squirrel hunting
03-08-2005, 11:59 AM
#13
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 1
RE: squirrel hunting
Beleave me or not the friend I go squirrel hunting with uses a drilling chambered for 16x16x22Hornet. He loads his own 22 Hornets to lower the power. He got it on sale for $4500.00. I use a Browning A5 or a Spanish O/U. with 7 1/2 shot and either works fine.
03-08-2005, 01:36 PM
#15
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: California
Posts: 6,440
RE: squirrel hunting
When i used a shotgun. I used dove loads (can't remember bb size at moment) and once i didn't realize i load up an pheasant/duck shell when i shot one, was kinda messy. I been trying to bowhunt now and that's fun. I may have gotten one but never find it or the other half of my arrow (bottom half hit rock and was snapped in two)
03-08-2005, 01:38 PM
#16
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WI
Posts: 806
RE: squirrel hunting
#7 1/2 shot in a .410 works fine for me. i team up with my dad and he uses a .22
to cook 'em we just get them all skinned and gutted (duh) then put 'em in a crock pot w/some vegetables or something and let it cook. it does taste like chicken.
good luck
to cook 'em we just get them all skinned and gutted (duh) then put 'em in a crock pot w/some vegetables or something and let it cook. it does taste like chicken.
good luck
03-14-2005, 07:28 AM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: trenton sc USA
Posts: 130
RE: squirrel hunting
a shot gun is ok but you get all of the pellets when your are eating them i prefer to use a 22lr and shot them right in the head if you don't shot the squirrels in the head with a 22 and in the back they break apart when you clean them. i think it is funner to hunt them with 22 because you have only one bullet come out per shot instead of like 30 with a shot gun and by using a 22 with a scope it will get you intune for deer hunting because you can pick up faster and get the cross hairs and them faster
03-25-2005, 05:50 PM
#19
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: squirrel hunting
SlugMan,
A head shot with 22lr is much better if you plan to fry them.
You fry them like southern fried chicken with a little spice or bake them in the
oven with potatoes some onions,Green peppers,salt, pepper,
and alittle cajun spice and add allttle olive oil. Serve with rice......Look Out...Bubba!
A head shot with 22lr is much better if you plan to fry them.
You fry them like southern fried chicken with a little spice or bake them in the
oven with potatoes some onions,Green peppers,salt, pepper,
and alittle cajun spice and add allttle olive oil. Serve with rice......Look Out...Bubba!
