What have done towards your prep?

[Mortblanc]

But PG, squirrel was a staple food of the American frontier. We made rifles specifically geared to shooting the little critters, called "squirrel rifles"!

The .22 rimfire cartridge was specifically designed to take squirrel and other small game. Not much use in having one otherwise.

Squirrel stew, squirrel dumplings, squirrel head soup, roast squirrel, fried squirrel,,,, it's like Bubba Gump and the shrimp thing.

Besides that, squirrel are one of the few critters one can catch using a big old "rat trap"! You can even catch them with fish hooks on a climbing pole or snares if necessary. They are also one of the few critters one can harvest with well placed shots from a 12lb air rifle.

If everything crumbles, as is so eagerly anticipated, they will be a vital food source and much better than rats! They don't stink of urine like the rats do. I cultivate and manage my squirrel heard as I would cattle or sheep or hogs. I manage the deer heard too but that is a seperate issue.

Just be careful and sear the fur off before you clean them, their hair gets all over the meat when you open them up and ruins the texture.