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Squirrel limit tips.... (long read)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Belt" data-source="post: 4263898" data-attributes="member: 69"><p>Great read!</p><p></p><p>I can only add a couple of things that made me a better squirrel hunter. Spend time in the woods and learn where the food trees are...and what kind of trees they are. Basically squirrels are cutting on red and white oaks and hickories. The reds are the most tedious to hunt. Squirrels generally eat them early on and from the tip tops of trees or the ends of limbs where there is a lot of foliage. Small droppings will fall and it's almost impossible to see or hear them. Sometimes you have to wait them out to catch them moving for another acorn....and they don't have to move far. Here, a little wind can be to your advantage often moving the limbs enabling you to spot your prey. White oaks are larger thus the droppings are easier to see and hear. Once you're close enough you can't mistake the sound of them feeding on hickories but listen for them dropping the last of the nut hulls and be prepared to see them move afterward looking for another. </p><p></p><p>If you know the area you're hunting know where the trees are and move from one to another. You can run a route and by the time you get back to where you started it should have quieted down enough to where the squirrels may have resumed eating. There are 2 methods of hunting. One is to shoot the squirrels as they come to the tree. That's where the route hunting comes into play because generally after the shooting and commotion it'll take a while for more squirrels to get there. The second method is to sit back and let the tree fill up with hungry squirrels before you take your first shot. Talk about fast and furious! Squirrels will be heading out in every direction. I love it. And if you can hunt after a rain you can hear them jumping in the trees from a long distance. </p><p></p><p>It's uncanny how a wounded squirrel knocked out of a tree can hit the ground and take off running putting the tree between you and him. Be ready for a quick follow up shot. Also many times a squirrel will see you and try to hide on the other side of the tree. As you circle the tree looking for him he'll be doing the same. Find you a limb on the ground big enough to make substantial noise when you throw it to the far side of the tree and be prepared for the shot as he reacts to the noise and runs around on your side of the tree.</p><p></p><p>Have fun!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Belt, post: 4263898, member: 69"] Great read! I can only add a couple of things that made me a better squirrel hunter. Spend time in the woods and learn where the food trees are...and what kind of trees they are. Basically squirrels are cutting on red and white oaks and hickories. The reds are the most tedious to hunt. Squirrels generally eat them early on and from the tip tops of trees or the ends of limbs where there is a lot of foliage. Small droppings will fall and it's almost impossible to see or hear them. Sometimes you have to wait them out to catch them moving for another acorn....and they don't have to move far. Here, a little wind can be to your advantage often moving the limbs enabling you to spot your prey. White oaks are larger thus the droppings are easier to see and hear. Once you're close enough you can't mistake the sound of them feeding on hickories but listen for them dropping the last of the nut hulls and be prepared to see them move afterward looking for another. If you know the area you're hunting know where the trees are and move from one to another. You can run a route and by the time you get back to where you started it should have quieted down enough to where the squirrels may have resumed eating. There are 2 methods of hunting. One is to shoot the squirrels as they come to the tree. That's where the route hunting comes into play because generally after the shooting and commotion it'll take a while for more squirrels to get there. The second method is to sit back and let the tree fill up with hungry squirrels before you take your first shot. Talk about fast and furious! Squirrels will be heading out in every direction. I love it. And if you can hunt after a rain you can hear them jumping in the trees from a long distance. It's uncanny how a wounded squirrel knocked out of a tree can hit the ground and take off running putting the tree between you and him. Be ready for a quick follow up shot. Also many times a squirrel will see you and try to hide on the other side of the tree. As you circle the tree looking for him he'll be doing the same. Find you a limb on the ground big enough to make substantial noise when you throw it to the far side of the tree and be prepared for the shot as he reacts to the noise and runs around on your side of the tree. Have fun! [/QUOTE]
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