Squirrels. Do you hunt them?

[Intruder]

Shooting Squirrels (hardly hunting) is fantastic. What a blast. Out in Montana we put a hurtin on them all day long this spring. Never get so much real shooting in a day than that. Targets often do not sit still for long and are small.

You're talking ground squirrels, right?  If so, yea.... they not too elusive.  Funner than crap to shoot all day long though.

I believe the tree squirrels in the hardwood forrests in the East and South are a whole different ballgame. 

[jackelope]

ray's talking ground squirrels in MT.


we are talking  grey squirrels in the hardwoods. there is nothing easy about shooting grey squirrels with a .22

[Jamieb]

I've never hunted tree squirrels but I've become addicted to shooting ground squirrels.
I'm makeing a trip every spring to shoot the little buggers.


It's a blast. Three of us shot over 1000 in a single day this spring.

[Ray]

It's real cool when you hit them and they fly up in the air doing flips about 3-4 feet high.

[Jamieb]

I wanted to get some video of flying squirrel parts but I was haveing trouble getting the video camera on target before the sage rat would move so I gave up and just stuck to shooting with a rifle.

[MountainWalk]

anyone remember those " this is your brain, this your brain on hollowpoints" shirts?..
they make great cleaning patches. i have no inclination to watch rodent come apart. that stuff is morbid.

[DOUBLELUNG]

My first hunting kill was a gray squirrel in NH with a Ruger 10/.22.  Like many animals, they are elusive where hunted, where not hunted - not.  Fun and good to eat, though I prefer bunnies - so much easier to clean!

[ICEMAN]

... i have no inclination to watch rodent come apart. that stuff is morbid.

Then don't watch...

[Ray]

... i have no inclination to watch rodent come apart. that stuff is morbid.

Then don't watch...

Yep. It's like changing the channel. I think shed hunting is booorrring. But I think killing squirrels is very fun. Call it hunting call it whatever you want.

[sisu]

... i have no inclination to watch rodent come apart. that stuff is morbid.

Then don't watch...

hee,hee,hee...we were in town after a day of shooting when I noticed that my friend had a fair amount of ground squirrel meat and hair stuck to the hood of his mini-van. Looked like jerked rodent meat. hahahahaha All we needed was some pepper and salt.

[pacyew]

hee,hee,hee...we were in town after a day of shooting when I noticed that my friend had a fair amount of ground squirrel meat and hair stuck to the hood of his mini-van. Looked like jerked rodent meat. hahahahaha All we needed was some pepper and salt.

Top Ten Reasons there was squirrel jerky fried onto the Green Badger's hood:

10)  They charged and things got a little close range!

9)  Not bad with Tabasco!

Sisu was trying to save the hide and stretched it a bit tight.

7) Ray thought it was a porcupine.

6) We were chumming.

5) We ran out of ammo!?

4) Cheap trophy mount.

3) Those varmint grenades are scary!!

2) A contender .410 makes a wonderful squirrell piece!

And the number 1 reason!:

They was after me lucky charms!!!

[Ray]

Ray thought it was a porcupine.

Savage beasts 

[pacyew]

Ray thought it was a porcupine.

Savage beasts 

A porky would have lifted the paint right off!

[LongTatLaw]

I agree Jack,

no comparison between ground squirrels in the open and grey's in the oak hard woods. Thats the number one way East of the Mississippi to cut ur teeth hunting.

Me and Miranda..my current wife after a hunt Dec in North Carolina.


Amy, wife before current wife with some GA dinner!



my cousin's first day hunting EVER!

[Ray]

I don't like squirrels. Therefore I don't like taking my pictures next to them. The only good squirrel is the one with body parts sticking to the hood of the truck or van or the ones being cannibalized or eaten by birds or other vermin.