I've eaten squirrel heads just out of curiosity, but didn't find them to be very good really. The old timers at home raved about them though, the jowl meat, the brain, and even the eyes were delicious tidbits to them. The cheeks and other head meat off catfish was also something they'd spend hours digging out.
I'll agree that muskrat is pretty good if cooked right, and beaver is about the same, maybe even a little better. Turtle is the king, if you can get it tender, that's the real trick. Always wanted to try softshell turtle but have never had the opportunity, we'd see them down at home but never got around one big enough to eat.
Squirrels are my favorite wild game though, even above duck or quail.
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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