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Posted on 10/6/17 at 10:49 am to upgrayedd
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Is it something you can cut out of the meat?
I don't think they really affect the meat. But, I'll never know, because I'm not skinning a squirrel that has one.
I don't know anything about bot fly larvae other than they're disgusting.
As far as being dangerous to humans (for whomever asked) you only have to worry about the flies depositing offspring on you. The gross maggots that are already in another animal are no danger, other than the aforementioned risk of vomiting to death. And, honestly, I'm not even sure if the species we have in the US even use humans as hosts.
Anyway, didn't mean to derail the thread. I'm looking forward to shooting some squirrels myself.
This post was edited on 10/6/17 at 10:52 am
Posted on 10/6/17 at 11:00 am to Teague
Just googled. I've never seen that as far as I can remember but holy shite that is nasty
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:38 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I’m going to christen my new .32 tomorrow morning. 
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:52 pm to Teague
Truer words were never spoken. The thought of them evacuating from underneath the skin of a freshly killed squirrel makes my stomach turn. Hence the reason I no longer hunt them this early in the year.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 2:30 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
why in the world would you bring your dog before december?
Posted on 10/6/17 at 2:32 pm to Marciano1
quote:
Love hunting them.
Love eating them.
Don't like cleaning them.
i said the same and used to pay someone but last year i went over 100 squirrels on the season so I made myself become respectably efficient at it and it's not bad. Have to do it right away, if they get cold, gameover lol
Posted on 10/6/17 at 2:36 pm to upgrayedd
Called worbels. Larvae of the bot fly. Only ever ran across them in tensas. We killed 16 squirrels and 14 had worbels. I thought I could stomach it but when I pulled my eight out of my bag when I got back to camp. The worbels had crawled out the squirrel and were in my bag. Couldn't eat the squirrel after that even though I know they are external.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 2:38 pm to cbiscuit
Not something you'd eat by accident.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 4:04 pm to upgrayedd
Too hot for me! Think I'll wait till it cools off a bit. Maybe after a good frost. Y'all have fun!
Posted on 10/6/17 at 4:15 pm to cbiscuit
Hot, dry, windy and a full moon. I'm usually good for 6-8 but will be happy with 3 or 4 tomorrow.
They're moving more in the afternoon with the full moon.
They're moving more in the afternoon with the full moon.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 4:38 pm to upgrayedd
I've killed hundred of squirrels and don't recall ever seeing any with wolves. Rabbits are another story. I've killed some that we're covered in them. I won't hunt a rabbits until after a good frost. Squirrels I'm blasting.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 5:13 pm to Marciano1
Easy to clean. Cut cross way through the skin halfway down the back. Insert fingers and pull. Chop off head. Chop off tail. Gut and rinse. Flour it up and get the dumplings going.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 2:55 pm to Hog Zealot
I got 6, padnah 8.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 3:02 pm to Hog Zealot
That's the hard way.
Cut them right above the butthole, stand on the tail, pull
Cut them right above the butthole, stand on the tail, pull
Posted on 10/7/17 at 3:38 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:you gotta pluck the hairs off the ol bunghole. Catfish skinners help w that little back half of hide.
That's the hard way.
Cut them right above the butthole, stand on the tail, pull
Posted on 10/7/17 at 3:40 pm to tigerfoot
I don't remember ever plucking any butt hairs
I do remember having as much hair on the meat as I had on the hide when I cut them down the back
I do remember having as much hair on the meat as I had on the hide when I cut them down the back
Posted on 10/7/17 at 3:42 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
I don't remember ever plucking any butt hairs
Yeah, shouldn’t have to do that. Cut below the tail, step on it and pull, but not all the way at once. Then pull off from the back and then finish pulling over the front.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 5:47 pm to speckledawg
Guns were raddling the glass on the gun case this morning. Just didn't have it in me to go. 
Posted on 10/7/17 at 7:04 pm to fishfighter
quote:
Guns were raddling the glass on the gun case this morning. Just didn't have it in me to go.
I didn't make it either, fish...maybe some cool weather will give me the fever a little later.
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