Tree Rat Bashin' Time

[buckstopshere]

PSE Brute LT set at 70# with a small game broadhead. It is so much fun and great way to get ready for deer season. I skewer them in my backyard and my buddys property in Ninevah. I give him what I kill because I have been blessed enough to never be so hungry that a squirrel would be tasty.

 

[srad]

Buck... squirrel is both GOOD and TASTY; definitely don't have to be scraping the bottom of the barrel to enjoy em.

I'll be using both a 1950 Marlin 39A (peep sight) & 50's Marlin 80 (4x fixed) early season and then maybe a .17m2 when the leaves are off; usually hunt a 40 acre woodlot by the house or sometimes Pigeon River FWA, they've got some pretty decent areas there with fox & gray squirrels.

Favorite recipes are brunswick stew with cornbread and buffalo-style squirrel with blue cheese & celery... especially delicious during Sunday NFL games

 

[stilllearning09]

I'll be exterminating the varmints on family property. Family has asked that I helped thin the herd of these nuisances. I'm more than happy to help out.

 

[Jimbo Kern]

I have 2 rifles set up for this season: a 10/22 sporter for most work, with a CZ453 17HMR for the long shots.

I will be hunting both Tri-county and Kingsburry FWA's

My favorite recipe is chopped squirrel, sauteed in oil with diced onions and peanuts.

 

[BK Deer Hunter]

Anschutz 1416 D topped with Leupold 3x9 scope. Little varmints have my sweet corn ate up. Time for damage control.

 

[hornadylnl]

I'm building a house in a 17 acre woods. I plan on keeping them around as pets. The guy who lives across the road doesn't like them because they eat his siding from what I hear. I would like to see what a 17 Fireball does to one though.

 

[paperboy]

I'll carry my good ol' 22 rifle but I wanna primarily use a Ruger pistol w/ scope. I've never hunted w/ a pistol before so it ought to be fun!!

 

[paperboy]

Buck... squirrel is both GOOD and TASTY; definitely don't have to be scraping the bottom of the barrel to enjoy em.

I'll be using both a 1950 Marlin 39A (peep sight) & 50's Marlin 80 (4x fixed) early season and then maybe a .17m2 when the leaves are off; usually hunt a 40 acre woodlot by the house or sometimes Pigeon River FWA, they've got some pretty decent areas there with fox & gray squirrels.

Favorite recipes are brunswick stew with cornbread and buffalo-style squirrel with blue cheese & celery... especially delicious during Sunday NFL games

Thats awesome....I'm gettin' hungry!!!

 

[Wabatuckian]

I am ready with a Savage set up for 100, maybe 125, yards. I have been shooting hundreds of rounds per week, and I have made up some special, easily expanding 38gn for the season.

One shot, one kill. A squirrel is not worth more than a few pennies

Josh

 

[POC]

Anyone ever brown them in a skillet then bake in buttermilk? My mom made them that way a few times..
I'm trying to get a scope on my Steven's 67-B.
Otherwise my Savage ???? (no one has been able to tell me what it is) single bolt action.
I'm not comfortable enough with my pistol skills to try the revolver for them. Maybe carry it if I need a finish shot.

 

[Wabatuckian]

Otherwise my Savage ???? (no one has been able to tell me what it is) single bolt action.

Really?

Go talk to these people:

Savage Collectors - 24hourcampfire

Josh

 

[POC]

Been there. They couldn't come to a conclusion. Been to Savageshooters also, still no definate answer. It appears to be one action on a different stock, with a different sight than anyone had seen on that action.... It's a 1919-1923 they've said. something around there is the closest answer I've gotten.

 

[willhirsch]

Building a ruger 10/22 with a peep sight to take squirrels, I have become to used to optics!

 

[KEHO]

It's going to be 92F on Sunday... is anyone heading out given the heat? I'm considering taking out the 10/22 with tech sights, but man that's hot...

 

[RelicHound]

It's going to be 92F on Saturday... is anyone heading out given the heat? I'm considering taking out the 10/22 with tech sights, but man that's hot...

I'd suggest waiting until Sunday to go{the 15th} if you go Saturday you may end up with a ticket.

regardless of the temp I'll be out Sunday morning bright and early. hopefully I can get a limit before it gets to hot.

 

[KEHO]

Thanks, RelicHound... I looked right at my calendar, saw Sunday and typed Saturday... Apparently I need some sleep!

 

[ISP 5353]

I will have my Savage MK II TR out after them this weekend! Good luck everyone!

 

[LEaSH]

I've never eaten squirrel, so I think this might be the year. Recipes anyone?

And what do you do? Sit under an oak or beach and wait for movement? Or (lol) stalk them?

I'm not trying to be dumb - but when it comes to tree rats I am, I'm a bird dog, after all.

 

[Wabatuckian]

I've never eaten squirrel, so I think this might be the year. Recipes anyone?

And what do you do? Sit under an oak or beach and wait for movement? Or (lol) stalk them?

I'm not trying to be dumb - but when it comes to tree rats I am, I'm a bird dog, after all.

Hello,

You can still hunt, or yes, stalk them. Just a hike through the woods with a gun.

My preferred method is to just sit across from a nut tree of some kind and shoot them. Or snipe them from 50 to 100 yards out. My rifle weighs over 10lbs this year, so the still hunting sounds good.

Josh

 

[singlesix]

I've never eaten squirrel, so I think this might be the year. Recipes anyone?

And what do you do? Sit under an oak or beach and wait for movement? Or (lol) stalk them?

I'm not trying to be dumb - but when it comes to tree rats I am, I'm a bird dog, after all.

Get a climber and act like you are deer hunting.