I have went through the recipes and have also tried many. Thanks in part to this website I have killed many squirrels!

  The biggest issue I have is making BIG fox rats tender enough to eat. This one is the size of a small cat!  That my son and I tagged teamed .Any help out there fellas? To tender up this fella? And I read the thread about the "gray area" under the armpits. I didnt see that.

Yep, or a gravy recipe. 

Drop that old rascal in the pressure cooker. When it is done the meat will fall off the bone and melt in your mouth. You can then either drop it in a bag with flour, after coating it with flour drop it in Mr. Cast Iron Skillet with a little butter and make Squirrel McNuggets for a very tasty samich, or put it in a dutch oven with a pack of mixed vegetables. When it is done cover the top with biscuits and put a few coals on the lid to brown the biscuits. Will be the best potpie you ever ate. I suppose you could do it in the oven in a glass bake dish, but I ain't allowed to cook inside. The Evil One says I make way too much mess.

Them big old ones are best either boiled for a while or cooked in a pressure cooker.

Another thing you can do is to add a couple more with it and fix a big thing of Squirrel & Noodles.

Here's the recipe for it.

Thanks guys!  I do not have a pressure cooker. So I will either boil them or really slow cook it in the crock pot. This guy was big!!  One of the biggest reds I have ever seen.