Squirrel hunting
05-02-2007, 08:14 AM
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Typical Buck
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Squirrel hunting
Anybody got any advice on the best tactics and gear for squirrel hunting. Here's the deal. A guy has a pecan grove up by my mom and dad's, and may be willing to let us deer hunt if we help control the squirrel population. He says 1 squirrel can eat 50 lbs of pecans a year. May 15th is opening day.
What would be better or more fun. 17 hmr or 22 and sitting and watching or Bow w/ flu-flu arrow. 4-10? 20 ga? going tree to tree.
What would be better or more fun. 17 hmr or 22 and sitting and watching or Bow w/ flu-flu arrow. 4-10? 20 ga? going tree to tree.
05-02-2007, 01:26 PM
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Typical Buck
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RE: Squirrel hunting
If you want to have the most fun, then Id suggest using a flu-flu or .22, but if you want to get rid of the most squirrles, use a .410 andjust sit and look at the tops of the trees for as far as you can clearly see. When you see a branch bend down or shake violently 9 times out of 10 theres a squirrel up there. All you have to do is go over and pop em.
05-02-2007, 08:13 PM
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RE: Squirrel hunting
ORIGINAL: BowHunter46
If you want to have the most fun, then Id suggest using a flu-flu or .22, but if you want to get rid of the most squirrles, use a .410 andjust sit and look at the tops of the trees for as far as you can clearly see. When you see a branch bend down or shake violently 9 times out of 10 theres a squirrel up there. All you have to do is go over and pop em.
If you want to have the most fun, then Id suggest using a flu-flu or .22, but if you want to get rid of the most squirrles, use a .410 andjust sit and look at the tops of the trees for as far as you can clearly see. When you see a branch bend down or shake violently 9 times out of 10 theres a squirrel up there. All you have to do is go over and pop em.
But, if farmer brown doesnt want his pecans shot off the trees by a shotgun, you're going to have to try somthing different. shotguns will probbably knock down a few pecans
05-03-2007, 06:44 AM
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RE: Squirrel hunting
If your using a shotgun then stick with a 410. I used to shoot them in my front yard witha 12 gauge and it would bring down around 40 or 50 pecans with every shot. Id stick with a 22 or 17 with a good high power scope and try to shoot them when they are running on the ground at 100-200 yards. The flu-flu would be fun also.
05-12-2007, 05:36 PM
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RE: Squirrel hunting
Best of luck trying to significantly reduce the squirrel population. Unless the area is small and isolated, you can harvest up to 60% of the population and not negatively influence the number of squirrels next year. That is a short answer for a complicated topic.
I prefer a .22
Shoot some for me!
-Marc
I prefer a .22
Shoot some for me!
-Marc
