Repped! Go Cardinals! Go squirrel!!I'm a St. Louis Cardinal's fan and I say don't kill any squirrels until after the playoffs are over.
yeah, it was fat reds.. I started to skin them within 5 min. of killing them..
the skin kind of torn arpart to much.. maybe they do need to cool a bit..
BTW, A Barnes Varmint genade will take the head clean off..
Here's the best way to do it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66AVwthXgMA
I know a guy who we've timed at 46 seconds in cleaning a squirrel!I don't have the knack. Personally I hate cleaning squirrels, I think skinning a deer is easier than skinning a squirrel. I've always just skinned them whenever I got home from hunting.
Are you shooting them with a centerfire?
My usual is to fetch the critter right away, sit on a log, skin, then gut, keeping an eye out for other squirrels curious as to what you're doing with their buddy- bagged quite a few "seconds" that way. And, yes, the skin is harder to get off the longer you wait,and it's easier[less messy] to skin them first, then clean them.