free food.

/i'm down
//as long as you cook it properly

I guess you don't need a hunting/trapping license for squirrel in Washington.

I take it Subby never played Oregon Trail?

Squirrels -- they want to be lunch
Oh squirrels just want to be lunch

Dat souns goud

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Dat souns goud

I see the Guist brothers have been covered. Here, have a Daryl.

I've met people who've done that

I haven't had a good squirrel since grandma passed away.
Grandpa's enjoyed sitting on the porch shot any critters that went across his yard. It wasn't so bad till his eyesight started to fade and he changed from pellet gun to buckshot. Some of the squirrels or rabbits we suspected may have let out a last meow before they dropped but since grandpa cut the heads and feet off then skinned and gutted them before they came in for Grandma to prepare we never knew for sure. Fried rabbit and squirrel then a few games of cribbage, man I miss those days.

After looking into execution by blunt trauma, lethal injection and gun, she decided drowning was the best option for the squirrel, and the edibility of its meat.

Jesus, what a psychopath.

I've ate squirrel. It's serviceable, and not in the least gross. But it's not what i'd call great, either. Not a lot of meat on a squirrel.

I had a friend whose dad owned a butcher shop and would occasionally bring in squirrel jerky. We also had a math teacher that seemed to have a strange obsession with squirrels. My friend brought some in for him to taste but didn't tell him what it was. After he ate some, he was told what it was and he freaked out. It was one of the funniest things ever. Good times...

/ Wasn't too bad as I recall.

See, subby, meat comes from animals. People eat lots of different animals, not all of which can be found at an urban supermarket.
There are some wonderful delicacies outside of boring beef, chicken, and pork.

Why the hell not.

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Squirrels eat from my garbage, I'm not willing to complete that circle of life.

Walker: I guess subby is not from the South.

Yeah no kidding. first meal I ever had to pick shot outta my teeth was squirrel!

Came for Richard's dad. Leaving satisfied.

About 15 years ago i met a grandfather and grandson who were Appalachian trail through hikers from Kentucky. They shot and ate a fair amount of 'em. They also had some decent home grow weed that they shared with me.

I'd use a pellet gun and wring their necks.

Game meat can be made more tender with slow cooking. Use a crock pot.

Over here the neighbors have erased the rabbit population-which is great since now my crocus aren't chewed down to the ground. Squirrels-too many-right now-but since the rabbits are gone....can only hope that the tree rats will wind up in someone's wok....yeah, I typed wok. So sue me, this is now third world row-home-few-square-feet-of-lawn-livin'.

Then again, some folk'll

Funny this. Every morning (well, almost every working morning) I cycle through the city centre of Delft, NL. I love that final part of my trip to my work because it leads me from the boring straight roads into the windy medieval alleys and stuff. One morning I saw a guy feeding pigeons. Or so it seemed. He was feeding them alright, but then he quickly bent over and - almost effortlessly - grabbed one by the wings and walked away with it. I shouted to him 'hey where you're going with that pigeon' but he wouldn't answer. Later I heard it was a new trend; 'urban hunting' or something. People catching their own meat in the 21st century.

/ CSB

Once, at the produce market, there was a heavyset woman of color in line with a sack... that was moving. I asked her what was in the sack and she said, "Possum, for dinner."

Squirrel is pretty good. Better than lamb chops or lobster as far as I'm concerned. My family is full of hunters, so it doesn't seem strange at all. Drowning them is just psycho though.

The Eastern Grey squirrel is a non-native animal up here in Washington, so no, you do not need a hunting license for it. No other species of squirrel (read: native species) are legal for hunting/take (Western Grey, Douglas, etc.). Luckily (or unluckily, depending upon your POV) enough, the native squirrel populations are so decimated in the greater Seattle/Puget Sound suburban areas that she has nearly zero chances of capturing a non-target squirrel. Now, out in Kitsap/Snohomish/North Bend, etc, that's a different story. There's still decent populations of native squirrels out there (and they look quite different from Eastern Greys).

Eastern Greys are welcome to be dinner as far as I'm concerned - they were introduced into Seattle area parks back in the 1800's to let displaced East Coasters feel 'more at home' in their parks and backyards. The little b*stards repaid them by aggressively displacing all of the native squirrel populations (similar to whats going on in Britain with the Red squirrels there).

So as far as I'm concerned, she's doing a friggin' public service by eliminating the Eastern Grey squirrel in the area, and I wish her the best of luck doing so.

/Eastern Grey, its what's for dinner...
//For hawks

Coming on a Bicycle: Funny this. Every morning (well, almost every working morning) I cycle through the city centre of Delft, NL. I love that final part of my trip to my work because it leads me from the boring straight roads into the windy medieval alleys and stuff. One morning I saw a guy feeding pigeons. Or so it seemed. He was feeding them alright, but then he quickly bent over and - almost effortlessly - grabbed one by the wings and walked away with it. I shouted to him 'hey where you're going with that pigeon' but he wouldn't answer. Later I heard it was a new trend; 'urban hunting' or something. People catching their own meat in the 21st century.

/ CSB

You... you don't get out much, do you?

It's amazing to me how ignorant some people can be.
Like subby here.
I don't hunt, but if I did, squirrel would be on the menu.
/had it hundreds of times

Teen Wolf Blitzer: Coming on a Bicycle: Funny this. Every morning (well, almost every working morning) I cycle through the city centre of Delft, NL. I love that final part of my trip to my work because it leads me from the boring straight roads into the windy medieval alleys and stuff. One morning I saw a guy feeding pigeons. Or so it seemed. He was feeding them alright, but then he quickly bent over and - almost effortlessly - grabbed one by the wings and walked away with it. I shouted to him 'hey where you're going with that pigeon' but he wouldn't answer. Later I heard it was a new trend; 'urban hunting' or something. People catching their own meat in the 21st century.

/ CSB

You... you don't get out much, do you?

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No darling. I'm quite an exquisite sample of the modern day European city-dweller. I haven't seen a real gun in my life and I wouldn't know how to use it. Relax. We're only multiplying. And pretty soon we'll outnumber each and everyone of you. You. You, brutal, farmer-types.