Squirrel Hunting - Anyone Here Do It?

[Guest]

Just curious is all.

[catman71]

i love it but don't do it enough. A guy needs to do it on private land nowadays. come winter you are hard pressed to find a squirrel track on public land.

[lunker651]

I love hunting them. I hunt them every season. Hunting public land is all I do my hunting. You don't see alot of them anymore. There's too much people hunting them. I prefer hunting in private land but couldn't find any this year. Hope next year I'll find a private land to hunt them. If anybody needs some squirrels remove on their land let me know.

[kc0myy]

I bought a .410 just for tree rat hunting. I don't think its really fun but gives me something to do during the winter. Well I guess its ok. I want to skin and tan the hides. Just make a few for myself and few friends. do you guys any ways U really like to cook them??

good luck be safe!!

[Guest]

I don't like to eat them but my parents do so I go hunting for squirrels and then give them to my parents.

I would like to find some land to hunt them but yeah, there are too many people hunting them and not enough squirrels to go around

[FOOT]

Haven't hunted squirrels for years.

My older brother, a couple of friends and I use to go squirrel hunting every day we could. We would ride our bikes to a favorite woods, nope didn't ask permission didn't need to back then. We were all part of the Southern MN Rifle Team so we could buy a box of 50 LR .22 shells for 10 cents. We'd tie a rope around our .22's for a sling and take off.

We got pretty good at it too. What we didn't eat we gave to the neighbors. The neighbor man was in and out of jobs and the mother sure was thankful for the meat we gave her and her family. It got to the point we were giving her most of the squirrel and rabbits we got. We'd clean them for her as well, not our idea. Dad said if we shoot 'em we clean 'em. Didn't hurt us and looking back it was the right thing to do.

Each year deer hunting I keep thinking I'm going to take it back up but never do. Just never enough time. Funny how we get older time seems shorter.

[Gissert]

I did a lot of squirrel hunting as a kid with my dad.

We used to use shot guns in early seasons, and then go to a scoped 22 when the leaves came off.

Once in a while, we would set up along cornfields in late November, and use a 220 Swift to get the long range ones up in a tree. I can remember a couple of 100 yard head shots.

I should do more squirrel hunting, I really miss it. Good eating, too.

[cheektowaga]

My woman cringes when I tell her that I grew up hunting AND eating squirrels.

Hunting them is a blast and a great way to get a kid to learn the woods, gun safety and marksmanship. I always used my single shot remington .22 and was a great shot with the open sights. Dad always said, head shot or no shot.

Might have to sneak out this week and plink a few.

[Guest]

I think Sunday I might head out to do some squirrel hunting too. Thats if I don't go fishing. ITs nice to get in the woods and just relax with a nice .22

[Cooter]

Got a white one 2 years ago, need a black one now.

[ZOKU]

I've never gone squirrel hunting but would really like to sometime...

[Fergus Mor McErc]

I used to hunt them all the time as a kid. If they weren't such buggers to skin I'd probably still be hunting them.

[Dotch]

Still try to hunt them at least once a year using either a .22 or .410. Usually use the .410 as some of the places I go get closer to buildings & livestock than I'd like. Normally wait until the leaves are off as that usually fits my schedule best. And yes, I still eat them just like I've done since I was a young'un. After Dad or my older brother cleaned them and cut them up, Mom used to flour them and pan fry like chicken. Some like to use the mushrooom soup/crock pot routine which is OK if you like that sort of thing. I like to get a little more creative, marinate them for 12 - 24 hours in whatever suits your taste--soy sauce + fruit juice or red wine is one that works well on a lot of red meat, wild game included. Add some garlic, cumin, oregano, curry powder or whatever trips your trigger to the marinade. Put 'em on the Weber, baste them with a little vegetable oil to keep them moist and they become a tasty broiled treat with a side dish of winter squash and/or other garden raised veggies. Luckily my wife won't eat the squirrel so that just means more for me.

[Shwangman]

Hey foot, I was a member of the Southern Minnesota league and I remember those days of .10 a box!!! I use to hunt on the farm outside of Kasson and lost count how many I shot, good times with my bolt action Winchester 69.

[rabbit lake dude]

Cheektowaga is right. This is a great way to get a kid out hunting. I took my 7 year old boy out for his first hunt. We hunted for squirrel. He was very excited. We used a 20g with #7 shells, best thing is to find the oak trees, lots of squirrel up their. We hunted the Lower Dean WMA (crosby,mn) found lots of them.

[Mr Special]

Ditto,

I've got my wife and a few newbie's introduced into hunting that way. I like to bring a small folding chair with. Sometimes it's hard to find a dry stump to sit on.

Isn't it amazing how many squirrels you see while deer hunting. So I decide to try hunting from my deer stand one day and had a blast. The only down side is, I usually shoot 1-3 before getting out of the stand to pick them up. By doing this I have lost few over the years.

Good luck everyone

[fishnhooks]

Special,

You only responded to this thread to make 1,000 posts. You don't even know what a squirrel is

"hooks"

[Studer]

I forget what the limit is. Does anybody know? I agree Squirrel hunting is a blast and especially fun to do with a young kid. My uncle has 200 acres that we do all sorts of hunting on and the best thing is it's private. Lots of squirrels. I remember doing it out there as a kid and skinning them and eating them right at the campfire. Gotta start doing it again. Introduce a kid to the great outdoors!! What a great way to start!!

[Dotch]

The bag limit is 7 and the posession limit is 14, grays & fox squirrels in combination on both counts. Been that way ever since I can remember and I'm old!