ahh yes shooting squirrels with the bow thats fun right there I remember the first one I shot. I was hunting a big 8 point and he stood 70 yard away for 45 mins so when he left I shot a squirrel. Cut that little thing in half. I would ssay If you are shooting squirrels then your good to go. What kindof bow are you hunting with? check out my club huntchristiancreek.com Try pinning two racoons together thats cool when I did it they thought that the other was getting them and were fighting each other until they died