Fox squirrel??

[Flash]

I usually try and kill daddy a few squirrels every yr to eat. Never killed a fox sq. How are they for eating? We've got a few running around now. Thanks

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

They are fine to eat. Personally I prefer the greys. Fox squirrels work on a lot of pine cones and I think it effects the taste. If you kill a couple be sure to pull out the glands, one under each front leg in the arm pit, they are brown little fatty looking tissue. There are 2 more, one in each hind leg right where the hamstring meets the back of the knee. You have to cut a slit across the grain where the 2 white lines meet and you can pop them right out. These 2 are white little lumps. When the fox squirrels are rutting you can smell them almost as strong as a buck deer. There’s a lot. Ore meat on a fox squirrel, two will make a good sized meal.

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

2:25 shows the rear glands most people seem to miss.

 

[Flash]

Not many pines in these woods, I see them same places (acorns) as I see the greys

 

[Lukikus2]

Never ate a fox squirrel. Never was legal to shoot them in any states I've hunted.

 

[antharper]

I’ve ate a few . The grays are better to me . I haven’t killed one in probably 30 years . Really enjoy seeing them

 

[antharper]

Honestly they are just to pretty to kill to me . I see this one fairly often . And he would be nice mounted but he’s beautiful alive .

 

[Mac]

Pretty one above

 

[greg j]

That video about skinning was about the best one i have ever watched. Simple and to the point. Never knew about those glands in the legs.

 

[Ruger#3]

Killed a truck load of the red fox squirrels in OH and KY. They eat good, especially in gravy.


https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/discover-and-learn/animals/mammals/eastern-fox-squirrel

 

[Anvil Head]

Killed a truck load of the red fox squirrels in OH and KY. They eat good, especially in gravy.


https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/discover-and-learn/animals/mammals/eastern-fox-squirrel

I agree, never had an issue with "taste". Guess my palate is not as sensitive as some. I've eaten plenty - personally like tree rat pie or tree rat dumplings best.

 

[mallardsx2]

Fox Squirrels are a little bit tough IMHO. I have cleaned and eaten hundreds....I always boiled them and picked the meat.

 

[GooseGestapo]

I just this morning discovered in the WMA regs, only ONE fox squirrel may be taken per day on a WMA.
New to me....