Squirrels -- Things I'm convinced of:
10-30-2008, 01:25 PM
#32
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Castile N.Y.
Posts: 2,090
RE: Squirrels -- Things I'm convinced of:
ORIGINAL: MN/Kyle
They let me know when a bear is coming to my bait
They let me know when a bear is coming to my bait
10-30-2008, 01:31 PM
#33
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 2,414
RE: Squirrels -- Things I'm convinced of:
ORIGINAL: huntingson
A barking squirrel can often warn you of an approaching deer when the leaves aren't crunchy. They aren't all bad
A barking squirrel can often warn you of an approaching deer when the leaves aren't crunchy. They aren't all bad
No doubt!!. I hunt from a ground blind and the squirrels can't see me but when they start barking i know something is on it's way. Many times it has been a deer
10-30-2008, 03:46 PM
#35
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Stillwater OK
Posts: 2,944
RE: Squirrels -- Things I'm convinced of:
Every year the deer pay off the squirrels (in the form of acorns) to make noise for hours on end. Then, once the hunter has learned to ignore the noise, the deer slips by you never even notice them until they are right in front of you.
10-30-2008, 04:16 PM
#36
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: North Central Iowa
Posts: 1,642
RE: Squirrels -- Things I'm convinced of:
Never wear one of those rabbit fur hats. I had one on last year and had a tree climb down the tree coming to investigate who was in his tree. I finally hissed at him to go away when he got 5 FEET from me. He whipped around the tree and came up from under me to get a better look. Little buggers lucky I didnt have a pellet gun.
10-30-2008, 04:57 PM
#37
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Deer Country
Posts: 2,244
RE: Squirrels -- Things I'm convinced of:
Am I the only one who does not mind the squirrels....Yes they do tend to trick you into thinking they are deer sometimes,Yes sometimes I am kinda afraid they are going to jump on my face, I've lost count of the number of squirrels that have gotton within 3 feet of me....BUT more times than not those squirrels will let me know when there are deer close by, they go absolutely nuts with the barking and carrying on they do and then like clock work deer appear. Almost like deer alarms those guys are.
10-30-2008, 05:32 PM
#39
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: New Hartford, NY
Posts: 919
RE: Squirrels -- Things I'm convinced of:
haha I kinda like having them around. Sure they trick me into thinking they are deer just as much as the next guy but it keeps things exciting. When I was 17 I got a fat little 5 point on opening day of shotgun season that I was convinced was a squirrel. I Refused to even acknowledge it by looking in that direction when i heard the noise coming through the leaves because the squirrels had been tricking me all morning. Finally after about five minutes i couldn't take it any longer and peeked over my shoulder. I just about fell out of the tree when I saw it was a buck, haha.