I usually still hunt as quietly as possible, listening and scanning the trees and ground. You need to try to hear orsee them before they see you and skeedaddle. IfI need tomove closer to get into a position to shoot, or intorange, I will sometimes use a squirrel call as a cover call to make them think that it's another squirrel that's tiptoeing a fewsteps at a time towards them through the leaves. IfI can get a view or close enough to seeone scurry up a tree, then I'll hurry on over to get a shotat it before it disappears.
By stalking squirrels, I get to cover morearea until Ican locate one that's out and about,since only a percentage of them are out at any one time. SoI don't like sitting around too much when they may notbe coming back out for a longwhile.
Then if I findwhat looks to be a realpromising area, I'll sit and wait for a while before moving on again, as quitely as possible unless I feel that nothing is around. But I always try to keep scanning the trees and the ground, and then slow down and stop to quiet things down. You never know where they may be, and if they don't know that it's a human, then they may not realize thata hunter isstill standing there, because they think thatI've passed.
There's no certain method to determininghow an animal thinks. Some are skitish and some aren't. If they are in the vicinity or heading your way and they don't know that you are there, you just need to be aware and ready in case one shows up from around the corner orfrom down the hill.
Coming up& over from the other side of a hill hides your noise until just before you arrive and when you need to quiet down and tiptoe/still huntagain.
I also seem to find more squirrels within a short distance away from water, liketrickle brooks or wetter areas. Sometimes they may be just below the top of a hill, butthese are often the perimeter squirrels. More of them areoften foundcloser to some kind of water, even if it's just because the trees grow larger there.Sometimes it's becausecertain areas are lower or more protected from the winds.
So there's no certain formula, only greater or lesser odds of finding their roosts. Sometimes the more ground I cover the better if it's done half way properly. At least Ican also do some deer scouting that way too.
And when the day is close to being done, sometimes a squirrel will come out and just start squawkingas ifcalling to me from the distance. Then it's up to me to figure out the best way to sneak my way into range and view. That's where you can go back up to the beginning of this post to see one way to try to do that. Yep, try to advance, hide behind tree trunks if possibleand hope to not get caught in plainview by awary squirrel.