The bushy tailed tree rats sometimes help you by barking at those big boys when they are lurking around. But I have shot at a few be4. I just love it when you hit under them and they jump and then hide on a side of a tree looking like what the ****.

Hey, all good if squirrels are being killed and put to use. I myself just prefernot kill something unless I'm gonna eat it.

And just curious... to the guy who saw a 22 bounce off a squirrel's head, how did you witness that? In super duper slow mo camera replay? I just can't fathom being able to see a 1000+fps 40 grain pea in flight.

try using a .22 WMR (HOLY CRAP THEY'RE ACCURATE) for the squirrels and maybe next time bring a slingshot, a bunch of 2 square inch pieces of cloth and rocks. then wrap the rocks up in the cloth and tying a loose twistie around the porthole of the cloth and kill the squirrel. it always works at my grandma and grandpas house.

I'v shot a few with field points but always feel like I might be blowing the hunt.
I too find it hard to believe a 22 bounced off a squirrels head. I usta shoot alot of squirrels before I found bowhunting & prefered head shots. Regular 22's busted them up pretty good & holowpoints just about decapitate them. Heck my pellet gun, a crossman pump up pistol rated I think at 5 or 6 hundred fps makes it thru their skulls most times, might not pass thru but it sure put their lights out.
Squirrels are good eating if you get enuff, I need 8 or 10 before I'll cook them. Either cooking like chicken & rice or roasting the whole bunch at a low temp till theyre tender, takes a long time but worth it IMO. Sometimes I cut them up & brown the meat a little then dump it in tomato sauceb to finish cooking.

i shot one and the arrow went right through him and the carbon arrow exploded when it hit the tree behind it. there was a 4 inch long peice with the vanes that was still intact, the rest was dust.

Sooting a few squirrels isn't anything like 'blowing a hunt.' The hunt is still on, just the object of the hunt has shifted from deer to squirrels. I've done it more often than not. Rabbits too. The meat is tasty and the fur makes excellent fly tying materials.

I always carry a couple of arrows with blunts or old broadheads specially for loading up a bag of small game.

I've had some annoyances with armadillos before, but not squirells. I've been tempted to shoot an armadillo before...it's not really that challenging when they just walk around your tree though.

Last Sunday a tree rat helped me figure out how close a deer was. I heard the leaves crunching, but when that squirrel sounded off real close, I knew it was game time. Too bad I lost the game, lol. The deer stopped moving and I tried to coax it a few more steps with a soft grunt, it just bolted back the way it came. Maybe it was a doe not wanting to deal with a buck in the mood?? Oh well...

We have a big squiril problem in our deer hunting spots here, but i just havent brought myself to try to stick one yet. I guess i am just to afraid of lossing the arrow or breaking it.