If we're talking about surviving poverty rather than surviving the apocalypse, then buying a sack of whole corn to bait in some squirrels for meat sounds reasonable. In a widespread collapse/apocalypse situation, eating the corn might be the more efficient use of calories.
If i was penniless, hungry and only had an air rifle to kill squirrels to eat, i would steal corn off the stalk from a field. It's not edible for humans, but squirrels, raccoons, and opossums will eat it. You could also gather acorns, walnuts, and pecans to bait them in. If there aren't hardwoods in the area, pine cones will suffice. Today i sat on the porch with my binoculars watching a squirrel chew the bark off a fir tree to get to the insects underneath. I guess it was hungry and couldn't find any "normal" squirrel food.
I'm sorry due to my lack of maturity I cannot answer the question.
Quote from: wolverine on June 02, 2021, 10:40:18 PMIf i was penniless, hungry and only had an air rifle to kill squirrels to eat, i would steal corn off the stalk from a field. It's not edible for humans, but squirrels, raccoons, and opossums will eat it. You could also gather acorns, walnuts, and pecans to bait them in. If there aren't hardwoods in the area, pine cones will suffice. Today i sat on the porch with my binoculars watching a squirrel chew the bark off a fir tree to get to the insects underneath. I guess it was hungry and couldn't find any "normal" squirrel food.Where do you think the corn in the grocery store comes from?
Squirrels eat a variety of fungus and mushrooms. Some are edible by humans but some are not. Just because an animal can safely digest a mushroom doesn’t mean you should try it. That is one of the first rules of mushroom hunting.
Quote from: Blowpipe Sam on June 03, 2021, 12:53:03 PMSquirrels eat a variety of fungus and mushrooms. Some are edible by humans but some are not. Just because an animal can safely digest a mushroom doesn’t mean you should try it. That is one of the first rules of mushroom hunting.Every time I hunt mushrooms they are in little pieces after the first shot?
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