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Offline PNWCOONASS

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Squirrel Hunting legal or not
« on: January 24, 2009, 07:59:17 AM »
 Hey guys,

I just bought a Ruger 10/22 and frequent the woods of kitsap county, belfair and over the hood canal bridge.  I don't ever remember seeing if they are legal to hunt or not.  Is there a season and bag limit?  My plan was to bring the 22 along while I was scouting for deer season. 

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Re: Squirrel Hunting legal or not
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2009, 08:04:42 AM »
Only the Eastern gray squirrel is legal.  No bag limit or season on those. 

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Re: Squirrel Hunting legal or not
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2009, 09:22:03 AM »
There is a thread on here about this somewhere, there are a few different squirrels that you can shoot in this state.


http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/diversty/soc/wgraysquirrels/

8. Protected Wildlife
It is illegal to hunt, kill, possess, or
control protected wildlife. Protected
wildlife are: Cascade golden-mantled
ground, golden mantled ground,
Washington ground, red, Douglas,
northern flying and western gray
squirrels;

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Re: Squirrel Hunting legal or not
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2009, 11:59:53 AM »
I live in Kitsap as well. . .just outside of Silverdale off of Newberry Hill. . .the only place that I regularly see squirrels is at Olympic College!!!

If you do find/see some squirrels while you are out you will be VERY happy with the 10/22. . .I have had one since the 8th grade and they are dead nuts accurate and VERY reliable as long as you don't try to use sub-sonic ammo (not enough pressure to cycle the bolt all the way back and the gun won't fully chamber the next round. . .you can lighten the bolt and it will cycle sub-sonic though if that's what you wanna do) or CCI Stingers (the case on a stinger is longer than "normal" .22LR ammo and therefore may or may not eject properly from a semi-auto. . .when I tried using Stingers the case usually ended up getting caught by the bolt when it was trying to chamber the next round). . .other than that I have NEVER had any sort of problem with my 10/22!!!

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Re: Squirrel Hunting legal or not
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2009, 06:28:07 AM »
thanks guys, now I'll just need to sight my 22 in..

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Re: Squirrel Hunting legal or not
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2009, 03:10:55 PM »
Good luck with the squirrel hunting.  My buddy shot and cooked up some squirrel wrapped in bacon.  One word, "heavenly" but anything wrapped in bacon is pretty good.

 


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