Squirrel Hunting: Anyone still do it?

I do it when it’s not deer season. I’m pretty sure my grandpa killed every rabbit on the place but there’s still some squirrels.

I still squirrel hunt

Just had my best squirrel season in a long time, actually. It used to be family tradition to skip school on Friday for opening weekend.

I’d say it’s still fairly popular, you just don’t have people post about killing a pile of them like you would with ducks or a trophy buck.

I love squirrel hunting and still do.

Like you said it is mostly access and society. When I was in High School we used to always look to schedule shop (2 hours) as our first class. At least twice a week we would skip class to go squirrel hunting and all was cool as long as we shared the kill with the shop teacher. But that was also when we would drive to school with a shotgun and a riffle in the back window of the truck, no one freaked out and no one stole the damn thing.
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Times have changed, there are fewer places to hunt, it's not socially acceptable in many circles, etc. etc.
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I still love to squirrel hunt just don't have a place to go.

I just kinda lost interest in it,must be my age(68).Started when I was 10 and squirrel hunted a lot until last 2-3 years.I still deer hunt but not as hard as I used to.No more Saline,Tensas.My favorite was rabbit hunting,did that about 25 years,had my own dogs 20 years.I would run my dogs good bit in the summer and then hunt hard Jan.,Feb.I never got too excited about squirrel hunting with dogs.
I probably would go squirrel hunting if I could get my grandsons interested.About all they want to do is play video games.I took my stepsons quite a bit when they were kids but they never caught the bug.
Funny the way it works,my dad never cared much for hunting but I was crazy about it.My dad would go once or twice a year and would usually come back with his hunting vest full of pecans,no squirrels.

Way to go dad!!!

Just got back. No dog. Saw six, killed 3. Public land in Union Parish.

Early season we’d hunt squirrel hunt without our dog but in February he came with us every time. That dog was amazing. Hardly every lost a squirrel once he got on them. He kept his eyes in the trees. Good Times.

Also, a poster above mentioned enjoying squirrel hunting more than duck hunting. I was the same way and with the duck hunting in Louisiana declining I’m more than happy to spend that time squirrel hunting when I’m not deer hunting.

Poster made great points about not having to deal with assholes like you do when you duck hunt and it’s not expensive.

I try not to squirrel hunt our place in Tensas because I don’t want to spook our deer but still make a couple hunts a year. I may start squirrel hunting Tunica. My older brother and I made a squirrel hunt there about 7 years ago and we both limited out in under an hour.