Sighting Squirrels

[MarkRW]

I've been to Morgan-Monroe State Forest looking for squirrels. Unfortunately, I am deaf in one ear so when I hear the chatter I can't judge the direction it is coming from. I can hear nuts dropping etc... My one good ear is good. But, I need to learn a trick or two to find them faster. Any advice?

Thanks!

 

[snapping turtle]

Sit still. Watch.

Learn to still hunt. Get a barker call.

 

[MarkRW]

A barker call. Thanks, the internet is amazing, I already googled that and read about it.

With the call, do the squirrels tend to travel through the canopy, or lower? Do they drop along the trunk to investigate or remain up?

Thanks!

 

[snapping turtle]

It is an alarm or challange call. They will come investigate or run away. It is more of a end of and area type of thing for me. They will normally wag tails and bark back.

Those little grey's in the south are busy little rats. They don;t seem to stop long. They also run away from the barker calls it mainly works on the reds up north better.

Hearing just gets you in the right area to see one. use your eyes and you will be fine.

Also don;t let early season get you down. Much harder to see them now than after the first frost. The best time for me seem to be mid winter.

 

[DRAIN SURGEON]

Try cupping your hand behind your good ear. If you hear something it gives you a direction and blocks out a lot of backgroung noise. I hunt with an oldtimer and he has trouble hearing and he is good at getting his limit with this method.

 

[TiminMishawaka]

Personally, I'm getting a Mountain Feist. Too late for this season though. Getting one in the spring so I have time to train him.

 

[PistolBob]

My brother lives in another state. His neighborhood is crawling with reds and greys. He built about a half dozen box traps and traps them in his back yard and in his neighbors yard (with permission). Takes them into the garage and snuffs them. Skin, clean and bag and into the freezer they go. He's been getting 3-4 a day for a couple of weeks now.

Weird thing...at his house the Greys are huge and the Reds are small. Around here we have big Reds and small Greys.

 

[Birds Away]

If you want to find squirrels, post a gun on Armslist.

 

[ruger1800]

cant hear squirrels with either ear anymore, just look for the leaves and limbs shaking

 

[HICKMAN]

i see them more than hear them right now.

Of course we went squirrel hunting today and saw.... 3 deer...

 

[gdun67]

Try going the morning after a late night rain. I've always found it to be best. Not only can you hear them a little better you can pin point where they're at cause of the falling water. I limited out 3 days in a row last weekend and Sunday morning was the best. Personally I've been seeing pretty much all of mine at the tops of trees! Acorn trees, real early.

 

[MarkRW]

I don't know why I didn't think of it, but binoculars have to help. I was out yesterday for an hour in MMSF, heard a few squirrels, but didn't spot one. Seemed like a nice area tree wise - tall oaks and black walnuts either side of a ravine. Saw some chewed nuts but no critters.

The ear cup idea also was useful. I could narrow down the direction pretty quickly, no luck after I started crackling through the leaves.

 

[HICKMAN]

we hunted MMSF a couple of years before moving south. Just drove around then listened for them barking the first few times. Then we back and found the nut trees there were in. Just as the leaves were starting to fall, we went back and sat around the nut trees and waiting... then proceeded with wacking them

 

[millfire517]

I've been to the Salamonie and Mississinewa reservoirs and haven't seen one darn squirrel yet. I figured it was to warm for them to be active. Going to go out this weekend and give it another shot since it is suppose to be a lot cooler.

 

[bowhunter_1978]

Get yourself a mountain cur, the dog barking is a lot easier to hear than a squirrel!