Thread: Almost time

Permethin. I have one set of hunting clothes reserved exclusively for early season squirrel hunting. They have been sprayed and they hang in the garage. I only wash them if they get pretty dirty and after washing they get another spray. Works pretty good. I also wear Muck snake boots. That's from growing up in LeFlore County.

Same as Floyd on the clothing treatment! It really does work, I always wear boots, lots of timber rattlers, diamond backs and copperheads in my neck of the woods.

Originally Posted by Crappie Reaper

I went out into the woods and came across this old man sittin on a log and he had 7 squirrels laid up beside him. He didn't have a gun! I asked him what he was doing and he said he was squirrel huntin. I asked "Where's your gun"? He said he didn't need a gun because he was so ugly, that all he had to do was sit quiet and wait for a squirrel to start running the tree tops, he would then clap his hands, the squirrel would look down at him and fall out of the tree dead. I cried BS on this and he told me to sit down, wait and watch. After about 5 minutes, a squirrel starting running the tree tops, he clapped his hands, the squirrel looks down, Bamm! Dang thing fell out of the tree dead! In amazment, I told him he must be the greatest squirrel hunter in the world! He said, "No, actually my wife is". Well, why don't you bring her?


"I couldn't do that. She buggers them up too bad"!

I don't care who you are, that there is funny!!!!

Originally Posted by crappiepappa

Pretty well stocked up on .22LR. What I'm short of is my fav round. When I DO hunt them I use my my old single HR .410 my dad bought me for my 6th birthday. It's a nostalgic thing I guess. But don't buy very many boxes because of the price

Allen, this post got me thinking. When I was about 8 my Dad took over my old H&R and told me it was time to use a .22 rifle. He always carried the .410 when we went so he could pop a quick shot at a gray running on the ground. Later, in Colorado when my son was young he would carry it when rabbit hunting (not many huntable squirrels there.) After he died I gave it to a nephew. Great little shotgun. I do have a sleek little Turkish side by side .410 that I have only used on doves and an occasional quail. A group of us used to open every dove season with a .410 only dove hunt. It was great fun.

When I was young we ate many a squirrel that had been shot with #6's or #4's and I don't recall ever tearing one up too bad. I think my next time out I'm gonna leave the Browning at home and carry my little .410 - might even bring it to camp for an early morning hunt. There's lots of squirrel around there and lots of hunting area where you can use a shotgun. Thanks for stirring up some old memories.

Floyd

I hope with all the rain we don't drown the new offspring. I love to fry em remove em make gravy with the drippings throw em back in the gravy let simmer and throw it all over fried taters with onions. WSD

I've got a female mountain Feist that'd a pretty good squirrel dog. We ended up killing 433 last year