My Personal Limit reached

[ozark]

Since before ole heck was a pup the limit of squirrel in Arkansas has been eight (8). I hunted mostly using a dog and have got my limit many times using a .22 Cal. rimfire. Where I hunt less than ten percent of the squirrel are the large fox squirrel. Normal a limit of eight would be all Grey's or perhaps two or three fox. The fox is larger and has more meat. I set for myself a goal of getting a limit of all fox squirrel. Several times I would get five or six fox but limiting out on fox was not easy.
One fall day hunting a dog named Magic I reached my goal. Knowing that the fox liked scatter timber and the edge of fields and openings I worked these during the afternoon when the sun was out. Magic treed many Grey's that I passed on and slowly my number of fox increased until I reached seven. We still had a couple of hours of daylight left. Magic treed and I started toward her and just happened to notice a large fox laying on a large limb of a walnut tree. I took careful aim at the head and it rolled out. Hearing the shot magic stopped barking treed and I called her to me. I put a leash on her and with a proud step headed for my truck and home. My wife helped me skin them and they made a pile of good meat. Some to be used right away and a bunch for the freezer. I have had many enjoyable squirrel hunts but this has to rank at the top.

[ozark]

I didn't see a section for success stories on this one or i would have posted it in there.

[tar12]

Ozark,
It is just the opposite here.The Red Fox squirrels are thick.The young of the year make for excellent table fare!My wife will fry them up real slow.I will make a gravy out of the drippings while my daughter makes fresh biscuits...mmmmm good!

[ozark]

Fried young squirrel, squirrel brown gravy and homemade bicuits is hard to beat. The only way to beat it is to have a skillet full of fried potatoes. Here the fox squirrel are at least a third bigger than the grey.

[chuck41]

Some of my friends refer to them as "bushy tailed tree rats", but I have enjoyed squirrel since my childhood. We have few fox squirrels now, but they were plentiful when I was a kid in Louisiana. Raccoon is just about equally as tasty and it takes a whole lot less of them to make a good meal.

[ozark]

We eat raccoon when I was a kid but unless they are prepared right I will pass. My mother used to boil them until they were tender and then bake them with sweet potatoes until they were extra well done (Somewhat crisp). She seasoned them with a liberal amount of pepper. Her method removed most of the grease from the meat and they were pretty good. IMO nothing close to squirrel though.

[boarhog]

While on a quail hunt near Heber Springs, one of the group bagged a coon. The next morning, we put it in a "Beehive" smoker before going out to chase quail. That evening Coon was the star of the show! The fried quail were good too, but not better!!