Way to go u guys, can you tell any taste difference over the grey's compared to the fox? Which do you prefer to hunt and to eat?

Good deal Clayton. Next you'll have him after them turkey birds Clay.

I think kids feel proud when family sits down for a meal in which they procured.

Nice work.

Awesome! I absolutely agree, kids should start out hunting squirrels and rabbits. It will absolutely make them a better woodsman. It's a pity today that so many kids 6-10 years old have shot several deer and turkeys which they are eager to tell you about but when you ask them how many squirrels and rabbits they shot last year they just give you a blank stare.

I know the legal limit is now 10, but I still consider a limit 6, cause after I've peeled that many it's enough for me!

Congrats clay

Nice! Did y’all find a mulberry tree?

Love the pics and you taking your grandson out. I agree with all the others that every kid should start with hunting squirrels.

I have a question though about a spring squirrel season. We have one here in MS too. Never had that anywhere before moving here. But, at this time of the year, aren't the trees filled with the YOY?

Love the pics and you taking your grandson out. I agree with all the others that every kid should start with hunting squirrels.

I have a question though about a spring squirrel season. We have one here in MS too. Never had that anywhere before moving here. But, at this time of the year, aren't the trees filled with the YOY?

Way to go u guys, can you tell any taste difference over the grey's compared to the fox? Which do you prefer to hunt and to eat?

Claycreech

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Nice Ruger 77-22... They're a real accurate and classic rimfire. I see it's an early one with the plastic buttplate. All the new ones have rubber recoil pads on them.

Never hunted in the Spring but NC has just granted us a season. Since trees are full of leaves and no nuts or acorns, where do you set up, or do you creep?

I’m a firm believer in starting them on squirrels. Teaches them to use eyes and ears and so many stalking and woodsman skills.
He’s definitely my best potential outa 4 grandkids lol.

The percentage of yoy varies some year to year in the spring. I’ve seen it run 70 percent young ones and I’ve seen it run 20 percent young. A hard, late winter here spells less young this early, and typically lower numbers overall. I hunt quite a bit from now until the heat kicks in. Usually by the last part of June I quit until early August when they start cutting hickory nuts, then I really pour it on them. I’ll kill 100 or so early most years. I prefer lots of yoy in the bag each day.