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Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659591 10/02/22
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,509 Lived all over the world H hotsoup Campfire Outfitter
hotsoup Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,509 Lived all over the world	I went last week and going again on Tuesday. I use a suppressed .22 and sub sonic ammo. I’m blessed in that I can walk out my door, walk across a field, and be in hardwoods with plenty of squirrels. The’re cuttin hickory now and will be tearing up acorns in a couple weeks. I hunt them hard until deer season opens. Enjoyable times for an old man.

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Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,981 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter
memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,981 Winchester, WY USA	Way too many years! memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659658 10/02/22
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 13,946 Kentucky J joken2 Campfire Outfitter
joken2 Campfire Outfitter J Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 13,946 Kentucky	Been a long, LONG time. Did some of my more serious and most productive deer scouting while squirrel hunting.

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659665 10/02/22
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cotis Campfire Regular C Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,755 Memphis, TN	Last year. My buddy and I made a special point to do it, we both brought lever action .22s. Neither one of us had been squirrel hunting in at least 10-15 years, so we scheduled a classic old school hunt. A great time was had, but never saw a single squirrel. Welcome to TN - patron state of shootin’ stuff

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MegaMehg Campfire Member M Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 288	I hunt tree rats every season, its one of my favorite things to do plus i love their meat.

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Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659767 10/02/22
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,934 Likes: 2 Missouri 1 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger
10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,934 Likes: 2 Missouri	Sunday AM. Still a lot of leaves on so shooting them with a 22 is a bit challenging right now. The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659796 10/03/22
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 23,506 Oregon Beaver10 Campfire Ranger
Beaver10 Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 23,506 Oregon	Squirrels are a nuisance around here and get shot year round. They get into the attic and cause problems. Plus they make a lot of racket being squirrelly in the ceiling. I put up wire mess soffit covers last fall and I noticed they have already started chewing at the wood trying to get inside for winter. The 17 HMR and 22 LR are always close by to end them. 🦫 Curiosity Killed the Cat & The Prairie Dog “Molon Labe”

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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,238 Yakima WA Kenlguy Campfire Tracker
Kenlguy Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,238 Yakima WA	I've never had the privilege let alone any kind of opportunity I could wish a lot of things on my worst enemy but neuropathy ain't one of them.

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659841 10/03/22
Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 996 Likes: 1 Indiana J JTrapper73 Campfire Regular
JTrapper73 Campfire Regular J Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 996 Likes: 1 Indiana	Saturday. My 13 year old and I killed five right here behind the house. He got three and I got two. He with his 39A and me with my little Remington 580 topped with a 4X Leupold rimfire. It was nice and cool and just a really pleasant hunt. I believe that makes us 19 this season. Last edited by JTrapper73; 10/03/22.

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659858 10/03/22
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12344mag Campfire Kahuna Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 59,158 Likes: 24 Next to the dump that Del Shan...	Last squirrel season. Paul "I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D. Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards. molɔ̀ːn labé skýla

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Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659862 10/03/22
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,731 Likes: 1 Michigan, In , Boon S saddlering Campfire Ranger
saddlering Campfire Ranger S Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,731 Likes: 1 Michigan, In , Boon	I hope to get out today, I do more scouting for deer tho. Like most here now deer is open now and that gets more time. Not many grouse to hunt anymore. Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659868 10/03/22
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,201 Likes: 1 M MarkWV Campfire Tracker
MarkWV Campfire Tracker M Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,201 Likes: 1	Around 1994.

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659873 10/03/22
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,538 NORTHEAST GEORGIA K kandpand Campfire Tracker
kandpand Campfire Tracker K Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,538 NORTHEAST GEORGIA	I used to squirrel hunt a lot and then started deer hunting. I got focused on deer hunting and deer rifles and forgot about squirrels and rimfire rifles. I made an effort last year to get back to squirrel hunting and shooting rimfires again. Squirrel hunting and shooting rimfires is a lot of fun, gets you outside, and it is great practice for shooting. Check out the Small Game forum “Go afield with a good attitude, with respect for the forest and fields in which you walk. Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience. It will cleanse your soul and make you a better person” -Fred Bear

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659876 10/03/22
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 5,737 Richmond, Virginia arkypete Campfire Tracker
arkypete Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 5,737 Richmond, Virginia	I open one of the window in my living room and shoot the ones eating at my bird feeders. "Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force." --Thomas Jefferson

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659883 10/03/22
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,205 Likes: 5 south texas-Corpus Christi stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana
stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,205 Likes: 5 south texas-Corpus Christi	about fifty years ago, down here the only place we have them is in town. God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17659888 10/03/22
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,636 jeeper Campfire Regular
jeeper Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,636	Originally Posted by blanket Sitting here pondering when the last time most of us went on an honest to goodness squirrel hunt? Got an old Remington rolling block that could be used for breakfast of squirrel gravy and biscuits Went Yesterday.

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting Beaver10 #17659904 10/03/22
Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 4,047 Likes: 3 Georgia STRSWilson Campfire Tracker
STRSWilson Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 4,047 Likes: 3 Georgia	Originally Posted by Beaver10 Squirrels are a nuisance around here and get shot year round. They get into the attic and cause problems. Plus they make a lot of racket being squirrelly in the ceiling. I put up wire mess soffit covers last fall and I noticed they have already started chewing at the wood trying to get inside for winter. The 17 HMR and 22 LR are always close by to end them. 🦫 Same here. Every day is squirrel season. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting cotis #17659976 10/03/22
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 67,762 Likes: 5 N. Central Florida, and Miami Mannlicher Campfire Kahuna
Mannlicher Campfire Kahuna Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 67,762 Likes: 5 N. Central Florida, and Miami	I can, and do, shoot them in the back yard. I hunt them mostly out at my son's place. I usually skin and freeze them until I get enough to make Brunswick stew. Sam......

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Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 5,036 Likes: 3 H Hogwild7 Campfire Tracker
Hogwild7 Campfire Tracker H Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 5,036 Likes: 3	2 or 3 years. I need to go.

Re: When was the last time you went squirrel hunting blanket #17660026 10/03/22
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,190 Likes: 33 Flyover Country Teal Campfire 'Bwana
Teal Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,190 Likes: 33 Flyover Country	1993 or so. Just was never a big thing for me. Me

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