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squirrelbait Member
Joined: Sep 23, 2005 Posts: 220 Location: Nottingham, NH
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:54 am Post subject: Re: How many squirrel hunters? |
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Sorry for the delay. I just came on board. I grew up squirrel hunting.
It's kinda like someone already said........getting back to your roots. The gray squirrels in New Hampshire aren't half the size of the big reds I grew up with in Iowa though.
I great way to get the kids started in hunting. I've already told the kids they will be wheeling me into the woods someday as long as I can still hold the rifle.
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: How many squirrel hunters? |
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Squirrel hunting survives in Michigan, love to hunt them, love to eat them,HATE skinning the little SOB's.
Any one know easy way to skin Squirrel?
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7mmREMMAG Member
Joined: Oct 08, 2005 Posts: 37 Location: Georgia
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Flint54 Member
Joined: Apr 09, 2005 Posts: 389 Location: North Carolina
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:03 am Post subject: Re: How many squirrel hunters? |
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Flint, Do you hunt with small caliber flint lock for Tree rat? I have a japanese made, Dixie gun works Tennesse long rifle in .32 cal I like to use, Not very good, but I use just the same, If I'm real hungry I'll use my Marlin Mod 39. If I'm starvin I'll use Remington 1100.
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Spacedone Member
Joined: Nov 04, 2005 Posts: 266 Location: missouri
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:44 pm Post subject: Re: How many squirrel hunters? |
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anyone who considers rabbits or squirrels vermin have never went hungry.
not only do they sharpen the hunting eye they also feed the stomach and the soul.
if your not eating what your killing you have no right in the woods in the first place.
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: How many squirrel hunters? |
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I dont know who you are talking to Spacedone, But I have been hungry before, thats why I hunt, MEAT!
We(me and my children) all Hunt for FOOD, not blood or trophies, thats more than I can say for 2/3's of the other hunters you read about or see on TV.
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Spacedone Member
Joined: Nov 04, 2005 Posts: 266 Location: missouri
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: How many squirrel hunters? |
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i was making a general post to the people making the vermin comments.
it upsets me from my early hunting upbringing to kill anything im not going to eat.
in my area people shoot groundhogs and leave them on fense posts. people shoot rabbits and squirrels and let them lay where they fall.
people shoot deer and take the head and tenderloins and let the rest rot in my 40 acres.
people kill foxes and let them lay.
speaking generaly comments like vermin is the main reason property owners refuse to let people hunt on them.
unthinking comments means unthinking actions.
guns are not toys they are either weapons of self defense or tools to aquire food.
shooting vermin is not hunting or a sport. actual vermin need to be removed if they cause issues but just killing to say you killed makes all hunters look bad.
this post is not directed at anyone. it is just my opinion as a lifetime hunter and property owner about these kinds of issues.
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7mmREMMAG Member
Joined: Oct 08, 2005 Posts: 37 Location: Georgia
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: How many squirrel hunters? |
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Nobody called them vermin i called them tree rats (it what we call them here in Georgia) If you noticed i did say i like eating my tree rat and dumplings. Didnt say i like to shoot them and let them lay around anywhere but in my pot of dumplings. And Flint54 was talking about the best way to skin one. I think to eat it you gotta skin it! Fur dosent taste to good. I Assume sence me and fint54 called them tree rats thats where the vermin comments from spacedone came from
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:48 am Post subject: Re: How many squirrel hunters? |
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Well...ok I am sorry for getting alittle snipity. I got into an argument about the ethics of hunting with my wifes uncle about 10 years ago and ever since i get alittle defencive of people who critisize my ethics, or people who APPEAR to critisize.
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BLASERMAN Member
Joined: Apr 08, 2005 Posts: 68 Location: Baltimore
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: How many squirrel hunters? |
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I had been watching these squirles at work.two of the biggest I have ever seen . Always in the dumpster.We have a pellet rifle at work well , the male has fangs his teeth are about an inch long. he weighs about 3-4 pounds-- a gray squirle , not a demarva fox they are huge. will send pictures when he is done.
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Flint54 Member
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Crackshot Super Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:16 am Post subject: Re: How many squirrel hunters? |
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I have a Japan made 32cal Tennessee Rifle I got from Dixie Gun Works some time ago that works very well for the Barking of Squirrels as well. Lots of fun and not alot of powder burned up doing it.
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squirrelbait Member
Joined: Sep 23, 2005 Posts: 220 Location: Nottingham, NH
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:53 am Post subject: Re: How many squirrel hunters? |
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So, Flint54, I like your approach. Suppose I could get the same results using my handi-dandy GP100 and slow moving 38 loads? Out to 40yds or so I believe I can keep the accuracy.
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Shomebigbores Member
Joined: Dec 14, 2005 Posts: 77 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:39 pm Post subject: Re: How many squirrel hunters? |
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I learned to hunt by still hunting squirrel on our Missouri farm. My dad started me with a single shot .22 Savage. I got 5 longs and he expected a squirrel for each round.
I thought my dad was cruel, but the lessons learned by picking your shot in the Ozarks were invaluable for later in life.
Squirrel is good eating, fried, baked with sweet potatoes or squash, and with dumplings too.
We were not wealthy, so hunting was more of a necessary past time. We were taught to never waste anything. If we couldn't eat it, the hogs would.
Walt
_________________ One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
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