August 15th

[Sniper 79]

not until poison ivy and bugs are gone.....until then fish on

 

[Mongo59]

Ticks and fleas on the squirrel is too much a reason to wait until I can see my breath much less the ticks on me...

 

[Ark]

I can't see 'em good enough with the leaves up to be using my .22. 12 gauge it is until the leaves drop.

Am I allowed to spotlight squirrels? I got a weapon light...

 

[Mongo59]

Blast away brother, blast away...

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Successful morning for my little buddy. Perfect weather.

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[Ark]

I think opening day is a "never again" for me, unless someone wants to slip me about a million dollars to get my own property and never deal with public land BS again.

Dude was posted up barely a hundred yards in from the parking, pointed down the trail so nobody could get past him without breaking his 180. Utterly clueless that anyone was coming up behind him, of course. Had some squirrel activity above him, so I figured I'd give him five minutes to take a shot and then head past.

Turned into spending half an hour of peak activity time watching him shoot and miss, wait for the stars to re-align, then shoot and miss again. Lost count of the number of easy opportunities to blow multiple rats out of the trees. Finally started swinging his gun around and muzzling me without looking behind him, so it was time to scuff my foot and clear my throat. Yeah big surprise dude, I've been here the whole time, nobody else can get to the entire rest of the woods while you're there, situational awareness have ya heard of it?

Finally got past, hiked a while, took an unsuccessful shot at a runner on the ground. Sun came up, activity tapered off, hiked a while longer and went home.

 

[Sniper 79]

Any of you early hunters run into warbles on squirrels? I witnessed a video and it was extremely disturbing. Yet another reason to hold off.

Going to keep fishing.......ok I'll have the gun with me in the boat in case a shot opportunity arrives. Cast and blast trip.

 

[vvet762]

Ilove this. You both will have great memories. Enjoy

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Any of you early hunters run into warbles on squirrels? I witnessed a video and it was extremely disturbing. Yet another reason to hold off.

Going to keep fishing.......ok I'll have the gun with me in the boat in case a shot opportunity arrives. Cast and blast trip.

I haven't seen one in years. If I find one on a squirrel the whole thing is pitched. On a deer, different story.

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[patience0830]

not until poison ivy and bugs are gone.....until then fish on

Poison Ivy is never gone. You can get it from the vine as well as the leaves and it's harder to ID w/o the leaves.

 

[patience0830]

I haven't seen one in years. If I find one on a squirrel the whole thing is pitched. On a deer, different story.

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Warbles are ugly but do not affect the meat. It usually stays with the hide and you can hardly see where it was after you skin it.

 

[JimH]

Ticks and fleas on the squirrel is too much a reason to wait until I can see my breath much less the ticks on me...

I killed well over 100 squirrels a season for an average the last 45 years and have never seen a flea or tick on one.Occasionally a warble on gray squirrels,never on a fox squirrel.Have seen all on rabbits.

 

[bwframe]

Warbles are unsightly and disturbing to see, but they are only skin deep. The meat is not affected. I've not run into them a lot, but a good handful of times. I would never waste a squirrel over one. Those larvae cannot get you.

Is this a good nut year? Seems as though the limbs were heavy with accorns over the water I've been fishing.

 

[patience0830]

Successful morning for my little buddy. Perfect weather.

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Best reason in the world to go. Right here. What a cutie.

 

[patience0830]

I killed well over 100 squirrels a season for an average the last 45 years and have never seen a flea or tick on one.Occasionally a warble on gray squirrels,never on a fox squirrel.Have seen all on rabbits.

I've seen plenty of fleas. Never a tick tho'.

Killed one a few years ago that looked like a shar pei dog. Extra skin wrinkled up all over him. I've lost the pix but he was weird.

 

[freekforge]

I went out at 1630 today and got one. Really was a lot of fun I had to really try to get close enough for a shot. It would bark then go silent so I'd let out a blast from the squirrel whistle and it would bark and go quiet. We did this for a while until I finally caught a glimpse of him and let the winchester do its thing. Unfortunately I hit him on the run and didn't lead enough so he was gut shot which was an unpleasant cleaning experience but he still tasted good on the grill.

 

[patience0830]

I went out at 1630 today and got one. Really was a lot of fun I had to really try to get close enough for a shot. It would bark then go silent so I'd let out a blast from the squirrel whistle and it would bark and go quiet. We did this for a while until I finally caught a glimpse of him and let the winchester do its thing. Unfortunately I hit him on the run and didn't lead enough so he was gut shot which was an unpleasant cleaning experience but he still tasted good on the grill.

How do you cook 'em on the grill so they're tender? I usually parboil 'em til tender b4 I consider any other steps.

 

[PistolBob]

I hunt with a .410 shotgun....it's killed literally thousands of squirrels.

 

[patience0830]

I hunt with a .410 shotgun....it's killed literally thousands of squirrels.

I hate picking shot out of their carcass. Rifle every time for me.

 

[freekforge]

Since it was only me eating I didn't mind it being tough so I just tossed it on the grill. But this one wasn't near as tough as some I've had in the past. Usually I throw it in the crock pot for a few hours and then finish it on the grill. Throw on some homemade bbq sauce and it's good good good.