Squirrel Season
 

How succsessful was your season. Nothing for me but 3 more days left.

RE: Squirrel Season
 

gonna get started this morning. our season goes through Feb. 26th.have been seeing them all around my deer stands.
see 10 or 15 every morning at each stand.

RE: Squirrel Season
 

The season in Michigan runs from Sept. 15 thru March 1, and it's been a good one again this year. Lots of squirrels in my area. It's all mature oak forest in this area and there was a very good acorn & beech nut crop. I've been getting a few each time out and have taken a limit(5) on several occasions.

RE: Squirrel Season
 

Nowadays, I'm happy hanging out in the woods and dropping one or two per hunt. I think that I've killed about 6, all with a .17hmr. However, far fewer people are hunting squirrels in my area than in the past, and there are lots of 'em. If I wanted to do a serious hunt, I could likely limit out every time. When I was younger, it was mostly greys, then the reds started taking over. Not it seems like the greys are back in greater numbers now. The season starts August 1 in Illinois, which I think is way too early, unless you are comfortable killing she squirrels with signs that they are still nursing young.

RE: Squirrel Season
 

How is the 17 working.

RE: Squirrel Season
 

The .17 is working like a charm. I have actually taken all body shots, usually aiming right behind the front legs.It makes a good sized exit wound, but doesn't cause that much damage. Maybe its the bullet type i use, or I'm just lucky, since other folks state that they have had much more damage. I'm not too concerned about the rib cage anyway.The .17 is alsodeadly on crows that I run across while squirreling. I dropped one out of a tree top at about 240 yards one day.

RE: Squirrel Season
 

What bullets?

RE: Squirrel Season
 

are the .17 expensive? havent really researched one before but they sounds pretty fun to shoot

RE: Squirrel Season
 

308,

I bought a box of 50 Remingtons for about 10 bucks some time ago. They are all now rolling around loose in a dresser drawer, so I'm not sure exactly what they are.