This is my first year too. I like to find a spot and just sit there. I can sit for up to 3 hours, it doesn't bother me and I don't get bored, I just keep scanning the woods and listening.

Now on Monday, I still hunted them with the boy. I could hear them above me but never saw them so we'd slowly walked up the hill a few steps at a time and scanned for 5 minutes, slowly walk a bit more and scan til we got to the top where I heard them. My son's knees don't bend so he sloshes through the woods. I've been working on him to pick his damn feet up! I sat him down by a tree and told him to not move and hunt this area! I still hunted behind him, keeping my eye on him periodically and saw two squirrels fighting over a tree. I tried to ruin their day but no luck. I had fun trying.

I bought a squirrel call and that thing just seems like a nuisance to be honest. I haven't had any luck with it at all but my dog sure does love it when I get it out and shake it around.

I have found, in my first year so far of trial and error that if I go in, I don't expect to come out with anything <that's my luck> and just be quiet and sit, I have better luck seeing them.

I killed my second squirrel on Saturady 2 hours after getting to my spot and sitting. The look on my son's face when he heard my gun going off and seeing my squirrel was priceless! He has yet to get one but he will eventually and I know in time, I'll get better and be able to bag my limit in one day too.

I'm going to try the two pennies though and see how that works for me. Good luck and stay safe and just remember, even if you don't get anything, doesn't mean it's a bad hunt... Enjoy the woods, the sights and the sound!