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#2923154 - 08/28/12 09:30 AM

Tough Limit this morning.....

redblood
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I headed out a spot near my home that I have hunted twice in my life and collected a limit each time. Started off with a miss, a long shot at a traveling gray, a very makeable shot. Wouldnt miss again, although one gray needed a second shot to dislodge him from stubborn cedar branch. Had 4 dead by 7:15, then everything stopped. Made a luckly, borderline desperate shot on squirrel 6 at 8:01 and figured that would be it. Shot two ground traveling grays at 8:15 and figured i may have a shot at a limit. Crossed over through a dried up corn field headed to another distant woodlot and collected squirrel 9 in a fence row, who decided he needed to take a look back. Finally got to the woods i sought, and saw branches a swaying. This woods is incredibly thick with a tom of undergrwoth and a really tight canopy. Picked up a distant gray in small opening and put squirrel 10 on the ground. Tried to mark my tree, but due to undergrowth it was hard. I finally found him and picked him at 8:32. Stopped by an old log shack on my way out for the pic. It was a great hunt, but overall squirrel movement was slow. Really slow. Very fortunate to salvage a limit on this one. Went 10 for 12 with a miss and a dislodging shot. 8 grays and 2 fox squirrels. 2 barkers and 8 travelors. not a single cutter, unusual. ALL 10 squirrels were males.

Edited by redblood (08/28/12 09:33 AM)

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#2923230 - 08/28/12 10:14 AM

Re: Tough Limit this morning..... [Re: redblood]

Andy S.
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As usual, job well done RB. Thanks for taking the time to share the details of your hunt; it makes it so much more enjoyable to read and understand.

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#2923277 - 08/28/12 10:43 AM

Re: Tough Limit this morning..... [Re: Andy S.]

Hillbilly Hunter
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8 of the ten I killed the other morning were males. Why is that? Are the females nesting. Very unusual for this time of year.

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#2923306 - 08/28/12 11:00 AM

Re: Tough Limit this morning..... [Re: Hillbilly Hunter]

easy45
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#2923675 - 08/28/12 03:57 PM

Re: Tough Limit this morning..... [Re: Andy S.]

redblood
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Originally Posted By: Andy S.

As usual, job well done RB. Thanks for taking the time to share the details of your hunt; it makes it so much more enjoyable to read and understand.

thank you. i certainly enjoy it

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#2923676 - 08/28/12 03:57 PM

Re: Tough Limit this morning..... [Re: Hillbilly Hunter]

redblood
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Originally Posted By: Hillbilly Hunter

8 of the ten I killed the other morning were males. Why is that? Are the females nesting. Very unusual for this time of year.

yes. i am gonna post a thread in the TWRA forum and see if they have an explanation

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#2923710 - 08/28/12 04:28 PM

Re: Tough Limit this morning..... [Re: redblood]

Kimberman
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Originally Posted By: redblood

Originally Posted By: Hillbilly Hunter

8 of the ten I killed the other morning were males. Why is that? Are the females nesting. Very unusual for this time of year.

yes. i am gonna post a thread in the TWRA forum and see if they have an explanation

I work for one of the phone companies in Knoxville, and had a line trouble last week at a house that has aerial phone lines. The problem was a mother squirrel decided the phone boot on the pole was a great place to make a nest and raise her 2 babies. I have no problem with that unless they start chewing phone lines, then it's time for an eviction notice. Long story short, she had 2 almost hairless baby squirrels in the nest that haven't even opened their eyes yet. We put the babies on the ground under a nearby tree, and she carried both of them off in two trips in her mouth. So at least here, in this one instance, the females are on the nest.

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