One thing that alot of people dont know is how to clean squirrels properly. Their skin is very tough. Ive heard that the pioneers used squirrel hide as shoe strings. If you dont skin them right you will end up with a hairy mess. The best way Ive found is before you gut the creature you use a sharp knive to make a small cut under his tail that just goes through the hide. Putting your foot firmly on the hind legs, pull up on the tail. Hopefully the hide will come up like pulling his shirt up over his head. Pull his front leg through cut off wrists and head then pull the hide off his hind legs like taking his pants off. Then you can take his innerds out. This all is easier when the squirrel is still warm. If the tail comes off when you do the pull up thing you need to get some pliers and grab the skin near where the tail was. When you get good you can clean five squirrels in about 10 minutes and with no squirrel hair on the meat.
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