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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2011, 08:30:26 PM »
For info on tree squirrels and identifying them.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_squirrel/

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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #16 on: April 27, 2011, 09:30:20 PM »
So...kind of a side topic, but what tree squirrel is ruining my treestand hunting in spokane and stevens counties, cause if I can thin a few of them out I will.  Damn boogers will not shut up!   :mgun:  :chuckle:

If they "whistle" to talk to each other, those are the ones. We also call them "whistle pigs". They are out from April-May to September. They go into hibernation then.
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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #17 on: April 27, 2011, 09:33:18 PM »
So...kind of a side topic, but what tree squirrel is ruining my treestand hunting in spokane and stevens counties, cause if I can thin a few of them out I will.  Damn boogers will not shut up!   :mgun:  :chuckle:

If they "whistle" to talk to each other, those are the ones. We also call them "whistle pigs". They are out from April-May to September. They go into hibernation then.

When I lived near Boise everyone called them whistle pigs too.Had a lot of fun days shooting them.
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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #18 on: April 27, 2011, 09:47:41 PM »
I sit on my deck and shoot them. Lotsa fun.
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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #19 on: April 29, 2011, 07:48:20 PM »
So im assuming the grey colored squirrels that you see in the orachards?sage brush country around yakima/selah are the california ground squirrel and u can hunt them? Correct me if im wrong.

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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #20 on: April 30, 2011, 07:12:32 PM »
If they have a long tail they are Cali

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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #21 on: April 30, 2011, 07:30:04 PM »
Nice. N what ya do wth em

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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #22 on: May 01, 2011, 04:57:46 AM »
Careful some shoot back.
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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #23 on: May 01, 2011, 01:44:52 PM »
Nice. N what ya do wth em

Feed the coyotes and come back to shoot them :chuckle:

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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #24 on: May 01, 2011, 01:45:56 PM »
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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #25 on: May 01, 2011, 09:56:06 PM »
It works out pretty well I should have shot two coyotes today that where cruising where I normaly wack squirrels. But for some reason I let them live another day.

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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #26 on: May 01, 2011, 10:11:30 PM »
They were out hot and heavy today. 50 rounds through the Rock River out to 350 yards. Most were warning shots just to let them know I'd be back.... :chuckle:
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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #27 on: May 01, 2011, 10:19:51 PM »
If it looks like this shoot.....

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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
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Re: just aheads up if you go ground squirrel hunting/sage rats
« Reply #29 on: May 01, 2011, 10:23:17 PM »
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