How to get started with hunting?

**Chazman321** · July 24th, 2009, 01:08 PM

Skinning the squirrel "Mississippi Style" isn't hard once you get the hang of it... Dunk it in water for a few seconds, pluck hair off between the tail and anus, make the cut straight back, through the tail bone, but not through the skin... Step on the tail, pull the legs straight up... The skin comes right off... Only real skinning job left is the back legs, and soaking it in water keeps the hair on the skin and not on your meat... I had a squirrel pelt for a long time, ex-wife threw it out one day... My next project is a coon skin cap, complete with head! lol

-Chaz

**Brinlee Ranch Hunts** · July 30th, 2009, 05:10 PM

If we can help in any way let us know. Good luck.

**wis bang** · July 31st, 2009, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by Helter

doh! I remembered that you couldn't hunt big game with a semi, but for some reason I thought they allowed both shotguns and small game semi's.

Thanks! Looks like I should be in the market for a 22 manual then too.

The semi-auto shotgun is the only auto-loading weapon allowed in PA and it is only for small game, statewide. The SRA areas that are shotgun/muzzloader only for deer hunting do allow semi-auto shotguns for der hunting and the only rifle allowed in the SRA areas is a manual 22 for small game. There is a bill looking to make semi-auto 22 useable in these areas for small game but I don't know if if will pass.