Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Small Game Deer Stand Squirrel Hunting

I used to shoot them with my bow while deer hunting. I had bought an old bear black bear round wheel bow and it was so accurate I would head shoot them with blunt tipped arrows. But only out to 20 yards as that bow was so slow you could almost out run the arrow. Wish I would have kept that bow just for small game hunting. I once took a grouse's head right off with a blunt tip at 15 yards. I have it to my nephews son and he killed his first deer with it. His brother is using it for deer this year. That bow has to be 30 years old but still shoots true. Just not very far.

I have tried it on stands where I saw a steady stream of squirrels while deer hunting. Never killed more than a couple when I sat the same spot. I have better luck moving slowly through the woods.

I’ve killed 6 in one sitting with my suppressed rifle from one of my enclosed blinds. It’s kinda cheating but it’s better than being stuck at home. Haha

We've used blinds before. It works fairly well (relative to walking or stalking) as long as the area has sufficient food.

Gonna sit in my pop up ground blind after deer season with the CZ-455 in 22LR and squirrel hunt. Haven't seen any deer yet this season from the blind but the area is crawling with squirrels.

if you just sit still, you won't need a blind.

think imma try this with my 10 yr old son and his CZ 455 scout along with the sparrow threaded on the end saturday morn.
Big Ed

Do it pretty often. Especially when my kids are with me. Suppressed with subsonic and the deer don’t even have a clue. Have shot squirrels with deer within 50 yards. Never even looked my way

............... Thread Update - Spent the afternoon in the blind a couple weeks ago and only saw 2 squirrels that were both out of 22LR range. Perhaps they've changed their routines a bit since November when they were all over the place within 25 yards of the blind. Got until Feb. 28th before the season closes and I might give it another try.

Last year I hunted out of a stand I had never used before.
Come to find out it was a squirrel canoodling area and prime canoodling time.
I have never seen so many squirrels in one area!

Several limits within sight.

I carry a deer/pistol pistol when squirrel hunting and a squirrel pistol when deer hunting. But I don't sit in stands.

Many tasty creatures love a grove of nut trees.

A suppressed 22LR would make October bowhunting more interesting. I'm cheap and impatient so this year I may just opt for some quieter loads and try it anyway.