Bowhunting squirrel
 

How many of you have hunted squirrel w/ a bow? Is this easy, difficult, or impossible to do? How does it compare w/ deer bowhunting deer?

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As hunting squirell in Washington is illegal, I haven't done it. I would assume it would be pretty difficult due to how small they are. It could probably be done, though I have a feeling you may lose more arrows doing it than you'd like.

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is this some kinda sick joke? jk. i havnet but i'm going to try blowgunning them. you can buy broadheads for he blowguns. pretty cool. i sawa video of a squirrel tht was killed with a blowgun

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hey man you can hunt squirrels with your bow I've killed four last season... Just hunt the like you are hunting deer... I always care one or two arrows with field points for small game... Hunting squirrels from a treeestand is very fun to me with a bow. I also took a racoon, red and gray fox this way too...

BLUNTS for small game
 

Blunts for small game hunting.
http://www.archery-centre.co.uk/Catalogue/ArrowHeads.shtml

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I've never gone out with my bow specifically for squirrels, but I do take a field tip or two with my during deer season just incase its a slow day and a squirrel walks by.

I didn't do very good this year however, I missed one at 10 yds, and another at 30.[:-]

RE: BLUNTS for small game
 

You can hunt them...I shot 1 a lil while ago w/ a blunt. There fun to shoot but it seems that squirrels dont die easily...

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You're right, I'd say pound for pound they are one of the tougher animals out there. My dad shot one last year at about 20 yards (lucky shot if you ask me) and that thing just did not want to die, he held onto life like he had some kinda purpose.

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theres only one kind of squirrel i wanna hunt....

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I enjoy hunting squirrels almost as whitetails. They're tenacious little buggers. I use various metal blunts or broadheads.

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A bunch of us went squirrel hunting with longbows this past January--that was the most fun I had hunting in years and didn't even bag anything(had alot of close misses,tho).I'm actually looking forward to small game season this year.

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I've hunted squirrel with my compound bow before. It's not hard but not easy either, very challenging. The hunt will most likely let you know how much you know your bow. I used aluminum arrows with a star points, if that star hits them they're likely finish, punches big holes. Great hunting times with families and friends will do it again this fall.

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I like to shoot squirrels while sitting in my deer stand, I keep a few field points with me.I've hit them @ 20yrds and whilethey do appear to be tough,I find rabbits much more heartier animals.For these I use old broad heads and even after almost cutting them in half they still manage to wiggle up off the arrow and run 15 yrds or so.

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Hey Bull

I like shooting squrrel's with my bow, It's easyer in a treestand becuase you really don't lose your arrow's.
But when I'm in my ground blind it's just as much fun thou I'll agree with DYNTEC those broadheads do cut them up pretty good.

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I work on ground squirrels with the compound and the recurve during the summer months for extra challenge. I take my practice, cheap arrows and put on judo points, blungeons or just plain field points. Fun, and as I said, challenging.:)

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I shot one last deer season with an expandable broadhead at 20 yards. That exapndable definately did the trick lol.

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i did it once for fun with a special tip and missed 4 out of 5 squirrels it is challenging but easier when they stand still......be prepared to lose arrows

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Just watch out for the shoulder blade - they're tough!

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I have bowhunted for them before I have never gotten one. I always carry a judo point for them. I have how ever done some serious chipmunk hunting with a bow and that is alot of fun me and my friend made a video of it over the summer. But now there are no more chipmunks by my house.

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I can't believe you would shoot a squirrel and just leave it. For gawds sake, the damn thing is somebody's baby boy/girl.

Just havin some fun with ya. Follow the link below to the discussion on AT. Some kid shoots a squirrel and tells the story as if he was being attacked. I thought he was kinda funny! Poor kid is getting hacked to death by some self-righteous, high on the soap box types. This discussion and those folks are two entirely differrent ends of the spectrum.



link:http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=319498

RE: BLUNTS for small game
 

never hunted for them but i have shot at them around camp for fun when i was a kid but you bed and break a lot of arrows doin it. lol

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I've gotten a few Mutant rats with my bow. I will admit, they are tough to hit and actually more tough then what they look. I've gotten only two so far. I haven't been able to shoot in nearly 6 months due to all the rain we have been having out here.

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The best way I have found for shooting small game like squirrels(or soda cans) is with my recurve andplastic blungeon points. Squirrels or anything that stands not high off the ground, I just aim a little low if I am not sure about the shot (no sights) and the arrow slides on the ground and hits the squirrel. I think this is because the combo of the plastic tip and my 45# recurve is not pointed or powerful enough to stick right in the ground. Also, my friend tells me for rabbit the best tip is like a field point but it has 4 points out in front and when it lands it sticks with the fleching up in the air making the arrowsimple to find. I have not been able to find these type of points, if anyone knows where ora good way to make them please tell me.

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Ive done it in the past. When I was younger, id make a bunch of arrows with Flu Flus and blunts. Id make my blunts out of 38 sp cartridges. Id use my old mamba recurve. Its lots of fun and quite challenging.

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I shoot them all the time in my backyard with field tips off of my 2nd floor sundeck 15 ft up. On the ground shooting them at their level I would use a judo head so that you don't lose your arrow.

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ragin,

I hunt rocky mountain ground squirrells more than their treed cousins but have shot quite a few out of trees as well. I am not sure what type of equipment you are shooting to suggest the best heads. Here is what I find out of my Trykon and Axis ST arrows. Field points will pass right through making arrow retrieval sometimes impossible...had them stick into trees 20ft in the air. Same experience with broadheads although this is the fastest way to kill them. I tried plastic blunts but found they were not as accurate as I would like. We have to shoot 30yrds+ for the ground squirrells and the blunts just didn't do it. Plus the blunts tended to skip like a field point and go forever. The best I have found for small game (squirrells, rabbits, etc) has been the judo point. It makes quite a hole, induces great shock and is very easy to find after. PM me if you would like some pictures.

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beautiful pic, AK... looks like it belongs in a magazine.

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Hunting Squirrels and rabbits is a blast.. I go for a head shot using old grim reapers I've worn out, very challenging, but a lot of fun!

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I've hunted chipmunks and red squirrel with my bow a bit... It is quite possible. Chipmunks are pretty small but I was surprised at what I could hit with my longbow. It is fun though I must say.