ORIGINAL: metaldonnieg
i just walk until i find nests then do the dang thing. sometimes that includes sitting and waiting, sometimes it includes shooting branches very close to the nest to scare them out.
Good thing you don't live here, that's illegal as hell here.
I prefer the 3 S method, See 'em, Shoot 'em, Skin 'em.
Sneaking usually wastes my time, and I don't hunt with a dog, so I have my shotgun set up for 30 yard shots using 6-7.5 shot through a modified choke. Those cocky little bassturds will normally sit right where they are with me that far away, much to their surprise when the pellets hit. Even 7.5s will take them down with one shot at 30 yards with a tight pattern like that, and by the time they get there they still have enough energy to kill the squirrel without burying the pellets much past the skin. I usually just have to flick out a couple at most.