re: Squirrel hunting technique

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Are you just shooting ever nest you see?

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I hope not.

Well nobody has asked, but what kind of squirrels do you have? I find that hunting Fox squirrels, it takes patience. A Fox squirrel wil lay down on a limb and hide if it sees you, so i like to sit somewhere near a food source (pecan or big striped oak tree) and pick them off as they come by. Cat squirrels on the other had, will break and run, so i will creep through bottoms along the edges of palmetto thickets, and if i see one from a distance, i will sometimes run to the tree i see him in, and and start shootiing. I know that isnt the safest method, but im good enough with a gun, if i trip, i aint shooting myself.


edit to say i replied to the wrong person like a noob

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I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one that didnt do that.

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I don't. It seems you'd kill some and they'd just die in the next.

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No, just the big ones

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But... what about the eagles!!?!?

sit back on my porch, listen to music, drink a beer, and pull the trigger

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but what kind of squirrels do you have?

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mostly cat squirrels where we hunt, every once in a while you'll see a fox squirrel or 2.

Picnic table + birdfeeder + pellet gun + beverage + cigar

I sit and wait. If I see one that I can tell is feeding I will watch it for a while, there is usually another close by.

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Are you just shooting ever nest you see?

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No. Just the ones that look suspicious.

Mainly fox squirrels in my area. Good lawd im excited for Saturday morning!!!