Category: Hunting

Airgun hunting is a challenging, but fun past time.

Some older squirrel hunting footage

If you enjoy shooting air rifles, but don’t enjoy hunting, then you will want to visit other parts of this site. For those of you that enjoy hunting, I’ve got a couple of videos that I shot while hunting with my Umarex Fuel .177. Here’s a video that I took shortly after purchasing the rifle:

As you can tell, it puts them out humanely with minimal damage to the meat. Here’s a video I took while wearing my GoPro clone. I bagged a squirrel within a minute of leaving my door. This was an offhand shot from a tad over 20 paces:

With my new smartphone to scope adapter, I’ll be able to take more sophisticated hunting videos in the future.

Roast Squirrel

Squirrel improperly cooked can be quite unpalatable. Slow roasting works really well, and with the right seasonings, can produce terrific tasting meals. Look at how nice they turn out:

Slow roasted squirrel - the savory meat just falls off the bone!
Slow roasted squirrel – the savory meat just falls off the bone!

Here’s how I prepare them. First, skin, gut, and remove the head and tail. Preheat your oven to 250 F. Clean the carcass with cool clean water. Blot excess water. Season the meat inside and out with salt and pepper. Set aside.

Next, take a small onion and quarter it. I find that two quarters fills the length of the cavity well, one quarter in the rib cage, the other in the stomach.

Place the squirrel on heavy duty foil. Be sure you have enough to completely wrap it. Spray everything with some cooking oil (a Misto is what I use). Wrap the squirrel in foil and place in the oven on a cookie sheet for a couple of hours.

Serve with your favorite side dishes – dressing, rice, potatoes, vegetables, or what ever you like! Give it a try, you might be surprised at how good a tree rat can taste.