Can you push gut squirrels like rabbits?
12-11-2021, 06:24 PM
#2
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I highly doubt it.
Not that I've ever heard or seen.
You can clean an entire rabbit without a knife. Skin will pull right off., Snap the legs and head off, strip the guts out. No knife even needed.
Not happening with a squirrel lol.
-Jake
Not that I've ever heard or seen.
You can clean an entire rabbit without a knife. Skin will pull right off., Snap the legs and head off, strip the guts out. No knife even needed.
Not happening with a squirrel lol.
-Jake
12-12-2021, 08:01 AM
#3
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I am not so worried about getting blood on my hands that I would consider gutting a rabbit like that. Too much chance of rupturing intestines or the bladder, then you will have a contaminated body cavity with all the body heat trapped. One reason you gut rabbits is to get rid of the body heat as soon as you can. I always thought that was a stupid way of accomplishing a simple task.
12-13-2021, 07:46 AM
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When I used to hunt squirrels I cleaned them in the woods when they were still body heat hot. Real easy and things just peel off with the help of a small folding pocket knife unlike if you wait to get back home.
Last edited by Champlain Islander; 12-13-2021 at 07:48 AM.
12-13-2021, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Champlain Islander
When I used to hunt squirrels I cleaned them in the woods when they were still body heat hot. Real easy and things just peel off with the help of a small folding pocket knife unlike if you wait to get back home.
12-19-2021, 10:20 AM
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From age 12 to today I could not begin to tell you how many of both I killed. We always skinned our squirrels by opning the skin at the mid section all the way around the carcass, then pull the two halves of skin in opposite directions till it was at the feet, then remove the feet and head and tail and they were done.
12-19-2021, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Oldtimr
From age 12 to today I could not begin to tell you how many of both I killed. We always skinned our squirrels by opning the skin at the mid section all the way around the carcass, then pull the two halves of skin in opposite directions till it was at the feet, then remove the feet and head and tail and they were done.
