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I went yesterday and found that the squirrels are beginning to hit the pin oaks and pignut hickorys. The acorn mast is spotty with most of acorns coming from pin oaks and over cups but most of the hunting I've been doing has been in low lying areas. I going this morning to Wappapello lake so I will have a better idea what the red and white oak situation is.

Thanks for the information! Appreciate your updates.

So far, I don't think the white oak mast is going to amount to much. I am seeing pin oak,red oak, and over cup acorns. Over all, I don't think we are going to have as many acorns as last year.

Really... that is interesting. I am thinking ahead to deer season now.

2 weeks from today, we'll be at it, hunting limb chickens. Peep sight on my 10/22 worked loose, yesterday, while shooting with my son and soon to be son-in-law. Took it back out this am, and got it back on target. Gun shoots better than I do.



maddog

I'm ready for some chowder!

PS....Blue Loktite is our friend..

They are hitting the hickory trees up here in south central Iowa.Gun is sighted and ready to go Aug.31 when we open.

Illinois season opened up Aug. 1st. I have 10 in the freezer from my first two hunts.

They were cutting acorns and trying some hickories out as well.

Took 4 off one white oak about 2 hours ago.. didnt have to take a step. Fired four times about 5 minutes apart, picked up the dead and moved on. Love it when it happens that way

dave

Dave, ya done good! Got my daughters wedding shower, next weekend, then I'm good to go. If the weather cooperates, I'm gonna hunt Fri., Sat., and Sun., opening weekend.


maddog

Take pictures.

Squirrel Appreciation Day is 1/21/2015.

Well boys, one week from right now, I'll be off to the woods for my first squirrel hunt of 2014. Can't believe how fast this year is going.


maddog

another month and a half.

Down to 2 days before the opening. Gonna spray my hunting clothes with permethrin and hang them out to dry, and finish putting odds/ends in the truck......


maddog

you suck.

Ours starts October 13th.

It's going to be a long time.....

Geez�when I lived there it was sometime in Sept�..too early actually, hot, leaves still on, warbles still in the squirrels...

I got the end all rifle for squirrel this year.

The Western Auto Revelation.



It's got an old weaver on it right now, but I'm thinking of crafting a peep sight to go on the dovetail.

Sweet! Looks like a 'Colteer'!

It's one of those "Mikey" guns.

It eats everything.

Short, Long, Long Rifle,
cheap, standard, boutique,
lead, copper, even brass plated Remington
round nose, hollow points.

And once you adjust the sights/scope, its on.

I used it to shoot down some dead tree limbs near the house.
Took a few shots to blast it apart in the right spot, but it worked well.

And I can shoot off that cheap Centurion crap that doesn't work in anything else I have.

Tough to find anything in a lever .22 these days�take care of it!