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Part of the Youth Squirrel Hunt Initiative is volunteer squirrel dog handlers taking youngsters aged 10 to 15 on a public lands hunt. But there is a deadline to apply for the February hunts.

7 youth squirrel hunts set for early February

December 23, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Designed to recruit more hunters to the pursuit of small game, seven squirrel hunts for youth aged 10 to 15 years are scheduled around Mississippi on Feb. 7. […]

You’ve killed a few squirrels, and now it’s time to prep them for cooking. Here are the steps to making quick work of the process.

7 steps to clean a squirrel

December 18, 2014 Andy Crawford

Here are the steps for hunters to easily, quickly and cleanly making quick work of prepping squirrels for cooking. […]

Top 6 squirrel-hunting tips

December 17, 2014 Andy Crawford

Keith LaCaze chases pretty much everything that lives in the wild. Here are his top 5 tips for squirrel-hunting success. […]

When it’s just too warm to sit in a shooting house in December, Johnny McKinion of Pelahatchie likes to stalk the shadowy creek bottoms and find the makings for a pot of squirrel and dumplings.

Smoked squirrel and dumplings

December 15, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Everybody has a favorite dumpling recipe, but try this take for a tasty, smoky flavor.

Take four squirrels (or more, and I like to use the older, bigger ones that aren’t as tender), cleaned and whole, and place on a smoker at a low, slow temperature — about 225 degrees. […]

An afternoon of stalking the edges of an old Delta oxbow lake provided Sidney Montgomery with a Mississippi triple: gray, red and black squirrels.

Small-game delight — Tips for squirrel and rabbit hunting

December 1, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

My back tight to the wide trunk of a white oak, the sun rising behind me was providing the first light in the tops of the two red oaks to my front. […]

Skin squirrels the easy way

November 11, 2014 Josh Chauvin

Jean Poirrier III has no issues after a squirrel hunt using an air compressor for cleaning older, tougher squirrels. […]

Squirrel make great table fare, but only a few will eat the heads.

Squirrel for breakfast: Heady stuff

October 3, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

It’s been more than 55 years since I first sat down to a wild game meal, breakfast at my grandparents’ house in Houston, Texas. […]

Squirrel hunters should enjoy the weekend, thanks to cool temperatures and wetter ground that will allow stealthy stalking.

Forecast elates squirrel hunters

October 2, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Jeremy Thomas is more than a little excited about Saturday morning, and the squirrel hunter has good reason. […]

Dressing your game can be cumbersome and very time consuming if a mistake is made. With the Hunters Helper Squirrel Skinner, small game hunters can make the process smoother and easier by mounting the squirrel or other game in this ingenious holder. […]