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They is in the hickories #8448686
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The squirrels started hitting the hickory’s hard a few days ago. Killed a limit the last two mornings. Took a friends boy this morning. He didn’t want to shoot yet. Just tag along and see what it was all about. He had a ball. He asked me several times if we could go again before school starts. I told him absolutely. Great kid. Quiet, polite, and incredibly patient. He is really into trapping and fishing, but his dad doesn’t hunt a lot.
I’m hoping the grandson doesn’t get jealous lol.

Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448688
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Good deal Clay…. Did you let him tote a shotgun? Lol


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Re: They is in the hickories [Re: Savell] #8448689
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Originally Posted by Savell
Good deal Clay…. Did you let him tote a shotgun? Lol


He ain’t disabled, a girl, or a homosexual……….so no lol

All kidding aside, I’m going to start him off with a.410 or .20 gauge. They need to have success to get them hooked in my opinion. He can always be a man and.22 them later lol

Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448690
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…. lol good one

… I still bust them flighty cat squirrels with a 20 around here …. Never outgrew that or other things lol


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Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448691
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Well done, Clay. Every kid should start by hunting squirrels.

Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448692
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lol
They are dang sure flighty!
When they first start cutting hickory’s they lose a little of that. I can make them pay rent for a couple weeks when they are cutting hard.

Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448797
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All grey squirrels.....

Where are those orange squirrels? Lol


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Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448802
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I'm a bit envious. We don't have the high quality squirrel hunting that you folks farther south do. I cut my teeth on fox squirrels, hunting hickory, walnut, and oak ridges in Iowa. I miss it. Thank you for the picture.

Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448804
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Nice mess there. That boy learned more this morning with you and he'll learn in a year at school. Now teach his mom how to make some squirrel gravy. Some of my best squirrel hunts were floating the Cuivre river around Old Monroe... I would float down the river in my Jon boat and shoot them out of the trees.. had a little female black lab that would retrieve them..

Swamp, the red's always get a pass. Seems like every one that I ever shoot is old enough to vote.

Ol dad

Re: They is in the hickories [Re: Swamp Wolf] #8448805
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Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf
All grey squirrels.....

Where are those orange squirrels? Lol


I killed 1 fox squirrel yesterday morning. Only one I’ve seen the last 2 mornings.
Slowly over time the greys are taking over.
There’ll always be fox squirrels, but the percentage in the bag around here has dropped a bunch over the years.

Re: They is in the hickories [Re: ol' dad] #8448811
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Originally Posted by ol' dad
Nice mess there. That boy learned more this morning with you and he'll learn in a year at school. Now teach his mom how to make some squirrel gravy. Some of my best squirrel hunts were floating the Cuivre river around Old Monroe... I would float down the river in my Jon boat and shoot them out of the trees.. had a little female black lab that would retrieve them..

Swamp, the red's always get a pass. Seems like every one that I ever shoot is old enough to vote.

Ol dad


Fox squirrels don’t get a pass from me lol.
My wife can take one as big as a young coon with balls big as walnuts and it’ll be as tender as a half grown grey.
My mom taught her. Thanks mom lol.

Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448843
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I love hunting squirrels when they are cutting hickory nuts. You can hear them gnawing 100 yards away. They don’t seem nearly as wild when they are cutting them either.

Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448847
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Originally Posted by claycreech
Originally Posted by ol' dad
Nice mess there. That boy learned more this morning with you and he'll learn in a year at school. Now teach his mom how to make some squirrel gravy. Some of my best squirrel hunts were floating the Cuivre river around Old Monroe... I would float down the river in my Jon boat and shoot them out of the trees.. had a little female black lab that would retrieve them..

Swamp, the red's always get a pass. Seems like every one that I ever shoot is old enough to vote.

Ol dad


Fox squirrels don’t get a pass from me lol.
My wife can take one as big as a young coon with balls big as walnuts and it’ll be as tender as a half grown grey.
My mom taught her. Thanks mom lol.


Boone and Crockett should score them off that criteria.


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Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448849
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… my partner I run mountain curs with says if squirrels had racks on their head you’d have to give your first born to hunt them lol

… and that’s another reason why we run 20’s clay …. Seen many a hand sportin a 22 come up empty once those vines were shaked above a treein cur or fiest!

… so you can kiss my East Texas … lol


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Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448882
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Any warvils? I usually wait till the last week of August to go on squirrel safari because the warvils are almost completely gone by then in my favorite bug woods “down south”, which would be up north for you.

I’m with you on the .22. Gotta make an important decision in the next few weeks… 541T, 452 American, or 52… hard to pick a favorite when all the ladies in the harem are so well endowed.

Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448892
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It's funny, where I live now, never seen a red squirrel, but 20 minutes south, it's all you see.


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Re: They is in the hickories [Re: claycreech] #8448914
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Cool figured they be starting. Have not been out yet. Get the 541t out of case and see how I handle heat that’s coming. Have fun Clay and family missed the mulberry hunts due to issues beyond my control.

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that is great love squirrel hunting, he will become a good hunter with your help,

Re: They is in the hickories [Re: loosanarrow] #8448937
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Originally Posted by loosanarrow
Any warvils? I usually wait till the last week of August to go on squirrel safari because the warvils are almost completely gone by then in my favorite bug woods “down south”, which would be up north for you.

I’m with you on the .22. Gotta make an important decision in the next few weeks… 541T, 452 American, or 52… hard to pick a favorite when all the ladies in the harem are so well endowed.


I’ve never seen a warvil.
If you wait until late August around here, you miss the best hunting of the year.
Any good shooting bolt action.22 meets my criteria lol.

Re: They is in the hickories [Re: Savell] #8448949
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Originally Posted by Savell
… my partner I run mountain curs with says if squirrels had racks on their head you’d have to give your first born to hunt them lol

… and that’s another reason why we run 20’s clay …. Seen many a hand sportin a 22 come up empty once those vines were shaked above a treein cur or fiest!

… so you can kiss my East Texas … lol


Yea I can see scattergunning when dog hunting.
I had a couple coonhounds back in the day that were pretty good at treeing squirrels. I never shot any out to them.

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