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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: BIGINNER on April 15, 2010, 01:17:23 PM

Title: SQUIRREL HUNTING.
Post by: BIGINNER on April 15, 2010, 01:17:23 PM: SORRY, MAYBE A STUPID QUESTION, BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT IN THE REGS. IS THERE A HUNTING SEASON FOR SQUIRRELS? REGULAR GRAY SQUIRELLS, OR WHATEVER KIND WE HAVE HERE THAT CLIMB TREES AND END UP AS RODKILL ALL THE TIME. I FOUND A LITTLE PLACE WHERE THERE IS A $H!T LOAD OF THEM, AND ITS A SHAME THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF THEM LAYING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS ROADKILL ISNTEAD OF HAVING A .22 IN THEM AND ANDING UP AS A HAT OR SOMETHING, WELL,, IS THERE ANY SEASON, LIMIT, REGULATONS ON THESE GUYS?
Title: Re: SQUIRREL HUNTING.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 15, 2010, 01:19:24 PM: some squirrels are not legal to shoot and you will get your ass in a sling or worse :chuckle: if you get caught unless it is a sage rat or a digger i don't shoot them. i am pretty sure the greys and pines are not legal or at least were i live.
Title: Re: SQUIRREL HUNTING.
Post by: Kain on April 15, 2010, 01:24:32 PM: Here is a recent discussion on squirrel hunting.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,44182.0.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,44182.0.html)
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,41228.0.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,41228.0.html)

Some of the info from that thread.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/seasons.htm (http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/seasons.htm)

Very limited range for huntable squirrels in WA.
Eastern Grey Squirrel
http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/maps/wa/mammals/WA_eastern_gray_squirrel.html (http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/maps/wa/mammals/WA_eastern_gray_squirrel.html)
Fox Squirrel
http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/maps/wa/mammals/WA_fox_squirrel.html (http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/maps/wa/mammals/WA_fox_squirrel.html)

http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/diversty/soc/wgraysquirrels/index.htm (http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/diversty/soc/wgraysquirrels/index.htm)
Title: Re: SQUIRREL HUNTING.
Post by: BIGINNER on April 15, 2010, 01:27:53 PM: OK, THANKS, BY THE INFO ON THE OTHER THREAD, I CAN SHOOT THESE, AND THERE IS NO LIMIT. (CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG) THE SQUIRRELS I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE EASTERN GRAY SQURELS, SO I HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: SQUIRREL HUNTING.
Post by: Kain on April 15, 2010, 01:30:21 PM: Yep as long as they are Easterns you are OK. Just have to make sure you are following any firearm restrictions as most of these are in cities and neighborhoods.