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Squirrel limit tips.... (long read)
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<blockquote data-quote="woodsman87" data-source="post: 3733685" data-attributes="member: 12210"><p>And I agree with all of your tips redblood for limiting out on squirrels in early season. It's all about the hickorys, but also walnuts can be good spots too.</p><p></p><p>When using dogs, of course it is very hard in early season because all of the leaves. No way to make it easier then to just get lucky and see them sometimes. Early season I try to stick to young hardwoods, and even better cedar and pine thickets. It is hard to see squirrels in cedar and pines, but, it is easier to see squirrels in cedars than a big green leafed hickory tree.</p><p></p><p>With a good dog, you can just about get a limit every outing during the mid-late november time range when the weather is good. I hunt mainly in mature oak and hickory woods. Only issues you have is some of the oak trees haven't completely lost their leaves some years. The month of December is also good, but not as good as November. I also stay out of hackberry woods, for every hackberry I have ever seen had a hollow spot somewhere in it.</p><p></p><p>On most years, January and first half of February is poorest hunting. It is too cold, and most of the nuts are consumed or stored away. In late February, when the buds start coming back on the trees, squirrel hunting picks up again. But some years it is still to cold and the trees haven't started budding yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woodsman87, post: 3733685, member: 12210"] And I agree with all of your tips redblood for limiting out on squirrels in early season. It's all about the hickorys, but also walnuts can be good spots too. When using dogs, of course it is very hard in early season because all of the leaves. No way to make it easier then to just get lucky and see them sometimes. Early season I try to stick to young hardwoods, and even better cedar and pine thickets. It is hard to see squirrels in cedar and pines, but, it is easier to see squirrels in cedars than a big green leafed hickory tree. With a good dog, you can just about get a limit every outing during the mid-late november time range when the weather is good. I hunt mainly in mature oak and hickory woods. Only issues you have is some of the oak trees haven't completely lost their leaves some years. The month of December is also good, but not as good as November. I also stay out of hackberry woods, for every hackberry I have ever seen had a hollow spot somewhere in it. On most years, January and first half of February is poorest hunting. It is too cold, and most of the nuts are consumed or stored away. In late February, when the buds start coming back on the trees, squirrel hunting picks up again. But some years it is still to cold and the trees haven't started budding yet. [/QUOTE]
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