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Post by justind on Aug 30, 2015 14:36:29 GMT -5
I am new to the forum, and new to squirrel hunting. I have been browsing and learned a lot from this forum! Today I went out hunting and got my third squirrel of the season! But when I started working on skinning and cleaning it I realized it has reddish spots all over its underside. The spots were on the belly, but also underneath the arms (in the "armpits") and really all over the underside of the squirrel. I have searched the Internet and have not been able to find what this is. I am mainly concerned about the safety of the meat. Have any of you seen this before? If so do you know what the cause is?  click image upload how to do a screen shot |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Aug 30, 2015 15:28:56 GMT -5
My friend told me that he wanted a couple squirrels if they weren't worbelled(  ) up. I didn't know what that was. He says they are like boils on the skin. He thought it was from fly larvae, but not sure. He'd heard they are okay to eat, but he didn't want to. I don't know, but this is what I've heard. |
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 30, 2015 16:49:34 GMT -5
Appears to be flea bit to me
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 30, 2015 16:57:20 GMT -5
My friend told me that he wanted a couple squirrels if they weren't worbelled( ) up. I didn't know what that was. He says they are like boils on the skin. He thought it was from fly larvae, but not sure. He'd heard they are okay to eat, but he didn't want to. I don't know, but this is what I've heard. If it had warbles (botfly larvae) its big bumps just look it up not appetizing to say the least |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Aug 30, 2015 17:57:24 GMT -5
So it's warbles? I've never seen them before, he just said he didn't want one like this. Maybe these are premature warbles? LOL
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Post by throbak on Aug 30, 2015 18:10:36 GMT -5
Not Warbles I would say Flea or Tick bites
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Post by throbak on Aug 30, 2015 18:13:57 GMT -5
The warble would more than likely still be in it they look like boils that have busted open
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Post by justind on Aug 31, 2015 11:18:21 GMT -5
Thank you all for the responses! Seems like it isn't warbles but possibly flea / tick bites. I ended up not saving the meat, I absolutely hate to waste anything but I did not want to risk eating it. Hopefully I won't get any more squirrels with these marks or bites all over them.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 31, 2015 12:09:21 GMT -5
Now that you got free EXPERT advise stick around and join in on other conversations. NOTHING WORSE THAN A LURKER.  |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Aug 31, 2015 12:59:53 GMT -5
Is warble a real word, or a hillbilly term that I missed from my grandpa? I heard pertnear, reckon and he would call a bantam chicken a bantie.
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Post by schall53 on Aug 31, 2015 16:30:39 GMT -5
Is warble a real word, or a hillbilly term that I missed from my grandpa? I heard pertnear, reckon and he would call a bantam chicken a bantie. Here is a like to what a warble is. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warble_fly |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Aug 31, 2015 17:01:21 GMT -5
Is warble a real word, or a hillbilly term that I missed from my grandpa? I heard pertnear, reckon and he would call a bantam chicken a bantie. Here is a like to what a warble is. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warble_flySo it's the common fly we see all the time? |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Aug 31, 2015 21:18:51 GMT -5
So it's the common fly we see all the time? It doesn't sound like it to me. |
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 31, 2015 21:26:27 GMT -5
So it's the common fly we see all the time? It doesn't sound like it to me. nope looks like a bee |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Sept 1, 2015 13:46:02 GMT -5
I've been seeing HUGE bees in my front yard burrowing in the ground. These things look like a yellow jacket, but 2" long. This is the first year that I've seen them. I burned them out.
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Post by nfalls116 on Sept 1, 2015 15:15:26 GMT -5
I've been seeing HUGE bees in my front yard burrowing in the ground. These things look like a yellow jacket, but 2" long. This is the first year that I've seen them. I burned them out. sounds like a ground hornet |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Sept 1, 2015 15:17:09 GMT -5
I've been seeing HUGE bees in my front yard burrowing in the ground. These things look like a yellow jacket, but 2" long. This is the first year that I've seen them. I burned them out. sounds like a ground hornet It did not look like a typical hornet, but could be, as I see new things all the time, especially with this short term memory loss! |
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Post by schall53 on Sept 2, 2015 14:46:22 GMT -5
I've been seeing HUGE bees in my front yard burrowing in the ground. These things look like a yellow jacket, but 2" long. This is the first year that I've seen them. I burned them out. Sounds like a Cicada Killer wasp, I posted a link. www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/category/cicada-killer-wasps/ |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Sept 2, 2015 15:03:55 GMT -5
I've been seeing HUGE bees in my front yard burrowing in the ground. These things look like a yellow jacket, but 2" long. This is the first year that I've seen them. I burned them out. Sounds like a Cicada Killer wasp, I posted a link. www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/category/cicada-killer-wasps/I'll try to get a photo of one. This thing looks to be as long as a cicada. |
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Post by justind on Sept 2, 2015 19:08:12 GMT -5
Now that you got free EXPERT advise stick around and join in on other conversations. NOTHING WORSE THAN A LURKER. Fetherduster - I definitely plan on sticking around, and hopefully joining in on some conversations. I am very new to hunting but have really enjoyed it thus far. Will be a very long time until I can provide EXPERT advise haha Jon Snow - I hope you figure out what those crazy bees digging in your yard are. A few days ago I spotted a hive of bees in my yard, two days later I went back out and the entire hive was gone. Not sure what happened..... But glad its not there anymore. |
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) up. I didn't know what that was. He says they are like boils on the skin. He thought it was from fly larvae, but not sure.
