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Hi pointer, I'm just not finding many hickory trees with nuts. They are starting to hit the pecans down in the Wabash bottoms though. Got 3 grays this morning before I called it a day. There just aren't too many people that squirrel hunt anymore around here. Most of them I see are old bald headed guys like me.

260AIS, I can relate to that. Other than my son 2-3 times a yr. coming up from Indy, I hunt squirrels by myself. I have one buddy, in his sixties[like me], that goes a couple times, but 99% of the time, it's just me. On the positive side, it's real easy to pick up good places to squirrel hunt. They just look at ya funny, and say help yer self! I got probably in excess of 30 woods I can squirrel hunt.


maddog

Mike...I know a squirrel hunter that might be heading that way......

Git yer fanny back here, and after 2-3 days of limb chicken hunting, you won't need yer motel.....just sayin'......if ya kin hittem......



maddog

Nine more days until season opens here in Alabamey. Like kids waiting for Christmas! Weather forecast looks cooler around that time, which will be nice.

Be careful what you wish for....I got an invite from a cousin in Ohio who is loaded with squirrels, and my sister lives in between you two...I could kill two birds with onestone....and a bunch of skwerls.

What time is best there Mike?

I personally love Oct. Even the woods that have bowhunters, I can hunt during the week. If you are talking late in the season [ie: Dec./Jan.], it's all weather driven. Skip November, deer season. Let me know.


maddog

10-4...I think that pretty well coincides with Ohio...


Ill keep you posted.

My son and I hit it this am, for a couple of hrs. Really warm and muggy. It was my son's only second chance to go, because of work. Otherwise I might have stayed home. My shooting was awful. Shot at three, and nailed one. I'm blaming it on the weather, foggy glasses, etc


Mine.





Dan's three.





This is gonna be it til it cools off.


maddog

been waiting for that also; temps hit 100 here today, but by next weekend, forecast shows a morning low of 60...thinking i may hit the woods.

Looks like a good shooting stick.

Quite a while back I asked what people used to steady their shots in the woods -you showed that stick back then -I just thought maybe it had evolved a little.

I can get all the cane poles I want around here - might try and build a light weight cane pole shooting stick.
Thanks -Mike

The only "evolvement" it's gonna get is a new paint job on the top bolt!


maddog

Maddog, what's your favorite way of cooking them so they're nice and tender? I usually boil them forever but I'm looking for something different. Been thinking about a pressure cooker. Ever try that?

You gotta check out Mikes limb chicken chowder recipe!
The BEST soup in the WORLD!


BTW MIke,not gonna make it this year...too much other travel....

That's the kind of stuff I'm looking for!

ingwe, I'll shoot a basket full in your honor....you can thank me later.....


Yes, a pressure cooker works great. I marl all my squirrels for the freezer either young or old. When I get enough old ones, I cook em, bone em, and put them in a baggie, and back in the freezer for future use....limb chicken chowder, squirrel pot pie, BBQ squirrel, etc.


maddog

RS308MX, here is the thread on the squirrel chowder recipe.


https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...94/Fantastic_squirrel_recipe#Post6855994


maddog

Thanks maddog!

Mama took off to see her grandson, this weekend, so I got out this am, to do a little hunting. Hit a couple places down on the river, that are my grey squirrel woods. Saw a bunch of the lil boogers, but they were either bouncing through the tree tops, or were across ravines I couldn't navigate. Still, I managed to red head one little dummy, when he hesitated on the side of a tree, a might too long. This is my 1st. grey this year. I'm going back to the same places tomorrow.





maddog

You guys are killin' me....