaining in skillet add I cup hot cream and stir in all the brown bits from the bottom and sides of the pan. Stir in, bit by bit, 1/2 tablespoon flour mixed to a paste with 1 tablespoon butter, correct the seasoning with salt and pepper, and strain the sauce into a gravy boat [If you like this one, and I love it, I have several more recipes that are top-notch. Eat mo' squirrel!] -- Ed Huntress |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
... I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. My means of getting revenge are few in this densely packed suburban neighborhood, so I thought I'd do the next best thing and publish my all-time favorite squirrel recipe, in the hope that some of you will shoot some of the *******s and try it. Squirrel season is in, in many states around the country. From _The Gourmet Cookbook, Volume II_, revised 1965: ========================================= Squirrels in Cider Skin, clean, and disjoint 3 plump squirrels. Soak the pieces in cold salted water for 20 minutes, wipe them dry, and dust them with flour seasoned with salt and pepper. In a heavy skillet brown i/4 cup diced fat ham. Add the squirrel and brown the pieces well on all sides in the ham fat. Add enough hard cider barely to cover the squirrel, cover the skillet, and simmer the liquid until most of it has evaporated and the meat is tender. Add 2 tablespoons butter, increase the heat, and quickly brown the pieces of meat once more. Remove the squirrel to a warm serving platter and to the juices remaining in skillet add I cup hot cream and stir in all the brown bits from the bottom and sides of the pan. Stir in, bit by bit, 1/2 tablespoon flour mixed to a paste with 1 tablespoon butter, correct the seasoning with salt and pepper, and strain the sauce into a gravy boat [If you like this one, and I love it, I have several more recipes that are top-notch. Eat mo' squirrel!] -- Ed Huntress Xisico B-50 or B-51. Pitch the stock shroud and install an RWS shroud. Your neighbors might even ask you to shoot squirrels in their yard as well. |
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:11:54 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message .. . I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. My means of getting revenge are few in this densely packed suburban neighborhood, so I thought I'd do the next best thing and publish my all-time favorite squirrel recipe, in the hope that some of you will shoot some of the *******s and try it. Squirrel season is in, in many states around the country. From _The Gourmet Cookbook, Volume II_, revised 1965: ========================================= Squirrels in Cider Skin, clean, and disjoint 3 plump squirrels. Soak the pieces in cold salted water for 20 minutes, wipe them dry, and dust them with flour seasoned with salt and pepper. In a heavy skillet brown i/4 cup diced fat ham. Add the squirrel and brown the pieces well on all sides in the ham fat. Add enough hard cider barely to cover the squirrel, cover the skillet, and simmer the liquid until most of it has evaporated and the meat is tender. Add 2 tablespoons butter, increase the heat, and quickly brown the pieces of meat once more. Remove the squirrel to a warm serving platter and to the juices remaining in skillet add I cup hot cream and stir in all the brown bits from the bottom and sides of the pan. Stir in, bit by bit, 1/2 tablespoon flour mixed to a paste with 1 tablespoon butter, correct the seasoning with salt and pepper, and strain the sauce into a gravy boat [If you like this one, and I love it, I have several more recipes that are top-notch. Eat mo' squirrel!] -- Ed Huntress Xisico B-50 or B-51. Pitch the stock shroud and install an RWS shroud. Your neighbors might even ask you to shoot squirrels in their yard as well. I'd love to, but that would land me in jail here in NJ. I used to shoot pigeons here with my neighbors' encouragement and my Crossman CO2 converter on my 1911 .45, but those neighbors are long gone. I do have a big Havahart trap, which may be my answer. But next year I'm cutting back a border growth of little maples, which they jumped from, and I'm installing a big cat/squirrel collar on the tree. -- Ed Huntress |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
... On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:11:54 -0700, "Bob La Londe" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message . .. I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. My means of getting revenge are few in this densely packed suburban neighborhood, so I thought I'd do the next best thing and publish my all-time favorite squirrel recipe, in the hope that some of you will shoot some of the *******s and try it. Squirrel season is in, in many states around the country. From _The Gourmet Cookbook, Volume II_, revised 1965: ========================================= Squirrels in Cider Skin, clean, and disjoint 3 plump squirrels. Soak the pieces in cold salted water for 20 minutes, wipe them dry, and dust them with flour seasoned with salt and pepper. In a heavy skillet brown i/4 cup diced fat ham. Add the squirrel and brown the pieces well on all sides in the ham fat. Add enough hard cider barely to cover the squirrel, cover the skillet, and simmer the liquid until most of it has evaporated and the meat is tender. Add 2 tablespoons butter, increase the heat, and quickly brown the pieces of meat once more. Remove the squirrel to a warm serving platter and to the juices remaining in skillet add I cup hot cream and stir in all the brown bits from the bottom and sides of the pan. Stir in, bit by bit, 1/2 tablespoon flour mixed to a paste with 1 tablespoon butter, correct the seasoning with salt and pepper, and strain the sauce into a gravy boat [If you like this one, and I love it, I have several more recipes that are top-notch. Eat mo' squirrel!] -- Ed Huntress Xisico B-50 or B-51. Pitch the stock shroud and install an RWS shroud. Your neighbors might even ask you to shoot squirrels in their yard as well. I'd love to, but that would land me in jail here in NJ. I used to shoot pigeons here with my neighbors' encouragement and my Crossman CO2 converter on my 1911 .45, but those neighbors are long gone. I do have a big Havahart trap, which may be my answer. But next year I'm cutting back a border growth of little maples, which they jumped from, and I'm installing a big cat/squirrel collar on the tree. Worse, I think NJ has even outlawed suppressed air guns in spite of the fact that the ATF got their ass handed to them in court when Cocker appealed. |
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
... "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:11:54 -0700, "Bob La Londe" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. My means of getting revenge are few in this densely packed suburban neighborhood, so I thought I'd do the next best thing and publish my all-time favorite squirrel recipe, in the hope that some of you will shoot some of the *******s and try it. Squirrel season is in, in many states around the country. From _The Gourmet Cookbook, Volume II_, revised 1965: ========================================= Squirrels in Cider Skin, clean, and disjoint 3 plump squirrels. Soak the pieces in cold salted water for 20 minutes, wipe them dry, and dust them with flour seasoned with salt and pepper. In a heavy skillet brown i/4 cup diced fat ham. Add the squirrel and brown the pieces well on all sides in the ham fat. Add enough hard cider barely to cover the squirrel, cover the skillet, and simmer the liquid until most of it has evaporated and the meat is tender. Add 2 tablespoons butter, increase the heat, and quickly brown the pieces of meat once more. Remove the squirrel to a warm serving platter and to the juices remaining in skillet add I cup hot cream and stir in all the brown bits from the bottom and sides of the pan. Stir in, bit by bit, 1/2 tablespoon flour mixed to a paste with 1 tablespoon butter, correct the seasoning with salt and pepper, and strain the sauce into a gravy boat [If you like this one, and I love it, I have several more recipes that are top-notch. Eat mo' squirrel!] -- Ed Huntress Xisico B-50 or B-51. Pitch the stock shroud and install an RWS shroud. Your neighbors might even ask you to shoot squirrels in their yard as well. I'd love to, but that would land me in jail here in NJ. I used to shoot pigeons here with my neighbors' encouragement and my Crossman CO2 converter on my 1911 .45, but those neighbors are long gone. I do have a big Havahart trap, which may be my answer. But next year I'm cutting back a border growth of little maples, which they jumped from, and I'm installing a big cat/squirrel collar on the tree. Worse, I think NJ has even outlawed suppressed air guns in spite of the fact that the ATF got their ass handed to them in court when Cocker appealed. I meant Crooker. |
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:56:35 -0400, Ed Huntress
wrote: I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. Count your blessings, at least you don't have deer troulbe I have A LOT of venison recipies Karl |
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You have my sympathies. I had the EXACT same thing happen (dwarf peach,
1st year of fruit wiped out over night). It was quite the "WTF?" moment, walking up to the bare tree. Since then I've also had to deal with birds and use a net - brought to the trunk and tied. Squirrels & chipmunks could chew through, but don't. Bob |
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:27:54 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
wrote: You have my sympathies. I had the EXACT same thing happen (dwarf peach, 1st year of fruit wiped out over night). It was quite the "WTF?" moment, walking up to the bare tree. Since then I've also had to deal with birds and use a net - brought to the trunk and tied. Squirrels & chipmunks could chew through, but don't. Bob AHA! I've heard about those nets. I'll have to look into getting one. Thanks for the tip. -- Ed Huntress |
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On 9/15/2014 6:34 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
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suppressed air guns ???
Yep. Lots of the higher power ones are made that way. The hammer is louder on my 900FPS NP (with lead / over 1200FPS with alloy) than the noise out of the barrel, and the sound of a pellet hitting a gopher is louder than that. My neighbors don't even know when I am target practicing with it unless they see me. Even some of the bigger bore PCPs are suppressed. Most call it a shroud, but if it's a chamber with vents from the muzzle it suppresses. Some are better than others. Lots of Xisico owners modify one off an RWS because it works better. |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:11:54 -0700, "Bob La Londe" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. My means of getting revenge are few in this densely packed suburban neighborhood, so I thought I'd do the next best thing and publish my all-time favorite squirrel recipe, in the hope that some of you will shoot some of the *******s and try it. Squirrel season is in, in many states around the country. From _The Gourmet Cookbook, Volume II_, revised 1965: ========================================= Squirrels in Cider Skin, clean, and disjoint 3 plump squirrels. Soak the pieces in cold salted water for 20 minutes, wipe them dry, and dust them with flour seasoned with salt and pepper. In a heavy skillet brown i/4 cup diced fat ham. Add the squirrel and brown the pieces well on all sides in the ham fat. Add enough hard cider barely to cover the squirrel, cover the skillet, and simmer the liquid until most of it has evaporated and the meat is tender. Add 2 tablespoons butter, increase the heat, and quickly brown the pieces of meat once more. Remove the squirrel to a warm serving platter and to the juices remaining in skillet add I cup hot cream and stir in all the brown bits from the bottom and sides of the pan. Stir in, bit by bit, 1/2 tablespoon flour mixed to a paste with 1 tablespoon butter, correct the seasoning with salt and pepper, and strain the sauce into a gravy boat [If you like this one, and I love it, I have several more recipes that are top-notch. Eat mo' squirrel!] -- Ed Huntress Xisico B-50 or B-51. Pitch the stock shroud and install an RWS shroud. Your neighbors might even ask you to shoot squirrels in their yard as well. I'd love to, but that would land me in jail here in NJ. I used to shoot pigeons here with my neighbors' encouragement and my Crossman CO2 converter on my 1911 .45, but those neighbors are long gone. I do have a big Havahart trap, which may be my answer. But next year I'm cutting back a border growth of little maples, which they jumped from, and I'm installing a big cat/squirrel collar on the tree. Ed, With your recipe you can turn that trap into a haveameal trap John |
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:50:22 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:56:35 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. The damned horses in the back lot got all my grapes from the back vine. Then I found some on the side vine and the damned birds got 99% of those before me. I'm about to go nuclear here. Count your blessings, at least you don't have deer troulbe I have A LOT of venison recipies I don't hunt (yet), but I love nice, gamy venison. Yum! Tried some raindeer from a restaurant and it tasted like cheap hamburger. Just horrible. Only _then_ did they tell me it was farm-raised, the bastids. Never again! Purina Deer Chow my ASS!@ -- Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -- Matthew Arnold |
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:58:18 -0400, John
wrote: Ed Huntress wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:11:54 -0700, "Bob La Londe" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. My means of getting revenge are few in this densely packed suburban neighborhood, so I thought I'd do the next best thing and publish my all-time favorite squirrel recipe, in the hope that some of you will shoot some of the *******s and try it. Squirrel season is in, in many states around the country. From _The Gourmet Cookbook, Volume II_, revised 1965: ========================================= Squirrels in Cider Skin, clean, and disjoint 3 plump squirrels. Soak the pieces in cold salted water for 20 minutes, wipe them dry, and dust them with flour seasoned with salt and pepper. In a heavy skillet brown i/4 cup diced fat ham. Add the squirrel and brown the pieces well on all sides in the ham fat. Add enough hard cider barely to cover the squirrel, cover the skillet, and simmer the liquid until most of it has evaporated and the meat is tender. Add 2 tablespoons butter, increase the heat, and quickly brown the pieces of meat once more. Remove the squirrel to a warm serving platter and to the juices remaining in skillet add I cup hot cream and stir in all the brown bits from the bottom and sides of the pan. Stir in, bit by bit, 1/2 tablespoon flour mixed to a paste with 1 tablespoon butter, correct the seasoning with salt and pepper, and strain the sauce into a gravy boat [If you like this one, and I love it, I have several more recipes that are top-notch. Eat mo' squirrel!] -- Ed Huntress Xisico B-50 or B-51. Pitch the stock shroud and install an RWS shroud. Your neighbors might even ask you to shoot squirrels in their yard as well. I'd love to, but that would land me in jail here in NJ. I used to shoot pigeons here with my neighbors' encouragement and my Crossman CO2 converter on my 1911 .45, but those neighbors are long gone. I do have a big Havahart trap, which may be my answer. But next year I'm cutting back a border growth of little maples, which they jumped from, and I'm installing a big cat/squirrel collar on the tree. Ed, With your recipe you can turn that trap into a haveameal trap John Ha! Yes, I was thinking about that... -- Ed Huntress |
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On 9/15/2014 6:50 PM, Karl Townsend wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:56:35 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. Count your blessings, at least you don't have deer trouble I have A LOT of venison recipes Karl I recently trapped 4 raccoon in 5 days, still trying to get more. The squirrels know exactly when fruit gets ripe, your watching it, it's almost ready and then those %#$&^*% got almost the whole tree. Mikek |
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:34:06 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:11:54 -0700, "Bob La Londe" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. My means of getting revenge are few in this densely packed suburban neighborhood, so I thought I'd do the next best thing and publish my all-time favorite squirrel recipe, in the hope that some of you will shoot some of the *******s and try it. Squirrel season is in, in many states around the country. From _The Gourmet Cookbook, Volume II_, revised 1965: ========================================= Squirrels in Cider Skin, clean, and disjoint 3 plump squirrels. Soak the pieces in cold salted water for 20 minutes, wipe them dry, and dust them with flour seasoned with salt and pepper. In a heavy skillet brown i/4 cup diced fat ham. Add the squirrel and brown the pieces well on all sides in the ham fat. Add enough hard cider barely to cover the squirrel, cover the skillet, and simmer the liquid until most of it has evaporated and the meat is tender. Add 2 tablespoons butter, increase the heat, and quickly brown the pieces of meat once more. Remove the squirrel to a warm serving platter and to the juices remaining in skillet add I cup hot cream and stir in all the brown bits from the bottom and sides of the pan. Stir in, bit by bit, 1/2 tablespoon flour mixed to a paste with 1 tablespoon butter, correct the seasoning with salt and pepper, and strain the sauce into a gravy boat [If you like this one, and I love it, I have several more recipes that are top-notch. Eat mo' squirrel!] -- Ed Huntress Xisico B-50 or B-51. Pitch the stock shroud and install an RWS shroud. Your neighbors might even ask you to shoot squirrels in their yard as well. I'd love to, but that would land me in jail here in NJ. I used to shoot pigeons here with my neighbors' encouragement and my Crossman CO2 converter on my 1911 .45, but those neighbors are long gone. I do have a big Havahart trap, which may be my answer. But next year I'm cutting back a border growth of little maples, which they jumped from, and I'm installing a big cat/squirrel collar on the tree. Worse, I think NJ has even outlawed suppressed air guns in spite of the fact that the ATF got their ass handed to them in court when Cocker appealed. In NJ, an air gun is treated like any other gun. And no suppressors are allowed. They're treated as our state equivalent of Title II weapons. -- Ed Huntress |
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:50:22 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:56:35 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. Count your blessings, at least you don't have deer troulbe I have A LOT of venison recipies Karl Yes, this state has a deer population about as dense as our people population, but they rarely get into my fenced back yard. A neighbor down the street, though, watches them take down the apples from his little tree every year. My old boss at Wasino in NJ (now Amada Machine Tools, in the Chicago 'burbs) had $23,000 worth of landscaping done to his yard, and the deer ate all of it within two months. g -- Ed Huntress |
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 07:33:13 -0500, amdx wrote:
On 9/15/2014 6:50 PM, Karl Townsend wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:56:35 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. Count your blessings, at least you don't have deer trouble I have A LOT of venison recipes Karl I recently trapped 4 raccoon in 5 days, still trying to get more. The squirrels know exactly when fruit gets ripe, your watching it, it's almost ready and then those %#$&^*% got almost the whole tree. Mikek That's exactly what happened here. On Friday, I counted 26 peaches, and they were within days of being ripe. On Saturday morning, I had 2 peaches. -- Ed Huntress |
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On 9/16/2014 7:47 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:
In NJ, an air gun is treated like any other gun. And no suppressors are allowed. They're treated as our state equivalent of Title II weapons. You are referring to the suppressor(title II), right. And you have to register a BB gun??? |
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m... On 9/16/2014 7:47 AM, Ed Huntress wrote: In NJ, an air gun is treated like any other gun. And no suppressors are allowed. They're treated as our state equivalent of Title II weapons. You are referring to the suppressor(title II), right. And you have to register a BB gun??? To be fair a .25 PCP "BB Gun" can easily drop a deer at 50 yards, and the larger Sam Yang 9mm, has been used for bigger game in Africa. They make them upto .50 cal, and a neighbor of mine has been working on air operated automatic cannon with military applications. (well a couple sections over) |
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:24:26 -0500, Richard
wrote: On 9/16/2014 7:47 AM, Ed Huntress wrote: In NJ, an air gun is treated like any other gun. And no suppressors are allowed. They're treated as our state equivalent of Title II weapons. You are referring to the suppressor(title II), right. And you have to register a BB gun??? We don't have to register any guns, but you need a FOID to buy any gun including a BB gun. For a handgun, you also need a permit to purchase, which is de facto registration. That applies to airguns as well. -- Ed Huntress |
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On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 8:51:18 AM UTC-4, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:50:22 -0500, Karl Townsend wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:56:35 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. Count your blessings, at least you don't have deer troulbe I have A LOT of venison recipies Karl Yes, this state has a deer population about as dense as our people population, but they rarely get into my fenced back yard. A neighbor down the street, though, watches them take down the apples from his little tree every year. My old boss at Wasino in NJ (now Amada Machine Tools, in the Chicago 'burbs) had $23,000 worth of landscaping done to his yard, and the deer ate all of it within two months. g -- Ed Huntress We also have a lot more deer than we used to. Last week, the local nature center had a representative from the state dept of fish game and wildlife (otherwise known as the hunters resident lobby in Trenton) make a presentation to our city council advocating crossbow hunting in the park. An absolutely ludicrous idea considering that the park is surrounded by houses. One thing that did come up in the ensuing discussion is that the state of NJ has lowered the distance between bow-hunter and "occupied dwelling" to 150 feet. I have pointed out to my councilman that it is approximately 150 feet from my front door to his... |
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:29:47 -0700 (PDT), rangerssuck
wrote: On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 8:51:18 AM UTC-4, Ed Huntress wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:50:22 -0500, Karl Townsend wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:56:35 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. Count your blessings, at least you don't have deer troulbe I have A LOT of venison recipies Karl Yes, this state has a deer population about as dense as our people population, but they rarely get into my fenced back yard. A neighbor down the street, though, watches them take down the apples from his little tree every year. My old boss at Wasino in NJ (now Amada Machine Tools, in the Chicago 'burbs) had $23,000 worth of landscaping done to his yard, and the deer ate all of it within two months. g -- Ed Huntress We also have a lot more deer than we used to. Last week, the local nature center had a representative from the state dept of fish game and wildlife (otherwise known as the hunters resident lobby in Trenton) make a presentation to our city council advocating crossbow hunting in the park. An absolutely ludicrous idea considering that the park is surrounded by houses. One thing that did come up in the ensuing discussion is that the state of NJ has lowered the distance between bow-hunter and "occupied dwelling" to 150 feet. I have pointed out to my councilman that it is approximately 150 feet from my front door to his... It's hard to figure out what to do about it. Princeton Township, which is pretty small, has 44 deer per square mile. 12 years ago they had 350 car/deer collisions per year. In the intervening years they've allowed bow hunters, and they hire some professional hunters, which has reduced the population. But now it's sprung right back up again. The problem is, as you suggest, that houses are too close together. That doesn't bother the deer but it makes hunting nearly impossible in the suburbs. -- Ed Huntress |
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On Monday, September 15, 2014 8:27:54 PM UTC-4, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
You have my sympathies. I had the EXACT same thing happen (dwarf peach, 1st year of fruit wiped out over night). It was quite the "WTF?" moment, walking up to the bare tree. Since then I've also had to deal with birds and use a net - brought to the trunk and tied. Squirrels & chipmunks could chew through, but don't. Yeah, Mosquito net the tree and give it a squirrel collar and the fruit should be OK. |
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On 9/16/2014 1:52 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
"Richard" wrote in message m... On 9/16/2014 7:47 AM, Ed Huntress wrote: In NJ, an air gun is treated like any other gun. And no suppressors are allowed. They're treated as our state equivalent of Title II weapons. You are referring to the suppressor(title II), right. And you have to register a BB gun??? To be fair a .25 PCP "BB Gun" can easily drop a deer at 50 yards, and the larger Sam Yang 9mm, has been used for bigger game in Africa. They make them upto .50 cal, and a neighbor of mine has been working on air operated automatic cannon with military applications. (well a couple sections over) Ok, that sounds a bit more realistic. I was thinking "Daisy". |
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:53:57 -0500, Richard
wrote: On 9/16/2014 1:52 PM, Bob La Londe wrote: "Richard" wrote in message m... On 9/16/2014 7:47 AM, Ed Huntress wrote: In NJ, an air gun is treated like any other gun. And no suppressors are allowed. They're treated as our state equivalent of Title II weapons. You are referring to the suppressor(title II), right. And you have to register a BB gun??? To be fair a .25 PCP "BB Gun" can easily drop a deer at 50 yards, and the larger Sam Yang 9mm, has been used for bigger game in Africa. They make them upto .50 cal, and a neighbor of mine has been working on air operated automatic cannon with military applications. (well a couple sections over) Ok, that sounds a bit more realistic. I was thinking "Daisy". If you're still referring to NJ, then yes, you need a FOID to buy a Daisy BB gun. But there's no registration. -- Ed Huntress |
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I have trapped hundreds of squirrels using a Hav-a-hart squirrel trap. Traps probably 8X8X24 and has two doors, although I lock the back one closed. Peanut butter on toast worked the best for me. Dump the trap in a garbage can of water, occupant included, then clean for supper.
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:56:17 -0700 (PDT), Gerry
wrote: I have trapped hundreds of squirrels using a Hav-a-hart squirrel trap. Traps probably 8X8X24 and has two doors, although I lock the back one closed. I only have one, and it's one of the big ones intended for raccoons. However, it works fine for squirrels, too. This summer: One raccoon, two 'possums, two squirrels, and one cat. g Peanut butter on toast worked the best for me. Dump the trap in a garbage can of water, occupant included, then clean for supper. Aw, I couldn't do that. But I'd shoot 'em or club 'em. They're tougher to skin than a rabbit, but I can dress one out and have him quartered in about three or four minutes. -- Ed Huntress |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:56:17 -0700 (PDT), Gerry wrote: I have trapped hundreds of squirrels using a Hav-a-hart squirrel trap. Traps probably 8X8X24 and has two doors, although I lock the back one closed. I only have one, and it's one of the big ones intended for raccoons. However, it works fine for squirrels, too. This summer: One raccoon, two 'possums, two squirrels, and one cat. g Peanut butter on toast worked the best for me. Dump the trap in a garbage can of water, occupant included, then clean for supper. Aw, I couldn't do that. But I'd shoot 'em or club 'em. Careful. The anti's take particular exception to clubbing even though you can kill an animal with a club just as quickly as with a gun. They're tougher to skin than a rabbit, but I can dress one out and have him quartered in about three or four minutes. How is cleaning the pelvic cavity? That always seems to be the toughest part for me with a rabbit. -- Ed Huntress |
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Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:50:22 -0500, Karl Townsend wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:56:35 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. The damned horses in the back lot got all my grapes from the back vine. Then I found some on the side vine and the damned birds got 99% of those before me. I'm about to go nuclear here. Count your blessings, at least you don't have deer troulbe I have A LOT of venison recipies I don't hunt (yet), but I love nice, gamy venison. Yum! Tried some raindeer from a restaurant and it tasted like cheap hamburger. Just horrible. Only _then_ did they tell me it was farm-raised, the bastids. Never again! Purina Deer Chow my ASS!@ My deer stand is all set up , with rotating chair . The corn has been spread , the camera is mounted on a tree nearby and it's on and snappin' pics . The straw bales are set up now , and I've been practicing with one of my bows (35 lb recurve , will move up to the 47 pounder in a few days) . By the time the bow season opens in 10 days I should be back in form to slaughter a poor little innocent deer . I hope the first one is that doe that's been eating my garden and fruit trees . Poetic justice IMO . -- Snag |
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:53:20 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:50:22 -0500, Karl Townsend wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:56:35 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. The damned horses in the back lot got all my grapes from the back vine. Then I found some on the side vine and the damned birds got 99% of those before me. I'm about to go nuclear here. Count your blessings, at least you don't have deer troulbe I have A LOT of venison recipies I don't hunt (yet), but I love nice, gamy venison. Yum! Tried some raindeer from a restaurant and it tasted like cheap hamburger. Just horrible. Only _then_ did they tell me it was farm-raised, the bastids. Never again! Purina Deer Chow my ASS!@ My deer stand is all set up , with rotating chair . The corn has been spread , the camera is mounted on a tree nearby and it's on and snappin' pics . The straw bales are set up now , and I've been practicing with one of my bows (35 lb recurve , will move up to the 47 pounder in a few days) . By the time the bow season opens in 10 days I should be back in form to slaughter a poor little innocent deer . I hope the first one is that doe that's been eating my garden and fruit trees . Poetic justice IMO . https://www.etsy.com/listing/1042882...-illegal-funny -- Ed Huntress |
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:49:43 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:56:17 -0700 (PDT), Gerry wrote: I have trapped hundreds of squirrels using a Hav-a-hart squirrel trap. Traps probably 8X8X24 and has two doors, although I lock the back one closed. I only have one, and it's one of the big ones intended for raccoons. However, it works fine for squirrels, too. This summer: One raccoon, two 'possums, two squirrels, and one cat. g Peanut butter on toast worked the best for me. Dump the trap in a garbage can of water, occupant included, then clean for supper. Aw, I couldn't do that. But I'd shoot 'em or club 'em. Careful. The anti's take particular exception to clubbing even though you can kill an animal with a club just as quickly as with a gun. They're tougher to skin than a rabbit, but I can dress one out and have him quartered in about three or four minutes. How is cleaning the pelvic cavity? That always seems to be the toughest part for me with a rabbit. Hmm. I don't remember any particular problems with that. I dress them before skinning, to keep any glorp off of the flesh. Squirrel skin doesn't peel off as easily as it does with a rabbit. I've read it's because squirrels don't have the layer of fat that rabbits have, nut I never saw a layer of fact under the skin of a rabbit, either. I can skin a rabbit with two hands but I usually make a string noose for squirrelts, and tie it to my dressing board. -- Ed Huntress |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:53:20 -0500, "Terry Coombs" wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:50:22 -0500, Karl Townsend wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:56:35 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. The damned horses in the back lot got all my grapes from the back vine. Then I found some on the side vine and the damned birds got 99% of those before me. I'm about to go nuclear here. Count your blessings, at least you don't have deer troulbe I have A LOT of venison recipies I don't hunt (yet), but I love nice, gamy venison. Yum! Tried some raindeer from a restaurant and it tasted like cheap hamburger. Just horrible. Only _then_ did they tell me it was farm-raised, the bastids. Never again! Purina Deer Chow my ASS!@ My deer stand is all set up , with rotating chair . The corn has been spread , the camera is mounted on a tree nearby and it's on and snappin' pics . The straw bales are set up now , and I've been practicing with one of my bows (35 lb recurve , will move up to the 47 pounder in a few days) . By the time the bow season opens in 10 days I should be back in form to slaughter a poor little innocent deer . I hope the first one is that doe that's been eating my garden and fruit trees . Poetic justice IMO . https://www.etsy.com/listing/1042882...-illegal-funny Cute , and the guy that makes 'em is in Van Buren Ar ... fortunately , this is one state that allows baiting for *some* game animals in *some* places . This is one of those places , and deer are one of those animals allowed . I'll be using aluminum arrows with steel broadheads again this year . Hadda have SOME metal content ! -- Snag |
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On 9/17/2014 3:50 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:49:43 -0700, "Bob La Londe" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:56:17 -0700 (PDT), Gerry wrote: I have trapped hundreds of squirrels using a Hav-a-hart squirrel trap. Traps probably 8X8X24 and has two doors, although I lock the back one closed. I only have one, and it's one of the big ones intended for raccoons. However, it works fine for squirrels, too. This summer: One raccoon, two 'possums, two squirrels, and one cat. g Peanut butter on toast worked the best for me. Dump the trap in a garbage can of water, occupant included, then clean for supper. Aw, I couldn't do that. But I'd shoot 'em or club 'em. Careful. The anti's take particular exception to clubbing even though you can kill an animal with a club just as quickly as with a gun. They're tougher to skin than a rabbit, but I can dress one out and have him quartered in about three or four minutes. How is cleaning the pelvic cavity? That always seems to be the toughest part for me with a rabbit. Hmm. I don't remember any particular problems with that. I dress them before skinning, to keep any glorp off of the flesh. Squirrel skin doesn't peel off as easily as it does with a rabbit. I've read it's because squirrels don't have the layer of fat that rabbits have, nut I never saw a layer of fact under the skin of a rabbit, either. I can skin a rabbit with two hands but I usually make a string noose for squirrelts, and tie it to my dressing board. Skin from feet to head. Here in ET they have hangers for the feet and pull the skin off. I think the idea - almost no meat skins easier. Direction makes a difference. Squirrel hunters here from a young age. Mom & Dad are gone now but I recall Dad saying Mom shot flying squirrels while gliding down towards the garden. She and Dad often went to the arcade to shoot at bottles and such while courting. Moved to N.C. during WWII making Ship Radar and we bought the polo club house when they moved further out of town. Nice place. Moved after the war - and after Dad returned from Europe to the west coast Radar on B-36's. Martin |
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:34:38 -0500, Martin Eastburn
wrote: On 9/17/2014 3:50 PM, Ed Huntress wrote: On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:49:43 -0700, "Bob La Londe" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:56:17 -0700 (PDT), Gerry wrote: I have trapped hundreds of squirrels using a Hav-a-hart squirrel trap. Traps probably 8X8X24 and has two doors, although I lock the back one closed. I only have one, and it's one of the big ones intended for raccoons. However, it works fine for squirrels, too. This summer: One raccoon, two 'possums, two squirrels, and one cat. g Peanut butter on toast worked the best for me. Dump the trap in a garbage can of water, occupant included, then clean for supper. Aw, I couldn't do that. But I'd shoot 'em or club 'em. Careful. The anti's take particular exception to clubbing even though you can kill an animal with a club just as quickly as with a gun. They're tougher to skin than a rabbit, but I can dress one out and have him quartered in about three or four minutes. How is cleaning the pelvic cavity? That always seems to be the toughest part for me with a rabbit. Hmm. I don't remember any particular problems with that. I dress them before skinning, to keep any glorp off of the flesh. Squirrel skin doesn't peel off as easily as it does with a rabbit. I've read it's because squirrels don't have the layer of fat that rabbits have, nut I never saw a layer of fact under the skin of a rabbit, either. I can skin a rabbit with two hands but I usually make a string noose for squirrelts, and tie it to my dressing board. Skin from feet to head. Here in ET they have hangers for the feet and pull the skin off. I think the idea - almost no meat skins easier. Direction makes a difference. Squirrel hunters here from a young age. Somebody told me that once but I never got the hang of it. I've cased a lot of muskrats, and I tried doing the squirrels the same way. But working the skin over the hind legs just didn't work the same. I just tore the skin. I'll probably not try it again. We have to hunt squirrels with a shotgun in NJ (except for a short mid-winter muzzleloading rifle season). I hate shooting squirrels with a shotgun and I'm not going out in mid-winter with a rifle just to shoot a couple of them. Mom & Dad are gone now but I recall Dad saying Mom shot flying squirrels while gliding down towards the garden. Now *that* might make it worthwhile to shoot squirrels with a shotgun. g She and Dad often went to the arcade to shoot at bottles and such while courting. Moved to N.C. during WWII making Ship Radar and we bought the polo club house when they moved further out of town. Nice place. Moved after the war - and after Dad returned from Europe to the west coast Radar on B-36's. Martin |
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:53:20 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:50:22 -0500, Karl Townsend wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:56:35 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful and delicious little peaches. I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths. The damned horses in the back lot got all my grapes from the back vine. Then I found some on the side vine and the damned birds got 99% of those before me. I'm about to go nuclear here. Count your blessings, at least you don't have deer troulbe I have A LOT of venison recipies I don't hunt (yet), but I love nice, gamy venison. Yum! Tried some raindeer from a restaurant and it tasted like cheap hamburger. Just horrible. Only _then_ did they tell me it was farm-raised, the bastids. Never again! Purina Deer Chow my ASS!@ My deer stand is all set up , with rotating chair . The corn has been spread , the camera is mounted on a tree nearby and it's on and snappin' pics . The straw bales are set up now , and I've been practicing with one of my bows (35 lb recurve , will move up to the 47 pounder in a few days) . By the time the bow season opens in 10 days I should be back in form to slaughter a poor little innocent deer . I hope the first one is that doe that's been eating my garden and fruit trees . Poetic justice IMO . Go for it, Snag. I wonder if the fruit sweetens the meat... I think my niece is giving me the 75# compound bow she found in her garage, from a late friend of her dad's. If her dad doesn't show up to give her away in a few weeks, I'll have that honor myself. Anyway, when the SHTF, I'll be out joining the hunt purty quickly. -- Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -- Matthew Arnold |
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:11:14 -0400, Ed Huntress
wrote: On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:34:38 -0500, Martin Eastburn wrote: On 9/17/2014 3:50 PM, Ed Huntress wrote: On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:49:43 -0700, "Bob La Londe" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:56:17 -0700 (PDT), Gerry wrote: I have trapped hundreds of squirrels using a Hav-a-hart squirrel trap. Traps probably 8X8X24 and has two doors, although I lock the back one closed. I only have one, and it's one of the big ones intended for raccoons. However, it works fine for squirrels, too. This summer: One raccoon, two 'possums, two squirrels, and one cat. g Peanut butter on toast worked the best for me. Dump the trap in a garbage can of water, occupant included, then clean for supper. Aw, I couldn't do that. But I'd shoot 'em or club 'em. Careful. The anti's take particular exception to clubbing even though you can kill an animal with a club just as quickly as with a gun. They're tougher to skin than a rabbit, but I can dress one out and have him quartered in about three or four minutes. How is cleaning the pelvic cavity? That always seems to be the toughest part for me with a rabbit. Hmm. I don't remember any particular problems with that. I dress them before skinning, to keep any glorp off of the flesh. Squirrel skin doesn't peel off as easily as it does with a rabbit. I've read it's because squirrels don't have the layer of fat that rabbits have, nut I never saw a layer of fact under the skin of a rabbit, either. I can skin a rabbit with two hands but I usually make a string noose for squirrelts, and tie it to my dressing board. Skin from feet to head. Here in ET they have hangers for the feet and pull the skin off. I think the idea - almost no meat skins easier. Direction makes a difference. Squirrel hunters here from a young age. Somebody told me that once but I never got the hang of it. I've cased a lot of muskrats, and I tried doing the squirrels the same way. But working the skin over the hind legs just didn't work the same. I just tore the skin. I'll probably not try it again. We have to hunt squirrels with a shotgun in NJ (except for a short mid-winter muzzleloading rifle season). I hate shooting squirrels with a shotgun and I'm not going out in mid-winter with a rifle just to shoot a couple of them. Mom & Dad are gone now but I recall Dad saying Mom shot flying squirrels while gliding down towards the garden. Now *that* might make it worthwhile to shoot squirrels with a shotgun. g She and Dad often went to the arcade to shoot at bottles and such while courting. Moved to N.C. during WWII making Ship Radar and we bought the polo club house when they moved further out of town. Nice place. Moved after the war - and after Dad returned from Europe to the west coast Radar on B-36's. Martin Friend used to pop them out of trees with a .177 co2 pellet gun by shooting the tree just under their belly. The flying bark took them out. |
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"Richard" wrote in message
... On 9/16/2014 1:52 PM, Bob La Londe wrote: "Richard" wrote in message m... On 9/16/2014 7:47 AM, Ed Huntress wrote: In NJ, an air gun is treated like any other gun. And no suppressors are allowed. They're treated as our state equivalent of Title II weapons. You are referring to the suppressor(title II), right. And you have to register a BB gun??? To be fair a .25 PCP "BB Gun" can easily drop a deer at 50 yards, and the larger Sam Yang 9mm, has been used for bigger game in Africa. They make them upto .50 cal, and a neighbor of mine has been working on air operated automatic cannon with military applications. (well a couple sections over) Ok, that sounds a bit more realistic. I was thinking "Daisy". You want to talk about pneumatics. Lewis and Clark carried an air rifle on their famous journey of discovery. Pneumatics rifles were used in combat in WWI (although I have not found a definitive source on that). In the late 1800s the USS Vesuvius carried pneumatic cannon with a one mile range, that delivered explosive rounds nearly silently which made for a tremendous psychological affect compared to conventional cannon. There is a nice article on Wikipedia about it. One mile was considered to short, but where it was used it was effective. |
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