Another squirrel question (age).....

[Mr. 16 gauge]

Well, I finally got out Sunday for some squirrel hunting.....put the duck hunting on the back burner and got out the 10/22 and some shells and went to the woods.....I was fortunate enough to take two nice fox squirrel!:) So I get them home, and never having hunted squirrels before (except as targets of opportunity), I start checking the wild game cook books for recipes.
Now most of the books I have say to "cook an older squirrel longer, as they most likely are tougher".:confused:

O.K.....so the question is: how to you tell if you have an 'older' squirrel vs a 'younger' squirrel? I didn't have time to check and see if they had an AARP card before I shot them!:D;)

[GoodOlBoy]

if you have to use pliers, a cutting torch, and a pair of mules to skin him he is older. Also if his buisness is larger than yours, most likely he's older. Otherwise if he skins easy don't worry about it.

GoodOlBoy

[Ridge Runner]

put them in a pressure cooker for 35 min. I have a 4 qt. pressure cooker just for cooking squirrels.
RR

[dovehunter]

if you have to use pliers, a cutting torch, and a pair of mules to skin him he is older. Also if his buisness is larger than yours, most likely he's older. Otherwise if he skins easy don't worry about it.

GoodOlBoy

By George, that's a really good answer and very true! ;)