Smoked squirrel - It's what's for supper!

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dhaverstick
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Smoked squirrel - It's what's for supper!

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Missouri's squirrel season opened this past Saturday and I was like a kid waiting for Christmas morning. Of course, it rained that morning so I didn't get after them in earnest until yesterday. I flung a few arrows at the yard squirrels but couldn't connect. So I broke out my 32 caliber flintlock, Miss Daisy, and headed to the woods. The leaves are super thick and the squirrels super squirrelly so after a couple of misses I decided to break out Ole Betsy, my 12 gauge. Things started to die after that. I killed these three in about 30 minutes.

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The June/July 2021 issue of "Traditional Bowhunter" magazine has a recipe for smoked squirrel nachos. I got my issue about a month before our squirrel season opened so I knew what I was going to do with the first few I killed. Last night I smoke the three squirrels I killed last Sunday.

Here's what they looked like before going on the smoker. I used a dry rub of my own concoction but you can use anything you like. I smoked them for one hour at around 250 degrees.
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After smoking, I put the squirrels in a 13x9 baking pan with 4 cups of beef/chicken broth plus a sliced sweet onion. I covered the pan with foil and put it back in the smoker for another 2 hours. Here is what they looked like when I brought them in the house.
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The next time I do this, I will put the pan of squirrels in the oven instead of the smoker and will probably keep them in for 2 1/2 hours. Why? Well, I'm not putting any more smoke into the meat and I can control the temperature better with the oven. Also, The meat was tender, but it wasn't fall-off-the-bone tender. Nevertheless, here is the pile of meat I got off of three squirrels. Me and the dogs thought it tasted mighty fine!
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I will be adding to my squirrel tally over the week and will try this recipe again.

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#2 Post by White Falcon »

Looks good!!

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#3 Post by Captainkirk »

Looks delicious, Darren! "Smoked" squirrel, I'd call that!
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#4 Post by jaydee2trad »

Used to fry em and them slow cook them until they fall apart. don't to with the young ones.

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#5 Post by dhaverstick »

Here is what the nachos looked like made with the squirrel. They were pretty dang tasty!
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#6 Post by White Falcon »

Looks GREAT.

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#7 Post by jaydee2trad »

looked like a win win. some of the southern folk make gumbo with the squirrel

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