I have mixed feelings about the concept of Squirrel Hunting.
But so what?
No firearms for me when I’m after squirrel.
I use a harpoon.
Sometimes I go after them with nothing but my hands.
OK, my arms are attached but you get the drift.
We used to feed the little guys on our back porch, and my wife took one home that had been run over. It was paralyzed but we cared for it until it got better. It never was able to use its tail again, but it could climb trees and it hung around our house for two or three years looking for handouts. But then it was eaten by an owl.
After that we had trouble at our other house. The squirrels chewed holes in it and did a lot of damage after they got inside. We discovered that they could really be a major nuisance.
Does that include two-legged squirrels?
I’ve always found more squirrels in backyards than in the woods. At any given time we have three or four of them scampering around the yard.
When I was a kid we had a squirrel that lived in our backyard in a nail keg home my father erected in an oak tree. We named her Bess and fed her pecans. She would sit on my knee or my shoulder and happily crunch away on the treats. When we didn’t notice her she would jump on the screen and demand food. (This was my first lesson about welfare.) The little ones she raised in the keg were not as tame as she was.:)
“Wintertime Squirrel Hunting a Great Way to Enjoy the Outdoors
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My dog agrees.
Growing up I use to hunt squirrels occasionally and my mother would fry them up and I ate them, in fact I’ve eaten many squirrels when I was a kid.
I kid my wife that in the Apocalypse she needed to get use to eating squirrels
Take two quarters and clock them together- suppsoed to draw them out- makes hem think another squirrel is in neighboorhood cracking open nuts- try to make it sound like a squirrel gnawing on a nut- i have tried it yet- but saw it work in a youtube vid-
Hands off my squirrels. My pair (black snub-nosed make, bushy tail and slimmer gray female) are smart and friendly. The males has more balls and brains than most of Congress.
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A good way to stay trained and improve marksmanship. We may need that at some point in the future.