Woo HOOOO! I got my first squirrel!
10-21-2009, 12:13 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 235
Woo HOOOO! I got my first squirrel!
Yes I did! I've been faithfully hunting two spots for the past week and damn it, I've never seen anything!
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!
I'm thinking to myself, that's one of them there tree rats! He's 
! 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!
He is a she.
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!
10-21-2009, 04:46 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2009
Location: NE Alabama
Posts: 1,060
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!!!!!!!!
10-21-2009, 06:03 PM
#6
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 235
I think it's a red squirrel. I could be wrong... I know it's a squirrel though!
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.
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.
Last edited by Ava; 10-21-2009 at 06:13 PM.
