Woo HOOOO! I got my first squirrel!
 

:D Yes I did! :D

I've been faithfully hunting two spots for the past week and damn it, I've never seen anything! :nonono2:

Today, on my way out, I said to myself, even if I don't see anything, I'll have fun being alone and out in the woods. So I got out of my car and went on the one side of the road in a wooded area and found my rock to sit on. I'd sit and sit and sit, just quietly listening and never seeing anything. So I headed out and walked on the other side of the road towards the river. Same thing but today was different.

I walked in. I'd take a few steps and stop, look and listen. Go a little further, stop, look and listen. I was about 15-20 yards from a small tree and I'm looking at it and see a tail. A TAIL! :D I'm thinking to myself, that's one of them there tree rats! He's :busted: ! I pull my 20 guage up on him. My heart is pounding and POW! I hit him but he didn't fall. I reloaded and hit'em again and he falls to the ground in his death roll but he's not dying. I waited for a few and said a prayer thanking God for this marvelous creature. After a minute, I reloaded, stepped back and gav'em another right in the head.

I don't know if I should have waited his death out but I didn't want to see him suffer and that is why I gave it to him again. Personally, I don't think I was wrong in doing so and didn't want to see him suffer.

On to the pic of my first kill! :rock:

He is a she. :D


I can't show you the other side cuz there is no other side! It's a good, clean pic, no goorey stuff here!

Well, I just wanted to share! Thanks to those who have put a lot of time and effort into this site so people like me can share their first kill, talk about it and learn more about hunting.

Oh and I was so excited afterward, the first person I called on my cell phone was my dad! I said, guess what?! He said what and I told him I killed my first squirrel! He started laughing and said I'd never forget that moment for as long as I live and I won't!

I've had a blessed day! :)

Congratulations, I still remember my first squirrel.

Thanks! Dad says he remembers his first too!

I couldn't wait to show my son the pics. He said you really got one and I said yeah and he said, figures you had to get one before me! :D

Congrats man!!!!!!!!!That a nice squirrel!!Is he a fox squirrel,if so,you should have him mounted!!!!!!Out of 60+ i've killed,i ain't never killed a fox squirrel,i remember my 1st squirrel,3 yrs ago,killed him with a rws 22 cal pellet gun,my heart was poundin so hard,i could barely hold the crosshairs steady!!!!!Congrats again,you'll be hooked for life now!!!!!!!!

now you will be hooked! i shot my first a few weeks back and everyday since then iv been sitting out with my .22 ready!

I think it's a red squirrel. I could be wrong... I know it's a squirrel though! :D

I almost walked right past her too! She was real still on a small tree, not even moving when I saw her. I had to take a double look just to make sure I wasn't seeing things that weren't there because I hadn't seen a squirrel since I've been hunting in that spot.

ETA the tree I shot her out of.



She was about half way up. :fighting0007:

sweet squirrel hunting is alway fun never gets old

Tell me about it! I'm going out with my brother tomorrow and then with my dad on Friday! :cool:

Yeah them squirrels are tricky to kill!!!!I've killed 23 so far,season closes feb.28.opened oct 1.I killed 37 last season.

Wish me luck,im goin squirrel huntin in bout 20 mins.What kind of 20 gauge did u shoot that squirrel with?

Congrats! I have 36 years of Squirrel hunting under my belt and I still love it as much as ever! :cool2:

thats not a red that is called a fox squirrel

He's still kinda red! :happy0157:

Yeah,fox squirrels are HUGE red lookin squirrels.A red squirrel that is nearly all red,is about half the size of a gray squirrel,i bet they would be fun/frusterating,to hunt with a .22!!!!!

See! I didn't know there was a difference! I just learned somthing today! :cool15:

Thank you!

But really 13... I can't seem to kill a damn squirrel with this 22! WTH makes you think I could hit a smaller one! LMFAO! :D It would be fun though! It would probably take me back to being 12 years old again and stomping the wood floor in discust after missing! :happy0157:

Definately fun though cuz once I see one, my heart starts a pounding in anticipation of filling his ass full of lead! :D

I really enjoy your enthusiasm about shooting your squirrel. It's been 32 years and many, many squirrels ago for me but I remember well. When I was 12 I spotted my 1st and chased it up a hickory tree, then went round and round that tree, and so did the squirrel. I finally got a shot with my Marlin 22 and my squirrel hunting saga began. Get a good, squirrel eye accurate 22 and have fun! I always used a Marlin with open sights and just bought a Ruger 10-22 that shoots just as well. Practice until you can hit them in the eye everytime. I practice shooting twigs off trees or shooting weed stems. Or sometimes I line up empty rounds or acorns on a log and shoot them one at a time. Annie Oakly used to shoot cigarettes out of peoples mouthes. An easy shot for me, but no volunteers to hold the cigarettes!

Get a .17 HMR,then you can pop um at 70 friggin yardz!!!!!!!!!

i agree you need to practice. make sure when you are shooting at a squirrel you have a good rest

thatz awesome congrats on the squirrel! i remeber my first one, long time ago, but i remeber i poped off 3 shells of a 20 ga. the first shot killed him. he was fallin down the tree but i thought he was running!!! so i let him have it!! i was damn happy and proud u would have thought i won a million bucks...congrats again!!

Thanks guys! Every time I think about it, I get a big ass smile on my face! :D

Well done!! I wish I could still remember my first squirrel. It's only been 12 years since then, but I just can't seem to remember him. There have been countless others that have stuck in my mind though. You can now look forward to a lifetime of wonderful fall squirrel hunting trips.

I love squirrell hunting, I usually use my Winchester model 61 .22 Mag but where I hunt now that gun has a little to much ass. So I been stickinging with the trusty Marlin .22LR I love squirell hunting.

Thats a mighty fine lookin squirrel you got there.

Thanks! I still get all giddy over that squirrel when I think about it! :D