Some of my best childhood memories were squirrel hunting with my dad and grandpa.

That's awesome ! Really ,I have some of those too but with my brother. Dad was a veternarian so never would get into hunting or killing any type of animals, only saving lives. But he never ever discouraged us from hunting. Dads 89 now.

6 minutes in a pressure cooker.
Then egg & flour then fry til crispy. Comes out fall off the bone tender.

First time I made squirrel & dumplings I fast boiled the squirrel. It was like dumplings with little erasers.

I had squirrel as a kid. My dad and uncle and I went hunting a couple of times when we were at my grandmother's for Christmas. The first time, my grandmother cooked them up and they were part of Christmas dinner. The second time, my grandmother must not have wanted to cook them, because my dad threw them in the pigpen and the pigs ate them.

I really didn't fit in that world.

Get after coons and possums too. Gives you a 24 hour animal extermination experience. Dog proof traps with a marshmallow and half a sardine and you are golden to katch-n-kill a possum or coon by morning. Some nights you will sag a grinner before bed and reset. I run 5 right now and every one of the bastards I kill is one less to tear up my shit or eat wild turkey eggs.

Off season hobbies.