King of squirrels

[catman529]

Shot this big male behind the house today. Took another shot to finish him, even though the first went through the shoulders. He looked stone dead till I walked up and he jumped and ran 10 feet and sat there motionless till I could grab the gun and shoot again.

It was about the size of a rabbit, got to be my biggest. I've only killed a small handful of fox squirrels. After all this time, I finally did what I've been meaning to do. The skin is pinned to a foam board so I can finally have a fox squirrel pelt on my wall. The carcass is sitting in some brine, I will probably smoke it whole.

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[Sako]

Nice...

 

[AllOutdoors]

Cool.

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[ghostfive]

That is a good one. I have been lucky enough to have killed a lot of those and it is amazing how big they can get.

 

[CountryBoy053]

We have very very few fox squirrel anywhere near me. Always wanted to kill one though

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[Remington742]

Congrats

 

[meat dog man]

Nice one :tu: we have some of them down my way

 

[bigdoc]

I squirrel hunt with a dog and have killed a few fox squirrels, not many around here.

 

[gobblegrunt]

Nice

 

[moondawg]

I've seen fox squirrels the size of a small cat. I love seeing them around.

 

[Orion]

Nice I've taken most of my Squirrels in PA, we don't have the fox squirrels up there. I'm hoping to get one before I leave TN.

 

[walker]

cool! we have lots of them up here, easy to see 6 or 8 in one morning while deer hunting

 

[TNGRIZZLY_]

nice, I killed one fox squirrel when I live in west tn. like you said they get big.

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

What do you put on the pelt to cure or dry it.I wouldn't mind having one myself

 

[mike243]

i dont shoot them any where but the head/neck and ribs, not really enuf meat on the ribs to mess with for frying. i have seen more the last few years than i have the last 30 years around here. did you put any thing on the skin to cure it?

 

[easy45]

Cool


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[MidTennFisher]

Very nice, I just shot my first one recently. A friend told me they don't taste as good as the gray squirrels but I disagree. I cooked a bunch tonight and can't tell the difference other than the size of the legs!

 

[444 Fan]

I've got 3 in brine myself, thinking of cooking them down and adding to a stew or making squirrel noodle soup.

 

[muddyhunter]

Nice

 

[Hunter 257W]

They do get big! Since nobody hardly ever hunts them around my place, we have a bunch of fox squirrels that I swear are getting white/grey from age. Some of the look like young groundhogs almost. I know what you mean about them not always dropping with a hit from a 22 also. My daughter's 1st squirrel was a fox and she hit it through the ribs with a 22 short. It was a long way from dead.

I'm curious too to know how you are curing the hide as I'd like to do that myself.

 

[timberjack86]

Congrats!

 

[catman529]

I used borax on the hide. Sorry for the late reply I had forgotten about this post.

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[Tar12]

We kill them by the 100s up here in Indiana.Anytime you want some trophies come on up...lol