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Seems like yesterday it was 6 1/2 mos. til next squirrel season. Don't know where the last 6 mos. have gone, but Indiana squirrel season opens Aug. 15. Man I can't wait! Picked up several more woods to hunt this coming year. Gonna try for 2-3 more. The next 30 days will go fast enough. I gotta get through my son's wedding, and Mama's birthday, and a family reunion..... Need to do one last scope check on my .22s, as soon as it cools down a bit. The oaks and hickories are full of nuts. We've had enough rain though to make the skeeters problematic... I'm down to one container of limb chicken chowder, and I'm gonna eat it the nite before I go hunting. Good luck to all you nimrods this season!


maddog

Squirrel season doesn't open here until October, I am frothing at the mouth in anticipation. Part of the problem is I have a new, for me, Marlin 39A I have been shooting every afternoon in the back 40. I can keep 10 shots on a golf ball at 50 yds with it and I am pumped.

Good luck to all of you and may all your shots be true.

Ours opened May 25th but either turkeys, crappie, walleye, or hot weather have prevented me from going. I'll get out as soon as they start cutting hickory nuts. I've got a new Lilja 17MachII barrel for the CZ but the '78 39A will get the nod for such early season endeavours.......

The MachII will not fill the stringer until after deer season when the leaves are gone.........Come on fall!!!


X-VERMINATOR

I see both you boys have a Marlin 39a, me too. I bought it new in 1974. The ole girl doesn't see as much action, today as in the past, because I got a new girlfriend.....H&R Sportster .22 single shot. I love huntin' them chickens with the little SS.


maddog

Here's a coupla pics, just to get things started....




My ole 39a, and a coupla squirrels from last season.




My new girlfriend, with some chowder ingredients.




My girlfriend with her new makeup on for the upcoming season.



maddog

ours doesn't start till Oct and we ate our last that we had in the freezer.
These "yard skwerls" are looking mighty good right now.

Maddog, what kind of carry strap is that hanging from the hind legs of those two critters? I think you have given me an idea for a little summertime project.

Thanks

Used to make my "carry strap" out of a piece of tree limb (read:stick). About a quarter inch round and about half inch longer than my back pants pocket was wide. Sharpen both ends.
Run knife through squirrels back foot, push stick through hole.
Insert stick at a downward angle into back pocket until both ends are inside then twist until both ends of stick are wedged in edge of pocket. It will stay put until you pull it out for next squirrel. Usually got four squirrels to the stick.

Used that method for many years until Game and Fish made "open carry" of game illegal.

This sounds like fun.. Haven't shot tree squirrels for 40 years.. Enjoy!!!

You suck....

"Open carry" of game is illegal? WTH! Unless it's for safety reasons. But I'd hate to have to conceal a deer when I'm dragging it in...

LOTB, it's a section off a metal fish stringer, attached to a wooden handle. Here's a better pic. It's awesome for carrying squirrels in the early season, when it's too hot for a vest. A guy in southern Indiana sent one to me. I was so impressed, I made one for my son. The wooden handle is a painted piece of dowel rod.





maddog

Hey Tom, you gonna start that same ole refrain this early??




maddog

I guess I shouldnt be so hard on you...I still have some squirrels in the freezer....

Maddog: What a neat idea. I'm gonna make mine out of some deer antler I have laying around doing nothing useful. I also have an old fish stringer I can rob the clips off. I might even make some as Christmas presents for some "buds" of mine.

Thanks again.

Yeah, safety thing. Somebody got shot in the a$$. Applied to small game only.

LOTB, here's another "gadget" I use during the season. It's a homemade walking/shooting stick. I have feet issues and it helps me walk. During the early season, when the leaves are on the trees, it doubles as a shooting stick when it's hard to find a tree to lean against AND see the squirrel!





maddog

I definitely plan on getting off my arse and after them this year! With all this moisture here in IN, we should have a good mast crop. Lots of miles will be put on the truck this fall chasing these things as I have no places to go within an hour of home...

That by gosh!!maddog.

Well, just got back from Indianapolis, got the boy married off this weekend. Get through Mama's birthday next weekend, then it's good-to-go limb chicken season! 25 1/2 days and counting....


maddog