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it is indeed....when deer season opens i usually put all else on hold, but with my deer chasing pretty wrapped up for the season we usually spend a lot of time in January on the prowl for squirrels.

Friend of ours has a pecan orchard surrounded by creek bottoms with mature timber, and we're the only ones that squirrel hunt it....usually do pretty well there.
Due to increasing numbers of hogs, i often pack around a .22mag now...prior to that it was a 22LR with sub-sonics for early season, and 17mach2 for longer shots when leaves drop.
Now that hogs are more likely, been packing a .22mag with CCI Gamepoints, or FMJ's,...both a bit less destructive than JHP's.

Weather permitting, we'll be prowling around the woods on New Years Day after squirrels,...went out yesterday & shot a couple of new-to-me rifles in 17M2 and .22mag to get ready for woods walking.

Assorted squirrel carnage photos from the last few years:

Anschutz .22LR, 3x9 compact, both from here in the classifieds:


First squirrel on that snowy morning...Anschutz 22mag, 2.5-8x:


Same 22mag, different day:


Mixed bag that day, again with the Anschutz 22mag:


Maple T-Bolt, in 22mag: