Post by: O. hemionus on September 28, 2015, 05:06:51 PM
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Post by: O. hemionus on September 29, 2015, 07:17:30 AM
Post by: lokidog on September 29, 2015, 08:44:08 AM
We've had more and more squirrels showing up (breeding) here on the island. I have mixed feelings, it would be nice to have huntable numbers (of course we can't use a .22 rifle, maybe I'll use my 44 mag revolveer, much safer... :bash: ) but they are also destructive little jerks (they ate the foam out of a treestand seat that I left out last year). >:( One problem with our island squirrels though is that they do not tree when spooked, they just run off into the bushes. :(
Post by: quadrafire on September 29, 2015, 08:52:15 AM
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on September 29, 2015, 12:03:24 PM
We have a growing, no make that exploding eastern Gray population around our house. It really irritates my wife as she has had to give up on Bird Feeders. I tried everything (except the electric whirlygigs) to keep them out but eventually they got to the food. And every time I'd shoot one, another would move in. It was just a constant cycle.
Post by: O. hemionus on September 29, 2015, 12:22:42 PM
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Post by: Trapper John on September 29, 2015, 01:32:12 PM
I grew up hunting those bushy-tails in Connecticut. My mom use to make them with polenta and spaghetti sauce ........ yummy.
I remember when I first got married and went hunting with a couple of buddies and brought home my days catch of eight of those little buggers. I said to my wife; boy we're going to have some good eating. She said I'm not cooking those "tree rats" :chuckle: So I cooked them and she enjoyed the meal.
Thanks for sharing.
JC :hello:
I remember when I first got married and went hunting with a couple of buddies and brought home my days catch of eight of those little buggers. I said to my wife; boy we're going to have some good eating. She said I'm not cooking those "tree rats" :chuckle: So I cooked them and she enjoyed the meal.
Thanks for sharing.
JC :hello:
Post by: lokidog on September 29, 2015, 07:53:29 PM
I miss squirrel hunting. Bot fly larvae are still gross though.
We never had to deal with those.
Thanks, Lokidog. What type of squirrels are you referring to - eastern grays or Douglas squirrels? From what I can tell from looking at distribution maps, they have the Douglas mapped on Orcas, Blakely, and Whidbey, but not on the other islands. I have seen Douglas squirrels on Blakely. Maybe they hitched a ride on the back of one of the Blakely deer and swam over ha ha. Don't think they will ever open a season on those though. I really doubt they are western grays, unless they somehow made it over from the Ft. Lewis population... If they are eastern grays, then take your shotgun - or your "firearm restricted area-approved .44 magnum revolver" - and remove 'em from the face of the earth...they are introduced to Washington. If they're easterns, you might need to get a dog to tree them for you. Don't know if it would work or not.
These are indeed Eastern Grays, we do not yet have the Douglas squirrels here.
Post by: JJB11B on September 29, 2015, 08:04:48 PM
That's outstanding. I used to love that back in the Midwest. It was always the first season to open up and you could really hone your rifle skills on the little buggers. I loved eating them too.make a squirrel pole, put 6 or 7 noose snares on it
We have a growing, no make that exploding eastern Gray population around our house. It really irritates my wife as she has had to give up on Bird Feeders. I tried everything (except the electric whirlygigs) to keep them out but eventually they got to the food. And every time I'd shoot one, another would move in. It was just a constant cycle.
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 29, 2015, 08:26:39 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 29, 2015, 08:29:11 PM
nICE ...We done that sometimes too !! But I like them fried like chicken ...Goodness I am getting hungry !I grew up hunting those bushy-tails in Connecticut. My mom use to make them with polenta and spaghetti sauce ........ yummy.
I remember when I first got married and went hunting with a couple of buddies and brought home my days catch of eight of those little buggers. I said to my wife; boy we're going to have some good eating. She said I'm not cooking those "tree rats" :chuckle: So I cooked them and she enjoyed the meal.
Thanks for sharing.
JC :hello:
Post by: Fl0und3rz on September 29, 2015, 08:41:02 PM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,53782.msg2416485.html#msg2416485
Another squirrel hunting in WA thread.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=163331.0
Post by: Axle on September 29, 2015, 08:51:40 PM
Those tree rats are a :bdid: in the west!
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Post by: BiggLuke on December 08, 2015, 11:43:32 AM
Post by: Wacenturion on December 08, 2015, 12:52:16 PM
I grew up hunting the bushytails. Miss it. Thanks for sharing, good stuff right there........
So did I. Last time I had a chance to squirrel hunt was when I was stationed at Charleston A.F.B South Carolina in the 60's. I used to call it the Big Game Hunting of the Small Game World. Great eating. One of my favorite ways was to boil the quarters, then put on a rack in the oven with BQ sauce and the meat would literally fall off the bone.
Was always fun watching a first time squirrel hunter try to pick one up by the tail that was playing dead. :chuckle:
Post by: Wacenturion on December 08, 2015, 12:55:30 PM
You got the wrong gun for squirrel hunting. You should have a scoped .22 in that picture but if you did you'd be hooked on squirrels. My last squirrel season was 1967 when uncle sam messed with my living locations. If I had to give up all types of hunting but one the one I'd take would be squirrels with a .22. Just something about sneaking along looking for a head or ear.
Perhaps, but a .22 rimfire down south where you have spanish moss hanging from every tree is not the way to go, believe me.
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 08, 2015, 01:35:02 PM
Found a great recipe for a white chili with chicken. Just swapped out the chicken with squirrel and it tasted awesome! Now hoping to try my hand at some Alabama whitetails here in a couple months.
Now you can swap the whities in for the squirrels. They're freakishly small deer and I think you can kill something like 4 a day, some ridiculous number.
Post by: lokidog on December 08, 2015, 02:10:30 PM
Post by: Weresquatch on December 10, 2015, 03:04:02 PM
Post by: O. hemionus on December 14, 2015, 07:29:08 AM
On a side note, I did eventually shoot my first Alabama whitetail last week. Pianoman they actually aren't too small - a little bit bigger than mainland blacktails probably. And no, can't shoot 4 a day...only one doe a day this year from mid-October through mid-February, and ONLY three bucks/year ;). Two years ago you could shoot two does a day for the entirety of the season. It is actually quite amazing - a lot of folks down here think that the state shouldn't be regulating deer harvest at all - many want to be able to harvest 5 bucks/year and to harvest as many does as they want. What is also interesting down here is that your buck harvest record is a regular printed sheet of white paper with three open slots where you record the date you shot your bucks and the number of points each one had :bdid:. But there is no mandatory harvest reporting...and when some folks down here fill out their three slots, they can just print another blank record off...or make a bunch of photocopies of blank forms before they start hunting...
Post by: jaymark6655 on December 14, 2015, 08:12:36 AM