squirrel hunting in freezing weather?
 

i was wondering if the squirrels are active when it is freezing out?
it will be 3 degreees tomorrow without wind chill and i was wondering if it would be a bad idea to hunt? would i see any squirrels?

RE: squirrel hunting in freezing weather?
 

probably wouldn't get anything but a cold. they like to stay in there nests when the weather isn't warm

RE: squirrel hunting in freezing weather?
 

3 degrees? That's a really shallow angle, are all of the squirrels on the ground. You can't possibly be talking about temperature, here it's 75 and sunny. I'm headed out for an afternoon deer hunt in my camo shorts and a tee shirt[8D]

RE: squirrel hunting in freezing weather?
 

Its 19 outside right now and thats at 3:44 pm in southren Indiana lol I like hunting tree rats but I'll pass today lol. Most critters around here are like people when it gets cold they want to bed down.

RE: squirrel hunting in freezing weather?
 

so wat is the lowest temp where it would be good huntin?

RE: squirrel hunting in freezing weather?
 

It was 55 degrees today with a wind chill of about 52. I saw nothing so it's got to bewarmer than that.

RE: squirrel hunting in freezing weather?
 

I saw a cat-size fox squirrel adding leaves to his nest this morning. It was 6 degrees. Usually they don't move unless it is 20-25 and sunny. He must have decided he needed more insulation. My daughter and I got a kick out of watching him. Can't figure out why he is using a leaf nest this time of year...usually they are in den trees by now.

RE: squirrel hunting in freezing weather?
 

I have trees full of them on my place they are all cat sized here. A friend of mine gutted one and took it back up north to prove it was one due to there size

RE: squirrel hunting in freezing weather?
 

yeah i hate it all the time when im deer hunting i see squirrels and when im squirrel hunting i see deer

RE: squirrel hunting in freezing weather?
 

yeah 3 degreees it feels a lot co9lder though because in ohio we have a real high humidy content