Hunting Techniques

[beethoven]

Does anyone know some hunting techniques for less intelligent smaller animals such as squirrels?

I have been able to grab a squirrel because they stop on the other side of the tree from you instead of climbing up it usually if you chase them and then stop.

Another example is softshells, if you run up to the water and there is sand alot of them will dig rather than swim away and it's easy to pick them up.

[unklfstr]

If you scare pack animals into their holes then wait very quietly by a hole one went in you can catch one when it comes out.

[solaceofwinter]

ive got to know, what did the squirrel do once you grabbed him?

[twilightbluff]

I want to know that as well! lol

What do you want to catch the squirrel for? Eating? I've never had squirrel....how does it taste?

Do you eat softshells?

[beethoven]

Well after I grabbed the squirrel I immediately swung my arm and threw it for fear of a biting attack, I'm suprised it didn't try to run at me but it just barked alot

[beethoven]

Another method is for lizards... you walk along a row of monkey grass and if it shakes you stop and grab the lizard (who will be sitting still thinking he is camouflaged after at first being startled)

[mcbob]

That's one of the old squirrel hunting tricks... if one hides behind a tree, you throw your hat past the tree to spook the squirrel back to your side.

Squirrels are tasty, best comparison would be somewhere between rabbit and pork with a little gamey aftertaste in the exclusively acorn-fed ones. Soak overnight in buttermilk to sweeten it. It's OK straight, I prefer mine in a Brunswick stew.

[machiavelli]

Do you know any more old hunting tricks?

[dunappy]

Squirrel isn't bad tasing, but it can be pretty greasy. When I last had it, the lady fixed it in the style of chicken and dumplings only replacing the chicken with squirrel. I didn't care for that to much because of all the grease. I thought that roasting it might be better so that some of that grease would drip off.

[bonanacrom]

One nice trick that works on ground hogs and turkeys is if there within shooting range but not offering a good shot give a sharp quick whistle and the groundhog will stand up to see where the sound came from and the turkey will spin into the direction of the noise before running off.