Hunting season is upon us

[tech_iceman]

Almost time for deer season (rifle)

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

 

[NEhomer]

Lol!

Still hoping this guy shows up again this year:

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Not a trophy or nothin' but I'd drop him if he came out in the day.

 

[packerzrule]

Lol!

Still hoping this guy shows up again this year:

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Not a trophy or nothin' but I'd drop him if he came out in the day.

A definite shooter.

Good luck this season and be safe

 

[HammerDown]

Gents, I need some advice.

I'm a complete beginner who's been living in the big city and in California for the last 20 yrs but am back in middle Tennessee and would love to do some squirrel hunting again.

Where do I start? Get a .410 or a .22 and join a club or what?

 

[KansasSooner]

Gents, I need some advice.

I'm a complete beginner who's been living in the big city and in California for the last 20 yrs but am back in middle Tennessee and would love to do some squirrel hunting again.

Where do I start? Get a .410 or a .22 and join a club or what?

Get a .22 and put a small scope on it with the money you save from buying .410 shells. Best thing my dad ever did for hunting squirrels.

 

[Neb4life]

Gents, I need some advice.

I'm a complete beginner who's been living in the big city and in California for the last 20 yrs but am back in middle Tennessee and would love to do some squirrel hunting again.

Where do I start? Get a .410 or a .22 and join a club or what?

That new pellet rifles are awesome on small game. And cheap.

 

[NEhomer]

Gents, I need some advice.

I'm a complete beginner who's been living in the big city and in California for the last 20 yrs but am back in middle Tennessee and would love to do some squirrel hunting again.

Where do I start? Get a .410 or a .22 and join a club or what?

I'd agree that a scoped .22 would be a fine choice.

I haven't hunted squirrels in years but I do recall that the little fellers that run around yards robbing feeders are almost a different species from the ones you find in the deep woods where they have to watch their asses from the predators.

I did see a cool tip though in FFG magazine. Squirrels will round a tree trunk to hide when they notice your presence so what this one dude does is carry a carpenter's chalk line with him. When he has one treed, he ties off the string to a sapling on one side of the tree. Then he goes around to the other side and sits a for a few minutes. A few pulls of the string and the moving bush makes the squirrel come around to his side of the tree where he picks 'em off! Never tried it but I bet it'd work really well.

 

[tech_iceman]

Gents, I need some advice.

I'm a complete beginner who's been living in the big city and in California for the last 20 yrs but am back in middle Tennessee and would love to do some squirrel hunting again.

Where do I start? Get a .410 or a .22 and join a club or what?

Get a .22 and put a small scope on it with the money you save from buying .410 shells. Best thing my dad ever did for hunting squirrels.

are .22 shells real hard to come by? might try a .17 HMR

 

[KansasSooner]

are .22 shells real hard to come by? might try a .17 HMR

Haven't had to buy any .22 shells in a long time but they are cheaper than .410 shells which can be hard to find at times. Mostly all you see is 12 and 20 gauge shells, no 16 or 28 gauge shells found at Walmart anymore.

 

[oaknightshockey1]

Just got up to my grandpa's house up in northeastern Nebraska...rifle season opens tomorrow morning. My brother and I were just going through the pics from the trail cam over the last few days and there are probably 2-3 HUGE ones on our property. Can't wait to get out tomorrow morning but it is gonna be COLD.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Get a .22 and put a small scope on it with the money you save from buying .410 shells. Best thing my dad ever did for hunting squirrels.

That new pellet rifles are awesome on small game. And cheap.

I would agree and would say that they are better than the .22 as far as they don't ruin as much of the meat. I have a .177 that is 1100 FPS and it kills them with one shot 90% of the time. A buddy of mine that I hunt with has a .22 that you charge off of a scuba tank and it fires at around 1000 FPS. That damn thing is awesome. It literally knocks the squirrel out of the tree when it hits them. They dead.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

are .22 shells real hard to come by? might try a .17 HMR

Yea they are. At least around here. If you aren't there on delivery day, you ain't getting any.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

I'd agree that a scoped .22 would be a fine choice.

I haven't hunted squirrels in years but I do recall that the little fellers that run around yards robbing feeders are almost a different species from the ones you find in the deep woods where they have to watch their asses from the predators.

I did see a cool tip though in FFG magazine. Squirrels will round a tree trunk to hide when they notice your presence so what this one dude does is carry a carpenter's chalk line with him. When he has one treed, he ties off the string to a sapling on one side of the tree. Then he goes around to the other side and sits a for a few minutes. A few pulls of the string and the moving bush makes the squirrel come around to his side of the tree where he picks 'em off! Never tried it but I bet it'd work really well.

I had my .22 scoped to begin with, but what I found, with squirrels, is it's hard to follow them through the tree. It's great, if the squirrel stops and you can throw the gun up and shot right then, but more times than not, the rat is moving through the tree, stopping for short periods before moving again. Anyway, I'd suggest learning to shot with the sights on the gun, so that you can track the squirrel the entire time. He never leaves your FOV.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

I'd agree that a scoped .22 would be a fine choice.
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BTW, that's one big ass striper!! Holy shit bro!!

 

[oaknightshockey1]

Some photos from my stand this morning...saw a few early on, and then the wind came up and it started snowing and they quit moving.

 

[oaknightshockey1]

I did have some turkeys visit me...

 

[NEhomer]

oak, here's a tip. You should hang stands next to deer trails.

Lol...do they have to pay tolls to use those?

Good luck this season~

Thanks Edisto...never weighed it but prolly about mid thirties.

 

[packerzrule]

I did have some turkeys visit me...

I know the feeling. I have turkeys visit me every holiday season


Aim small, miss small and stay safe this hunting season.

 

[NEhomer]

I was checking out my feeder this past weekend and pushed off a dozen birds.

No deer though dammit!