The marauder went marauding

[BilletHead]

         Two for frying, two for braising, Been a spell before getting back to squirrel hunting. Bunch of stuff keeping me busy. Waterfowl and staying out of the way of firearms deer hunters. Up this morning to bacon and eggs with English muffins and gooseberry jam I was feeling pretty good. Light wind before possible rain, ice and snow later in the day I decided to go for a walk. Grabbed the  .25 marauder and headed into the woods.  So skittish the first two that I seen. Constantly moving not providing a shot. Then I busted up some deer and as they stampeded through the timber it set off startled squirrels. Four barking in the distance. I headed that way and picked the closest one to try for. Took a seat on the forest floor and found him in the top of a massive oak checking out clusters of leaves for acorns. Again not stopping constantly moving not providing a shot he hit the ground and vanished in the underbrush and cedars. I moved to another place. Thick cedars with oaks and walnut towering above. Cedars so thick and close you have to stoop or crawl under the branches to move. Heard leaves in another oak shaking. In the top of that oak was three. A gray and two fox working the branches. Shot a fox and when I did the gray went from cedar to cedar over my head mere feet away. Too thick for a shot he was gone and scanning the oak again the other fox had vanished. I grabbed my prize and walked on. Soon two more fox chasing each other in another oak. Found a line of site clear and pulled the trigger. Whack I hit him He tumbled but landed on a thick limb he hung on. I waited for him to fall and i scanned for the other squirrel. Not to be found I shot the hanging on one again and out he went.  As I walked to pick up this one in the distance were two small grays messing around in another oak. I set back down and focused on that tree. 35 yards away I adjusted the scope to focus just as one came to my side of the tree. Got him and his friend came around to see what happened to his buddy and whack I shot it too . Wind had picked up as I picked up those two I headed back to the house. Very happy. Cleaning commenced and the big foxes set aside to vac seal for a braise dish the two little young grays would be brunch,

  The Mrs. and I made the most of them. Tender and tasty. Glad I went for the walk as the next three nights in the 20s they will not be moving for awhile,

   BilletHead

 

[MOPanfisher]

Always liked squirrel hunting just before a storm, or after on the first warm sunny day.  Heck I like squirrel Hu ting on just about any day that doesnt involve sweat, mosquitos, or spiderwebs in the face.  And eating the tree rats thats just the reward for enjoying the day.

[BilletHead]

30 minutes ago, MOPanfisher said:

Always liked squirrel hunting just before a storm, or after on the first warm sunny day.  Heck I like squirrel Hu ting on just about any day that doesnt involve sweat, mosquitos, or spiderwebs in the face.  And eating the tree rats thats just the reward for enjoying the day.

             Eating them is icing on the cake. 

BilletHead

[MOPanfisher]

5 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

             Eating them is icing on the cake. 

BilletHead

I was gonna say eating them was the gravy, but seemed too easy.

[Ketchup]

On 11/25/2018 at 12:57 PM, BilletHead said:

         Two for frying, two for braising, Been a spell before getting back to squirrel hunting. Bunch of stuff keeping me busy. Waterfowl and staying out of the way of firearms deer hunters. Up this morning to bacon and eggs with English muffins and gooseberry jam I was feeling pretty good. Light wind before possible rain, ice and snow later in the day I decided to go for a walk. Grabbed the  .25 marauder and headed into the woods.  So skittish the first two that I seen. Constantly moving not providing a shot. Then I busted up some deer and as they stampeded through the timber it set off startled squirrels. Four barking in the distance. I headed that way and picked the closest one to try for. Took a seat on the forest floor and found him in the top of a massive oak checking out clusters of leaves for acorns. Again not stopping constantly moving not providing a shot he hit the ground and vanished in the underbrush and cedars. I moved to another place. Thick cedars with oaks and walnut towering above. Cedars so thick and close you have to stoop or crawl under the branches to move. Heard leaves in another oak shaking. In the top of that oak was three. A gray and two fox working the branches. Shot a fox and when I did the gray went from cedar to cedar over my head mere feet away. Too thick for a shot he was gone and scanning the oak again the other fox had vanished. I grabbed my prize and walked on. Soon two more fox chasing each other in another oak. Found a line of site clear and pulled the trigger. Whack I hit him He tumbled but landed on a thick limb he hung on. I waited for him to fall and i scanned for the other squirrel. Not to be found I shot the hanging on one again and out he went.  As I walked to pick up this one in the distance were two small grays messing around in another oak. I set back down and focused on that tree. 35 yards away I adjusted the scope to focus just as one came to my side of the tree. Got him and his friend came around to see what happened to his buddy and whack I shot it too . Wind had picked up as I picked up those two I headed back to the house. Very happy. Cleaning commenced and the big foxes set aside to vac seal for a braise dish the two little young grays would be brunch,

  The Mrs. and I made the most of them. Tender and tasty. Glad I went for the walk as the next three nights in the 20s they will not be moving for awhile,

   BilletHead

 

BH, you still using the Marauder?

[BilletHead]

3 minutes ago, Ketchup said:

BH, you still using the Marauder?

             Sold the .25 and upgraded to another .25. I do however still have a .22 marauder. 

[Ketchup]

Im in the market for a PCP. Gotta find something i can outshoot wrench with tho. 

[Mitch f]

On 11/25/2018 at 12:57 PM, BilletHead said:

         Two for frying, two for braising, Been a spell before getting back to squirrel hunting. Bunch of stuff keeping me busy. Waterfowl and staying out of the way of firearms deer hunters. Up this morning to bacon and eggs with English muffins and gooseberry jam I was feeling pretty good. Light wind before possible rain, ice and snow later in the day I decided to go for a walk. Grabbed the  .25 marauder and headed into the woods.  So skittish the first two that I seen. Constantly moving not providing a shot. Then I busted up some deer and as they stampeded through the timber it set off startled squirrels. Four barking in the distance. I headed that way and picked the closest one to try for. Took a seat on the forest floor and found him in the top of a massive oak checking out clusters of leaves for acorns. Again not stopping constantly moving not providing a shot he hit the ground and vanished in the underbrush and cedars. I moved to another place. Thick cedars with oaks and walnut towering above. Cedars so thick and close you have to stoop or crawl under the branches to move. Heard leaves in another oak shaking. In the top of that oak was three. A gray and two fox working the branches. Shot a fox and when I did the gray went from cedar to cedar over my head mere feet away. Too thick for a shot he was gone and scanning the oak again the other fox had vanished. I grabbed my prize and walked on. Soon two more fox chasing each other in another oak. Found a line of site clear and pulled the trigger. Whack I hit him He tumbled but landed on a thick limb he hung on. I waited for him to fall and i scanned for the other squirrel. Not to be found I shot the hanging on one again and out he went.  As I walked to pick up this one in the distance were two small grays messing around in another oak. I set back down and focused on that tree. 35 yards away I adjusted the scope to focus just as one came to my side of the tree. Got him and his friend came around to see what happened to his buddy and whack I shot it too . Wind had picked up as I picked up those two I headed back to the house. Very happy. Cleaning commenced and the big foxes set aside to vac seal for a braise dish the two little young grays would be brunch,

  The Mrs. and I made the most of them. Tender and tasty. Glad I went for the walk as the next three nights in the 20s they will not be moving for awhile,

   BilletHead

 

My friend always uses a pressure cooker with a bunch if onions piled up on top. I’m curious how tough they were...especially the foxes.

[BilletHead]

5 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

My friend always uses a pressure cooker with a bunch if onions piled up on top. I’m curious how tough they were...especially the foxes.

                 Even the old ones Fox or gray are very tender if I do a long braise or Pressure for 20 minutes. The pressure ones I coat and fry. The ones I cooked above were young. Those youngsters are tender just fried. You all make me want to go to the woods again. I think I am up to 45 since the opener last part of May. 

[fishinwrench]

I was going to cook some up the other night that I killed earlier this Summer, but I was in a hurry when I put them in a bag and into the freezer (planned to cook them way sooner) and it looks like I freezer burned them.   Bummer!