Who’s Still Squirrel Hunting

[Displaced_Vol]

I really wanted to get out more this fall but have only managed 2 trips since dove season slowed down. First one was a total bust, gale force winds all day but I did find a good stand of hickories that had been cut all to pieces. Second trip I saw a couple, looks like they were running on the ground and ran up trees briefly before back to the ground. Never got a shot on either before I had to head back.
I've got this new CZ and scope dialed in pretty well and I am loving the simplicity of just getting out without a lot of unnecessary junk and enjoying the fall woods.
Anybody still chasing squirrels and where should I be looking as we get later into fall?

 

[bigjohn]

I'll hunt from now to season end. Almost every stand of hardwoods will have squirrels. They seem to still be hitting the hickory trees pretty hard.

 

[Buzzard Breath]

This time of the year, I'm bowhunting every chance I can get. But, I always take notice of the squirrel activity. They are hitting the acorns hard right now. We've got very few oak trees that produced around where I hunt, but the ones that did are covered up in squirrels. They're also still hitting the walnut trees.

 

[Buzzard Breath]

Talk about conflicting information.

I guess you'll find them where they are in your woods.

 

[Displaced_Vol]

Hahah no doubt. I really wished it hadn't been so windy when I found all those hickories. It was a massacre of husks all over the ground. I tried to go back to that same area on trip # 2 but there was a truck in the parking lot. I didn't figure they were headed that direction given where I've seen hunters in the past and the layout of the tract, but I still didn't want to come in on somebody so I decided to try a new spot.
Maybe get out again this weekend or next.

 

[Popcorn]

I havent even started yet. I see a lot of winter strolls starting about Christmas week

 

[Smo]

 

[Buzzard Breath]

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Tell us a little about that gun. Looks like open sights. Congrats and good shooting.

 

[Smo]

The gun is a Remington Model 33 it belonged too my Dad.
I've killed squirrels with it myself for close too 60 years..
Single shot , bolt action.. It prefers .22 longs over shorts or LR…
It does have open sights, the rear is a small vee notch and the front is a bead…

20 - 30 yards it's pretty consistent… when I do my part.

Another casualty from another day…

 

[Displaced_Vol]

The gun is a Remington Model 33 it belonged too my Dad.
I've killed squirrels with it myself for close too 60 years..
Single shot , bolt action.. It prefers .22 longs over shorts or LR…
It does have open sights, the rear is a small vee notch and the front is a bead…

20 - 30 yards it's pretty consistent… when I do my part.

Another casualty from another day…

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That's awesome

 

[cruff10]

I ran dogs at chuck swan today. Treed 3 Dens and make one kill. It was bad dry. No other hunters. Ran into a hiker said he had been hiking. 5 Miles seen 1 squirrel. They didn't stir today

 

[Displaced_Vol]

I made it out for an hour Friday afternoon. Ended up being windier than expected & predicted. Saw 1 way far away and one ran across the road as I was leaving.

 

[KPH]

I wish I could go. Had one behind the house yesterday going down a metal fence in the high wind and ran it was fun watching him hang on.

 

[opportunistic]

I really wanted to get out more this fall but have only managed 2 trips since dove season slowed down. First one was a total bust, gale force winds all day but I did find a good stand of hickories that had been cut all to pieces. Second trip I saw a couple, looks like they were running on the ground and ran up trees briefly before back to the ground. Never got a shot on either before I had to head back.
I've got this new CZ and scope dialed in pretty well and I am loving the simplicity of just getting out without a lot of unnecessary junk and enjoying the fall woods.
Anybody still chasing squirrels and where should I be looking as we get later into fall?

Haven't found a bad squirrel spot yet. I'm new to TN so iv been squirrels hunting while scouting for deer

 

[opportunistic]

Haven't found a bad squirrel spot yet. I'm new to TN so iv been squirrels hunting while scouting for deer

 

[Kelljp]

I ran dogs at chuck swan today. Treed 3 Dens and make one kill. It was bad dry. No other hunters. Ran into a hiker said he had been hiking. 5 Miles seen 1 squirrel. They didn't stir today

Been wanting to try squirrel hunting on Chuck Swan, do they let you hunt on non quota deer hunt days ?

 

[rong]

I usually wait until the deer seasons are over to even start. Looks like we got an extension to the late season this year.

 

[Kelljp]

Same here, nothing worse than walking in on a deer hunter with TN seasons a couple of weeks in September and February is about the only time I can hunt squirrels, rabbit or grouse without taking a chance of messing a deer hunter up. One reason I don't keep hunting dogs any more.

 

[Buzzard Breath]

I'll start back at it next weekend, after some of the quota deer hunts are over.

 

[Displaced_Vol]

I'm by no means done for the year. Been deer hunting our gun season & took a bird trip to KS for a couple days. Duck season will occupy most my time when I'm not working from here on out but I'm not going to press it if we don't have weather & birds. So, these bushy tails ain't out of the woods yet.

 

[CliffordN]

I just need someone with a dog that wants to make a hunt or two on a place in Bedford county.

 

[bigjohn]

We got a sack full the other day. Proud of my little dog, she's doing great

 

[XCR-2]

Got out Sunday with the .22lr. Good ol Tennessee limit

 

[Kelljp]

Anyone squirrel hunt Chuck Swan WMA ?
Always wanted to, last time I turkey hunted seen several fox squirrel. Would love to hunt them once.

 

[jlanecr500]

Anyone squirrel hunt Chuck Swan WMA ?
Always wanted to, last time I turkey hunted seen several fox squirrel. Would love to hunt them once.

It's a great place to squirrel hunt with or without a dog. No worries about interrupting someone's deer hunt.

 

[41Magnum]

Gonna try and get in the woods next week, got a new 28ga. to break in.

 

[Tenntrapper]

Gonna try and get in the woods next week, got a new 28ga. to break in.

What did you get? I've been hunting with a 28g for years. Ain't nothing like them...

 

[Billboy]

Been wanting to try squirrel hunting on Chuck Swan, do they let you hunt on non quota deer hunt days ?

Pretty sure all the deer hunts there are Quota hunts now but check the regs to be sure. Otherwise it is open for small game outside of the deer hunts. Killed plenty of them up there, but they get smart pretty quick!

 

[RUGER]

Talked to my buddy yesterday to check his progress for the year.
He said it was his worst year ever. He has only killed a little over 100 this year.
Last year he was over 500.

 

[rickyk280]

Me and a friend got our KY limit last Saturday morning. lot of squirrels over in our part of the state.