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Post by jimh on Oct 5, 2005 12:07:18 GMT -5
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Oct 5, 2005 14:39:18 GMT -5
My computer is all messed up.
Is it the cut the tailbone, skin down, and pull?
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Post by jimh on Oct 6, 2005 9:26:05 GMT -5
yep, that guy sure is fast. dang sharp knife too!
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Post by calsibley on Nov 9, 2005 12:45:59 GMT -5
The guy is never around when I need him. I usually take them home to skin them. First is off with the head, tails and feet. Then slit the skin behind and across the front feet. Now pull in both directions, front and back and voila he's skinned. It's probably not the best way, but it works for me. A meat cleaver is probably more than I need, but it works well. Best wishes.
Cal - Montreal
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Post by Bubba on Nov 9, 2005 17:18:13 GMT -5
Done in less then 45 seconds... now that's cool!!!
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Post by Bill on Nov 9, 2005 23:47:32 GMT -5
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Post by calsibley on Nov 10, 2005 13:43:06 GMT -5
I'm amazed at how much noise a squirrel can make. My first trip in the Maryland flat land forests bordering the Atlantic wised me up rapidly. I stopped moving upon hearing a light sound fairly close to me. I became perfectly still, the only thing moving was my eyes, scaning an area about shoulder high. The noise got louder little by little and growing until I thought it was almost on me. I finally looked down, and it was a squirrel making enough noise to wake the dead while tromping through the fallen leaves. It came as quite a surprise that something so small could be so loud. I guess all of God's little creatures aren't silent and stealthy after all. If you ever watch them closely for any amount of time you'll laugh until your stomach hurts. They're accrobtic as well as funny. I've watched the little beggars do a free fall that looked suicidal only to catch a small holly tree about 6 feet off the ground at the last moment before doom. I've watched them leap from tree to tree using only the thinnest of branches to catch themselves on and wonder how they remain aive. I doubt that anything alive gets as much fun out of life as a squirrel. Or maybe it's sex that drives them. They're horny little rascals. Just an idle observation. Best wishes.
Cal - Montreal
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Post by stumpjumper on Dec 23, 2005 4:10:40 GMT -5
It seems for the most part that if I can hear it, chances are, it's a tree rat. I don't usually hear a deer & if I do, it's well relaxed with it's surroundings or under my stand.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Dec 23, 2005 21:08:20 GMT -5
Ole Sarge use to skin them that way and I always let him  Yeah or else you'd throw up all over the place - you big baby  ;D |
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Post by jimh on Jan 2, 2006 16:33:49 GMT -5
Red, how did the rabbit hunt go ??
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Jan 2, 2006 20:51:09 GMT -5
Should of went with me man - could of used another person. The 26th was a washout so I didn't go but jan 1st was nice. I hunted out in calloway county for about 4 hours. Jumped 5, shot at 4, killed 2 1/2 (seems as if a 12ga imp cyl has a pattern about the size of a 1/2 rabbit at about 10 yards)  . But it did a nice job with a 3 foot lead at 35 yards - either I hit him once in the head or else I scared him to death. 8 shots total That's pretty much what I expected. |
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Post by jimh on Jan 3, 2006 10:46:34 GMT -5
jan 1st was spent on the couch. i would have been no use to you that day. i was invited by a friend of mine to go fri the 30th up in north central MO but had to decline for fearing for my life when i asked my wife if she would mind if i bagged the family outing we had planned for the day and go wack bunnies.
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Worked every time. He always got mad at me if I left any hair on them too so he did all the cleaning. :-)
;D