On Apr 15, 2:13*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>
> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>
> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
> again in the past few days. *I suspect my attic is not
> it's principal residence.

Naaaah. Your squirrel is shacking up with another squirrel making
little squirrels!
Happy Spring!
Lynn in Fargo

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
>I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>
> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>
> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
> again in the past few days. I suspect my attic is not
> it's principal residence.

OT be sure they are squirrels and not tree rats. The Tree rats can nest in
and infect an attic pretty quickly.

How many trees are touching your roof?

Dimitri

I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html

It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
again in the past few days. I suspect my attic is not
it's principal residence.

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>
> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>
> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
> again in the past few days. I suspect my attic is not
> it's principal residence.

Have you considered sealing your attic?

In the meantime, a trap might work.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

On Apr 15, 2:13*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>
> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>
> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
> again in the past few days. *I suspect my attic is not
> it's principal residence.

You need to call the Verminators!

N.

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:22:41 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>
>> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>>
>> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>>
>> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
>> again in the past few days. I suspect my attic is not
>> it's principal residence.
>
>Have you considered sealing your attic?
>
>In the meantime, a trap might work.

You can seal all you want, but a determined squirrel looking to make a
nest will chew through stucco, siding, clapboard and even interior
walls. Ask me how I know.

Trapping does little as the population is so large and many
communities do not allow squirrels or other trapped critters to be
transported off-property in a live state. Those rules and regs vary by
area.

It isn't an impossible situation to remedy, but it can be a persistent
one.

Were they tastier and safer to eat, the problem might solve itself.

Boron

On Apr 15, 3:13*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>
> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>
> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
> again in the past few days. *I suspect my attic is not
> it's principal residence.

I suspect your attic is going to be the new nursery. Contact animal
control, and ask them what your options are. At my Mom's house, we
used a hav-a-heart trap, found their entry point and after we had the
whole family, boarded it up with hardware mesh, wood, and shingles.

In our house, the little mugger got into the cellar, and we had to put
the hav-a-heart between two cinder blocks, since smarty pants was
picking the bait out through the sides. Keeping it out was easy:
close the flue the sweeps left open, and put a cap on the chimney.

maxine in ri

Mark Thorson wrote:
> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>
> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>
> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
> again in the past few days. I suspect my attic is not
> it's principal residence.

Shades of Bill Murray !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv87T1CQF8E

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:13:03 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>
>http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>
>It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
>again in the past few days. I suspect my attic is not
>it's principal residence.

I liked this part:

"The Rodenator Pro pumps propane and oxygen into the tunnels of
squirrels, then sends an electric spark that causes an explosion. The
shock waves kill the squirrels and collapse their tunnels - but in a
humane way, the agency said."
--

modom

In article >,
Boron Elgar > wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:22:41 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > Mark Thorson > wrote:
> >
> >> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
> >>
> >> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
> >>
> >> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
> >> again in the past few days. I suspect my attic is not
> >> it's principal residence.
> >
> >Have you considered sealing your attic?
> >
> >In the meantime, a trap might work.
>
> You can seal all you want, but a determined squirrel looking to make a
> nest will chew through stucco, siding, clapboard and even interior
> walls. Ask me how I know.
>
> Trapping does little as the population is so large and many
> communities do not allow squirrels or other trapped critters to be
> transported off-property in a live state. Those rules and regs vary by
> area.
>
> It isn't an impossible situation to remedy, but it can be a persistent
> one.
>
> Were they tastier and safer to eat, the problem might solve itself.
>
> Boron

Squirrel is very tasty! There are a number of recipes on the 'net, but I
prefer them quartered and saute'd, served over rice.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

On Apr 16, 12:51*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
> *Boron Elgar > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:22:41 -0500, Omelet >
> > wrote:
>
> > >In article >,
> > > Mark Thorson > wrote:
>
> > >> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>
> > >>http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>
> > >> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
> > >> again in the past few days. *I suspect my attic is not
> > >> it's principal residence.
>
> > >Have you considered sealing your attic?
>
> > >In the meantime, a trap might work.
>
> > You can seal all you want, but a determined squirrel looking to make a
> > nest will chew through stucco, siding, clapboard and even interior
> > walls. Ask me how I know.
>
> > Trapping does little as the population is so large and many
> > communities do not allow squirrels or other trapped critters to be
> > transported off-property in a live state. Those rules and regs vary by
> > area.
>
> > It isn't an impossible situation to remedy, but it can be a persistent
> > one.
>
> > Were they tastier and safer to eat, the problem might solve itself.
>
> > Boron
>
> Squirrel is very tasty! There are a number of recipes on the 'net, but I
> prefer them quartered and saute'd, served over rice.

Lightly brined and chicken fried.

> --
> Peace! Om

--Bryan, aka Bobo Bonobo http://www.TheBonobos.com

On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:51:28 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> Boron Elgar > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:22:41 -0500, Omelet >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >In article >,
>> > Mark Thorson > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>> >>
>> >> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>> >>
>> >> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
>> >> again in the past few days. I suspect my attic is not
>> >> it's principal residence.
>> >
>> >Have you considered sealing your attic?
>> >
>> >In the meantime, a trap might work.
>>
>> You can seal all you want, but a determined squirrel looking to make a
>> nest will chew through stucco, siding, clapboard and even interior
>> walls. Ask me how I know.
>>
>> Trapping does little as the population is so large and many
>> communities do not allow squirrels or other trapped critters to be
>> transported off-property in a live state. Those rules and regs vary by
>> area.
>>
>> It isn't an impossible situation to remedy, but it can be a persistent
>> one.
>>
>> Were they tastier and safer to eat, the problem might solve itself.
>>
>> Boron
>
>Squirrel is very tasty! There are a number of recipes on the 'net, but I
>prefer them quartered and saute'd, served over rice.

These days there are concerns over wasting diseases in the squirrel
populations in some areas. Why bother?

Boron

Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:51:28 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Boron Elgar > wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:22:41 -0500, Omelet >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article >,
>>>> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>>>>>
>>>>> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
>>>>> again in the past few days. I suspect my attic is not
>>>>> it's principal residence.
>>>> Have you considered sealing your attic?
>>>>
>>>> In the meantime, a trap might work.
>>> You can seal all you want, but a determined squirrel looking to make a
>>> nest will chew through stucco, siding, clapboard and even interior
>>> walls. Ask me how I know.
>>>
>>> Trapping does little as the population is so large and many
>>> communities do not allow squirrels or other trapped critters to be
>>> transported off-property in a live state. Those rules and regs vary by
>>> area.
>>>
>>> It isn't an impossible situation to remedy, but it can be a persistent
>>> one.
>>>
>>> Were they tastier and safer to eat, the problem might solve itself.
>>>
>>> Boron
>> Squirrel is very tasty! There are a number of recipes on the 'net, but I
>> prefer them quartered and saute'd, served over rice.
>
> These days there are concerns over wasting diseases in the squirrel
> populations in some areas. Why bother?
>
> Boron

Depends on where you live, in our area me, the dawg, and about a half
million Cajuns are wasting as many squirrels as we can shoot. They're
tree rats is all they are, destructive, nasty little beggars that happen
to taste pretty good when cooked up. I hold the same consideration for
sky rats, aka rock pigeons, another European import akin to the English
sparrow but bigger and tastier. In the pot they go.

On Apr 16, 2:02*pm, George Shirley > wrote:
> Boron Elgar wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:51:28 -0500, Omelet >
> > wrote:
>
> >> In article >,
> >> Boron Elgar > wrote:
>
> >>> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:22:41 -0500, Omelet >
> >>> wrote:
>
> >>>> In article >,
> >>>> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>
> >>>>> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>
> >>>>>http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>
> >>>>> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
> >>>>> again in the past few days. *I suspect my attic is not
> >>>>> it's principal residence.
> >>>> Have you considered sealing your attic?
>
> >>>> In the meantime, a trap might work.
> >>> You can seal all you want, but a determined squirrel looking to make a
> >>> nest will chew through stucco, siding, clapboard and even interior
> >>> walls. Ask me how I know.
>
> >>> Trapping does little as the population is so large and many
> >>> communities do not allow squirrels or other trapped critters to be
> >>> transported off-property in a live state. Those rules and regs vary by
> >>> area.
>
> >>> It isn't an impossible situation to remedy, but it can be a persistent
> >>> one.
>
> >>> Were they tastier and safer to eat, the problem might solve itself.
>
> >>> Boron
> >> Squirrel is very tasty! There are a number of recipes on the 'net, but I
> >> prefer them quartered and saute'd, served over rice.
>
> > These days there are concerns over wasting diseases in the squirrel
> > populations in some areas. *Why bother?
>
> > Boron
>
> Depends on where you live, in our area me, the dawg, and about a half
> million Cajuns are wasting as many squirrels as we can shoot. They're
> tree rats is all they are, destructive, nasty little beggars that happen
> to taste pretty good when cooked up. I hold the same consideration for
> sky rats, aka rock pigeons, another European import akin to the English
> sparrow but bigger and tastier. In the pot they go.

In Kentucky, they have a problem with squirrels in Burgoo (stew like
Brunswick sorta). They do have a wasting disease related to Jakob-
Creutzer (sp?) it's a prion disease like "mad cow" only transferred
by ingesting brain or nerve tissue.
Please correct me if I got it wrong,
Lynn in Fargo

On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:02:49 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>Boron Elgar wrote:

>> These days there are concerns over wasting diseases in the squirrel
>> populations in some areas. Why bother?
>>
>> Boron
>
>Depends on where you live, in our area me, the dawg, and about a half
>million Cajuns are wasting as many squirrels as we can shoot. They're
>tree rats is all they are, destructive, nasty little beggars that happen
>to taste pretty good when cooked up. I hold the same consideration for
>sky rats, aka rock pigeons, another European import akin to the English
>sparrow but bigger and tastier. In the pot they go.

Makes sense if your population is clear. I have no sympathy or kind
feelings for squirrels and if they can be of some benefit, that's
great.

They must hold some beneficial position in the environment, but I
cannot see any of the goodness of it. To hell with 'em.

Boron

Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig > wrote:

>In Kentucky, they have a problem with squirrels in Burgoo (stew like
>Brunswick sorta). They do have a wasting disease related to Jakob-
>Creutzer (sp?) it's a prion disease like "mad cow" only transferred
>by ingesting brain or nerve tissue.
>Please correct me if I got it wrong,

It is hard to say. There is a report about mad squirrel disease
in Kentucky on rense.com, an interesting website but I do not
know about their fact-checking. The Wikipedia article on prion disease
does not list squirrel as an affected species (the ones listed
are humans, goats, sheep, cow, mink, elk, deer, nyala, and
greater kudu). Lab scientists have succeeded in infecting
_Saimiri sciureus_, the new world squirrel monkey, with prions
but it has not occured in nature.

So I am not sure about mad squirrel.

Steve

On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:41:47 -0700 (PDT), Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig
> wrote:

>On Apr 16, 2:02*pm, George Shirley > wrote:
>> Boron Elgar wrote:
>> > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:51:28 -0500, Omelet >
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >> In article >,
>> >> Boron Elgar > wrote:
>>
>> >>> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:22:41 -0500, Omelet >
>> >>> wrote:
>>
>> >>>> In article >,
>> >>>> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>>
>> >>>>> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>>
>> >>>>>http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>>
>> >>>>> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
>> >>>>> again in the past few days. *I suspect my attic is not
>> >>>>> it's principal residence.
>> >>>> Have you considered sealing your attic?
>>
>> >>>> In the meantime, a trap might work.
>> >>> You can seal all you want, but a determined squirrel looking to make a
>> >>> nest will chew through stucco, siding, clapboard and even interior
>> >>> walls. Ask me how I know.
>>
>> >>> Trapping does little as the population is so large and many
>> >>> communities do not allow squirrels or other trapped critters to be
>> >>> transported off-property in a live state. Those rules and regs vary by
>> >>> area.
>>
>> >>> It isn't an impossible situation to remedy, but it can be a persistent
>> >>> one.
>>
>> >>> Were they tastier and safer to eat, the problem might solve itself.
>>
>> >>> Boron
>> >> Squirrel is very tasty! There are a number of recipes on the 'net, but I
>> >> prefer them quartered and saute'd, served over rice.
>>
>> > These days there are concerns over wasting diseases in the squirrel
>> > populations in some areas. *Why bother?
>>
>> > Boron
>>
>> Depends on where you live, in our area me, the dawg, and about a half
>> million Cajuns are wasting as many squirrels as we can shoot. They're
>> tree rats is all they are, destructive, nasty little beggars that happen
>> to taste pretty good when cooked up. I hold the same consideration for
>> sky rats, aka rock pigeons, another European import akin to the English
>> sparrow but bigger and tastier. In the pot they go.
>
>In Kentucky, they have a problem with squirrels in Burgoo (stew like
>Brunswick sorta). They do have a wasting disease related to Jakob-
>Creutzer (sp?) it's a prion disease like "mad cow" only transferred
>by ingesting brain or nerve tissue.
>Please correct me if I got it wrong,
>Lynn in Fargo


You got it pretty darn well. There are many types of these prion
diseases, all wicked and all suspected of being transmissible by
eating infected tissue, which is usually brain and spinal column/
nervous system, at minimum.

Boron

Dimitri wrote:
>
> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>>
>> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>>
>> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
>> again in the past few days. I suspect my attic is not
>> it's principal residence.
>
> OT be sure they are squirrels and not tree rats. The Tree rats can nest
> in and infect an attic pretty quickly.
>
> How many trees are touching your roof?


I was surprised to see the article was about ground squirrels. We don't
have them here. The only squirrels we have are the tree rat variety, and
they have multiplied a lot since we last had cats around the house.

Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
> On Apr 16, 2:02 pm, George Shirley > wrote:
>> Boron Elgar wrote:
>>> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:51:28 -0500, Omelet >
>>> wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> Boron Elgar > wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:22:41 -0500, Omelet >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> In article >,
>>>>>> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>>>>>>> I wish I could use this method for the squirrel in my attic.
>>>>>>> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42916587.html
>>>>>>> It was quiet for a long time, but seems to have become
>>>>>>> again in the past few days. I suspect my attic is not
>>>>>>> it's principal residence.
>>>>>> Have you considered sealing your attic?
>>>>>> In the meantime, a trap might work.
>>>>> You can seal all you want, but a determined squirrel looking to make a
>>>>> nest will chew through stucco, siding, clapboard and even interior
>>>>> walls. Ask me how I know.
>>>>> Trapping does little as the population is so large and many
>>>>> communities do not allow squirrels or other trapped critters to be
>>>>> transported off-property in a live state. Those rules and regs vary by
>>>>> area.
>>>>> It isn't an impossible situation to remedy, but it can be a persistent
>>>>> one.
>>>>> Were they tastier and safer to eat, the problem might solve itself.
>>>>> Boron
>>>> Squirrel is very tasty! There are a number of recipes on the 'net, but I
>>>> prefer them quartered and saute'd, served over rice.
>>> These days there are concerns over wasting diseases in the squirrel
>>> populations in some areas. Why bother?
>>> Boron
>> Depends on where you live, in our area me, the dawg, and about a half
>> million Cajuns are wasting as many squirrels as we can shoot. They're
>> tree rats is all they are, destructive, nasty little beggars that happen
>> to taste pretty good when cooked up. I hold the same consideration for
>> sky rats, aka rock pigeons, another European import akin to the English
>> sparrow but bigger and tastier. In the pot they go.
>
> In Kentucky, they have a problem with squirrels in Burgoo (stew like
> Brunswick sorta). They do have a wasting disease related to Jakob-
> Creutzer (sp?) it's a prion disease like "mad cow" only transferred
> by ingesting brain or nerve tissue.
> Please correct me if I got it wrong,
> Lynn in Fargo

I only ever met but one person who ate squirrel heads. It's my
understanding you have to eat the brain to get mad cow type disease. I
have been wrong before, at least once.

On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:53:43 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
>> On Apr 16, 2:02 pm, George Shirley > wrote:
>>> Boron Elgar wrote:

>> In Kentucky, they have a problem with squirrels in Burgoo (stew like
>> Brunswick sorta). They do have a wasting disease related to Jakob-
>> Creutzer (sp?) it's a prion disease like "mad cow" only transferred
>> by ingesting brain or nerve tissue.
>> Please correct me if I got it wrong,
>> Lynn in Fargo
>
>I only ever met but one person who ate squirrel heads. It's my
>understanding you have to eat the brain to get mad cow type disease. I
>have been wrong before, at least once.

If there is a risk of a critter having a wasting disease, I'd
recommend not eating any part of it, as spinal tissue can also be
involved in transmission with some of them.

I'm not a paranoid or screamie-meemie about these disorders - far from
it, but symptoms can take a long time to develop and in squirrels that
long time just does not exist. It's hard to track it in such a
population. It usually appears as a cluster in humans years after
their exposure - as it did in western Kentucky.

There is a similar disease that affects elk and deer, too, that is in
some central and western states.

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/cwdmap.asp

Looking at the map at the above link, you can see some saturated
areas, but also a few spots of wide dispersion in the cervids. I
haven't seen a map of affected squirrel populations, I admit, and I
know they are considered good eatin' in a lot of places, but I'm
getting itchy about venison these days....

Boron

In article
>,
Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:

> > Squirrel is very tasty! There are a number of recipes on the 'net, but I
> > prefer them quartered and saute'd, served over rice.
>
> Lightly brined and chicken fried.

I might have to try that next time. <g>
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> > These days there are concerns over wasting diseases in the squirrel
> > populations in some areas. Why bother?
> >
> > Boron
>
> Depends on where you live, in our area me, the dawg, and about a half
> million Cajuns are wasting as many squirrels as we can shoot. They're
> tree rats is all they are, destructive, nasty little beggars that happen
> to taste pretty good when cooked up. I hold the same consideration for
> sky rats, aka rock pigeons, another European import akin to the English
> sparrow but bigger and tastier. In the pot they go.

How do you prepare squirrel?

I've deliberately raised sky rat in the past for squab. Older rock
doves have to be braised, but the fledglings are excellent roasted.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>>> These days there are concerns over wasting diseases in the squirrel
>>> populations in some areas. Why bother?
>>>
>>> Boron
>> Depends on where you live, in our area me, the dawg, and about a half
>> million Cajuns are wasting as many squirrels as we can shoot. They're
>> tree rats is all they are, destructive, nasty little beggars that happen
>> to taste pretty good when cooked up. I hold the same consideration for
>> sky rats, aka rock pigeons, another European import akin to the English
>> sparrow but bigger and tastier. In the pot they go.
>
> How do you prepare squirrel?

Practically any way you would prepare wild rabbit, muskrat, or nutria.
Old tough ones have to be slow cooked or braised, young ones can be
fried, stewed, or roasted. I've eaten many a squirrel as a youngster
when I was out hunting them. Take along a few matches, some salt and
pepper in a twist of wax paper. Kill, skin, put on a green limb, roast
over an open fire, have lunch. Take the rest of the bag home for
everyone to enjoy.

Failing to get any squirrels, a brace of robins made a good lunch too.
Even snake, turtle, or armadillo is tasty when you're young and hungry

>
> I've deliberately raised sky rat in the past for squab. Older rock
> doves have to be braised, but the fledglings are excellent roasted.

My aunt made a tasty "blackbird" pie, two crusts, with full grown rock
pigeons. All the local farmers considered them pests and would allow us
to hunt them freely. Get a couple of lads armed with a shotgun and a
broom at a barn, two more armed the same way at a barn about a mile
away. Whap the barn with the broom, shoot pigeons flying away. Other two
would shoot them coming in, let them settle, whap the barn and shoot
them flying away. Get about two dozen pigeons, clean, take home, cook
them up. We would ambush rice birds, a type of black bird, crawl up on
ducks on a pond, hunt mourning doves, stake out a farm pond for geese,
whatever we could hunt. Mostly no seasons for wild game except deer and
water fowl when I was a young lad. At least in East Texas. We even
hunted rabbits at night with headlights and .22 rifles.

It wasn't that we were always hungry, it was a sport with us and we were
taught that you either ate what you killed or didn't shoot them. Barn
rats, ie Norwegian wharf rats were the exception. We shot them with rat
shot in our .22 rifles and got a few cents per rat for keeping them out
of the corn crib.

Not much of any place left to do that nowadays Om.

George Shirley wrote:
> Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
>> On Apr 16, 2:02 pm, George Shirley > wrote:
>>> Depends on where you live, in our area me, the dawg, and about a half
>>> million Cajuns are wasting as many squirrels as we can shoot. They're
>>> tree rats is all they are, destructive, nasty little beggars that
>>> happen
>>> to taste pretty good when cooked up. I hold the same consideration for
>>> sky rats, aka rock pigeons, another European import akin to the English
>>> sparrow but bigger and tastier. In the pot they go.
>>
>> In Kentucky, they have a problem with squirrels in Burgoo (stew like
>> Brunswick sorta). They do have a wasting disease related to Jakob-
>> Creutzer (sp?) it's a prion disease like "mad cow" only transferred
>> by ingesting brain or nerve tissue.
>> Please correct me if I got it wrong,
>> Lynn in Fargo
>
> I only ever met but one person who ate squirrel heads. It's my
> understanding you have to eat the brain to get mad cow type disease. I
> have been wrong before, at least once.


One day I was at Uncle Leon's house and he was chewing on something, as
if it were a jawbreaker. He pulls it out of his mouth, and it was a
squirrel's head. Let's hope I can eat dinner, after thinking about that.


Becca

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > George Shirley > wrote:
> >
> >>> These days there are concerns over wasting diseases in the squirrel
> >>> populations in some areas. Why bother?
> >>>
> >>> Boron
> >> Depends on where you live, in our area me, the dawg, and about a half
> >> million Cajuns are wasting as many squirrels as we can shoot. They're
> >> tree rats is all they are, destructive, nasty little beggars that happen
> >> to taste pretty good when cooked up. I hold the same consideration for
> >> sky rats, aka rock pigeons, another European import akin to the English
> >> sparrow but bigger and tastier. In the pot they go.
> >
> > How do you prepare squirrel?
>
> Practically any way you would prepare wild rabbit, muskrat, or nutria.
> Old tough ones have to be slow cooked or braised, young ones can be
> fried, stewed, or roasted. I've eaten many a squirrel as a youngster
> when I was out hunting them. Take along a few matches, some salt and
> pepper in a twist of wax paper. Kill, skin, put on a green limb, roast
> over an open fire, have lunch. Take the rest of the bag home for
> everyone to enjoy.
>
> Failing to get any squirrels, a brace of robins made a good lunch too.
> Even snake, turtle, or armadillo is tasty when you're young and hungry

I've had snake, squirrel and turtle, but not Armadillo or robin.

>
> >
> > I've deliberately raised sky rat in the past for squab. Older rock
> > doves have to be braised, but the fledglings are excellent roasted.
>
> My aunt made a tasty "blackbird" pie, two crusts, with full grown rock
> pigeons. All the local farmers considered them pests and would allow us
> to hunt them freely. Get a couple of lads armed with a shotgun and a
> broom at a barn, two more armed the same way at a barn about a mile
> away. Whap the barn with the broom, shoot pigeons flying away. Other two
> would shoot them coming in, let them settle, whap the barn and shoot
> them flying away. Get about two dozen pigeons, clean, take home, cook
> them up.

They are very quick and easy to clean. :-)

> We would ambush rice birds, a type of black bird, crawl up on
> ducks on a pond, hunt mourning doves, stake out a farm pond for geese,
> whatever we could hunt. Mostly no seasons for wild game except deer and
> water fowl when I was a young lad. At least in East Texas. We even
> hunted rabbits at night with headlights and .22 rifles.

I went night hunting for rabbit last April. That's fun. I used my old
Remington nylon 66 (.22) that I've had since I was 14.

>
> It wasn't that we were always hungry, it was a sport with us and we were
> taught that you either ate what you killed or didn't shoot them. Barn
> rats, ie Norwegian wharf rats were the exception. We shot them with rat
> shot in our .22 rifles and got a few cents per rat for keeping them out
> of the corn crib.
>
> Not much of any place left to do that nowadays Om.

Not without paying hunting leases...
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article >,
Becca > wrote:

> George Shirley wrote:
> > Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
> >> On Apr 16, 2:02 pm, George Shirley > wrote:
> >>> Depends on where you live, in our area me, the dawg, and about a half
> >>> million Cajuns are wasting as many squirrels as we can shoot. They're
> >>> tree rats is all they are, destructive, nasty little beggars that
> >>> happen
> >>> to taste pretty good when cooked up. I hold the same consideration for
> >>> sky rats, aka rock pigeons, another European import akin to the English
> >>> sparrow but bigger and tastier. In the pot they go.
> >>
> >> In Kentucky, they have a problem with squirrels in Burgoo (stew like
> >> Brunswick sorta). They do have a wasting disease related to Jakob-
> >> Creutzer (sp?) it's a prion disease like "mad cow" only transferred
> >> by ingesting brain or nerve tissue.
> >> Please correct me if I got it wrong,
> >> Lynn in Fargo
> >
> > I only ever met but one person who ate squirrel heads. It's my
> > understanding you have to eat the brain to get mad cow type disease. I
> > have been wrong before, at least once.
>
>
> One day I was at Uncle Leon's house and he was chewing on something, as
> if it were a jawbreaker. He pulls it out of his mouth, and it was a
> squirrel's head. Let's hope I can eat dinner, after thinking about that.
>
>
> Becca

Ew.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> Becca > wrote:
>
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
>>>> On Apr 16, 2:02 pm, George Shirley > wrote:
>>>>> Depends on where you live, in our area me, the dawg, and about a half
>>>>> million Cajuns are wasting as many squirrels as we can shoot. They're
>>>>> tree rats is all they are, destructive, nasty little beggars that
>>>>> happen
>>>>> to taste pretty good when cooked up. I hold the same consideration for
>>>>> sky rats, aka rock pigeons, another European import akin to the English
>>>>> sparrow but bigger and tastier. In the pot they go.
>>>> In Kentucky, they have a problem with squirrels in Burgoo (stew like
>>>> Brunswick sorta). They do have a wasting disease related to Jakob-
>>>> Creutzer (sp?) it's a prion disease like "mad cow" only transferred
>>>> by ingesting brain or nerve tissue.
>>>> Please correct me if I got it wrong,
>>>> Lynn in Fargo
>>> I only ever met but one person who ate squirrel heads. It's my
>>> understanding you have to eat the brain to get mad cow type disease. I
>>> have been wrong before, at least once.
>>
>> One day I was at Uncle Leon's house and he was chewing on something, as
>> if it were a jawbreaker. He pulls it out of his mouth, and it was a
>> squirrel's head. Let's hope I can eat dinner, after thinking about that.
>>
>>
>> Becca
>
> Ew.

I had an uncle only three years older than me. When he married his wife
was younger than me. She was from Johnsonville, TX and claimed she had
never owned a pair of shoes until she married. She wanted the head and
the tail left on squirrels we brought in for the pot. I couldn't watch
her eat the heads and crack them open for the brains. After he died of
heart disease in 1971 we lost track of her and their kids as she
evidently remarried about four more times and we lost track of what her
surname was. I hope she's not still eating squirrel brains.

I always did well in military survival schools because I would eat
anything that walked, crawled, flew, swam, or slithered, made no
difference, when you're young and hungry everything becomes burgoo.
Eating monkey in Panama was sort of disconcerting but it was somewhat
tasty in the stew pot.

It's all about what you get used to and how hungry you are.

George Shirley wrote:
>
> I had an uncle only three years older than me. When he married his
> wife was younger than me. She was from Johnsonville, TX and claimed
> she had never owned a pair of shoes until she married. She wanted the
> head and the tail left on squirrels we brought in for the pot. I
> couldn't watch her eat the heads and crack them open for the brains.
> After he died of heart disease in 1971 we lost track of her and their
> kids as she evidently remarried about four more times and we lost
> track of what her surname was. I hope she's not still eating squirrel
> brains.
>
> I always did well in military survival schools because I would eat
> anything that walked, crawled, flew, swam, or slithered, made no
> difference, when you're young and hungry everything becomes burgoo.
> Eating monkey in Panama was sort of disconcerting but it was somewhat
> tasty in the stew pot.
>
> It's all about what you get used to and how hungry you are.

We grew up eating squirrel, but I do not recall eating squirrel brains.
Uncle Leon was the oldest of 4 children, my mother was the youngest.
She was over 30 when I was born, so Uncle Leon was quite a bit older
than us kids.


He had a low IQ, I believe it was about 65-70. Still, he went to work
every day, he owned a home, had a dog, tended to his garden, took care
of his lawn. As a child, I did not realize he had a low IQ until I was
about 10 yrs old. He was my uncle, a joy to be with and I loved him.


Becca

Becca wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>>
>> I had an uncle only three years older than me. When he married his
>> wife was younger than me. She was from Johnsonville, TX and claimed
>> she had never owned a pair of shoes until she married. She wanted the
>> head and the tail left on squirrels we brought in for the pot. I
>> couldn't watch her eat the heads and crack them open for the brains.
>> After he died of heart disease in 1971 we lost track of her and their
>> kids as she evidently remarried about four more times and we lost
>> track of what her surname was. I hope she's not still eating squirrel
>> brains.
>>
>> I always did well in military survival schools because I would eat
>> anything that walked, crawled, flew, swam, or slithered, made no
>> difference, when you're young and hungry everything becomes burgoo.
>> Eating monkey in Panama was sort of disconcerting but it was somewhat
>> tasty in the stew pot.
>>
>> It's all about what you get used to and how hungry you are.
>
> We grew up eating squirrel, but I do not recall eating squirrel brains.
> Uncle Leon was the oldest of 4 children, my mother was the youngest.
> She was over 30 when I was born, so Uncle Leon was quite a bit older
> than us kids.
>
> He had a low IQ, I believe it was about 65-70. Still, he went to work
> every day, he owned a home, had a dog, tended to his garden, took care
> of his lawn. As a child, I did not realize he had a low IQ until I was
> about 10 yrs old. He was my uncle, a joy to be with and I loved him.
>
> Becca

There are numbers of people in this old world just like your Uncle Leon.
It doesn't take brillance to be a good, loving person and to be able to
function at the level he lived in, it takes a good heart and a loving
family. We all can probably remember someone just like your Uncle who
made an impression on us when we were young. You were blessed Becca.

On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:43:59 -0500, Becca wrote:
>
> We grew up eating squirrel, but I do not recall eating squirrel brains.
> Uncle Leon was the oldest of 4 children, my mother was the youngest.
> She was over 30 when I was born, so Uncle Leon was quite a bit older
> than us kids.
>
> He had a low IQ, I believe it was about 65-70. Still, he went to work
> every day, he owned a home, had a dog, tended to his garden, took care
> of his lawn. As a child, I did not realize he had a low IQ until I was
> about 10 yrs old. He was my uncle, a joy to be with and I loved him.
>

sounds more like 70-84, but what's in a number?

a lot of borderline folks are more responsible than their smarter brethren.
for sure fewer of them are nasty.

your pal,
blake

I thinking eating my suburban squirrels would be a bad idea. Don't
know whose trash can they've been in, who might have put poison out in
the garage. (can't legally poison squirrel, but rats, OK. Squirrel
don't know the diference). And, besides, there's probably a municipal
ordinace about throwing them on the grill.

Did have muskrat a few times at a place in Ypsilanti, MI. As far as I
know, the only restaurant that serves them.

So, these little devils - thought If I fed them, they might leave my
bulbs alone. No. But at least they seem to be not in the atttic.
Some other critter is wintering in the garage.

On the other hand, they are cute, and you can do this:

http://www.squirrelfishing.us

bulka