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Today is the opening day of Indiana's squirrel season. I'm out the door in an hour. It rained last night, but I think this morning will be ok. Gonna be hot and muggy today. I'll report back later.


maddog

Well, got in a while ago. It got pretty hot/humid, about 11 am. My shooting was AWFUL! Saw about 9 squirrels, got shots at 5, and......killed 1 dam*ed limb chicken..

Luckily it was a young fryer.





and it was a red head...





I was so pizzed about my shooting, that I took the rifle back out and checked it on a target. You guessed it, three shots touching at 25 yds. Guess I'm gittin' old. If I'd taken a shotgun, I'd a had a limit. Oh well, what fun would that be.


maddog

Killed 4 gray and 1 fox with my .25 Benjamin Marauder this morning.

JimH, Good shooting!!


maddog

Got 4 grays at Morgan Monroe south of Martinsville, In. with my CZ 455 using Eley .22 Subsonic HPs

Batchief, ya done good! Congrats!




maddog

Well, I popped another one this morning. It was really hot/humid in the woods . Shot better. One shot, one limb chicken.





skeeters were terrible, and I wore a headnet this am.


maddog

Congrats! Yep, skeeters are awful this year. Won't go without my ThermaCell! Working today, so not able to get out. Keep them coming!

great hunting and getting a chowder start..

Decided to go today, early, before it got too hot. Got in and set up near a pignut hickory, that the limb chickens were cuttin' on. Hadn't been there more than 5 mins. When this ole girl showed up.





One shot red head, DRT!


Went and picked her up, and she was missing 1/2 the hair on her tail, and she was nearly hairless on her inside rear legs and belly. Her skin was real wrinkly and you could tell she had lost a bunch of weight. Here is another pic of her, but you really can't see the missing hair, well enough.





I couldn't tell if it was mange or she had been in a nest nursing younguns. If it was the latter, she had weaned them and dried up. The longer I thought about it, I made the decision not to clean her, and I threw her away. Probably only 1 of 3-4 I've ever thrown away in my life. By 9am., it was hot and muggy, so I quit for the day. BTW, it was the only squirrel I saw all morning.


maddog

Our season doesn't open until September. I have no desire to be out in the woods in muggy, mosquito infested, deer fly miserable summer conditions. Can't wait for fall!!!

Looks like you squirrel hunters have having a good one..
Haven't hunt tree squirrel in probably 12 years.. Enjoy..

Hit the woods early this morning. Was in there for almost an hr., before I heard my first squirrel. Snuck up and found him cutting a hickory nut. First one in the bag. Moved on and found 2-3 up a pair of pignut hickories. Shot twice at one little varmint, and missed both times. Moved maybe 50 ft. and caught a couple more. Shot, thump, in some weeds. Lined up another, and he hit the ground within three feet of the first. Walked over and limb chicken no. 1 was no where to be found.





Went on and found two more cutting hickory nuts. THIS time, nobody got away!





Ended up with four. It was getting warm, so I cleaned them up and called it a day.


maddog

Good going! I'm gonna hit it bright and early in the morning.

Dog, nice shooting.. Those fox squirrels are great!!

Great hunt maddog. Got 2+ months till opener. Was on lease bushhogging today and noticed the squirrels are tearing up the pine cones.

Well, went again this am. Wanted to hit the same place that I did yesterday, but somebody was back there, so I went on down the road. Hit the same place I did last Sat. Saw exactly 1 squirrel in a short 2 hrs. The weather was beautiful, no skeeters, actually just a little chilly. About 9:30, I went across the road, where I also had permission. Finally found one up a HUGE pignut hickory [maybe 90+ ft tall.] Anyway, 1 shot under the jaw, that exited out between his shoulder blades, gave me one more limb chicken for the week. This makes eight, since last Sat.







maddog

dang y'all got a bunch of fox squirrels. Don't see many here..

Got 1 fox squirrel Saturday morning at Morgan Monroe. Gonna hit it again Monday morning. Makes 5 for me.

We finally made at this morning. It was 68 degrees and sprinkling off and on.

Me and my youngest son went one way and my Dad and my oldest son went the other. Me and my youngest son seen a grand total of one squirrel and he was running as fast as he could. I made him a little faster after throwing a load a 6's at him. Even though there was plenty of nut trees there was not a single squirrel cutting.

Here's my youngest eyeing my little .410.
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There was plenty of shooting from my Dad and oldest son though. Dad said they were all in a sweet gum tree and not cutting nuts.

Here's my youngest telling my oldest what he thought about all the shooting they did.
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There is always next week.

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