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Originally Posted by techres  Nate,
Gotta ask the obligatory questions:
1. Did you field prep the meat, or do it at home?
2. Did you tell any of your house mates what you were doing?
3. Did you hang the bloody carcas on your McCain sign as a threat to keep the Obama kids from stealing it?
4. You wanna make a trade of I take you out to my range to try my AR's & AK's and you take me out to meet your squirrel friends?
5. Was this your first hunt and did it make you squeemish?
Interested readers want to know. |
1. I field prepped the squirrel. I figured I could do it there and not worry about the mess/entrails or my cousin coming down and ruining my meat by throwing up on it
2. Yes. I told my cousins what I was going out to do. I had to use their car
I also told my dad, who made fun of me and said Jews don't eat squirrel, I must have gotten this from my mom's side of the family (rural PA hunters and such.) My aunt and uncle were also told, and laughed about it. They were a little uneasy, but I explained how it's safe, and the fact I had to do the online test made them feel better about it.
3. My McCain signs were ordered a month ago or so, and still have not arrived
Their CS said they were sent out last friday, and to give em 10 days.
4. I believe you want to accompany me on a hike, correct? I mean, you can't go against your wife's wishes and hunt
I still feel like I need to go with someone else who has done this before though, as I think I just got lucky on this little bugger, but I'd be happy to go out with you
5. I have hunted once before in my life. I took a deer when I was about 14. I had nothing to do with the butchering of it though, and never touched it from time of kill to venison. Mmmmm venison
So this is the first thing I have ever gutted and been hands on with after a kill. It was surprisingly easy (except I accidentally cut too much into the tail at first and cut it off, so I had to skin it the ole fashioned way
) and I just watched some videos on how to do it online. I was very surprised I was so at ease also, and that it didn't make me queasy in the least (I actually said a little prayer before butchering lol
)