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Rastus

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Squirrel Hunting
« on: August 03, 2019, 07:24:58 AM »
How many of you guys like to squirrel hunt....or used to like to squirrel hunt?  I can't wait for the cool mornings to come so I can bag a few.  It's been a few years for me, but I think I can remember how to do it!

In Arkansas the daily bag limit is 12 with 48 in possession.  Hopefully the daily limit is a bit light for the area of the Ozarks I'm going to be in....

Also maybe pick up a rabbit or two while I'm out.  A few doves in the afternoon....
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Re: Squirrel Hunting
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2019, 05:41:17 PM »
Used to love it, and with the abundance in our neighborhood, gonna try it again this fall.

Can't wait for some stew!
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Re: Squirrel Hunting
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2019, 07:21:31 PM »
We usually had a jambalaya.  Some people scrambled eggs with the brains....not me...but the old folks seemed to love it.
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Re: Squirrel Hunting
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2019, 07:27:55 AM »
Quote from: Rastus on August 03, 2019, 07:21:31 PM
We usually had a jambalaya.  Some people scrambled eggs with the brains....not me...but the old folks seemed to love it.

Drooling now!
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Re: Squirrel Hunting
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2019, 07:50:09 AM »
Florida squirrels are of the sub-standard, meatless variety.  You'd need to eat a dozen just to get something caught in your teeth.  Now, Louisiana squirrels...  Those will make a meal.

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Re: Squirrel Hunting
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Re: Squirrel Hunting
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2019, 03:02:45 PM »
I've seen a few squirrels around the place but it's gotta be filthy with them with all the mature oak and hickory trees.  A smattering of pine here and there and I think I'll get some meat for the pot.  When it gets cold enough to slow down the copperheads, then out I'll give it a go. 

Back home in Louisiana no one hunts squirrels anymore.  They are everywhere.  I figure as remote as the retreat is in Arkansas it can only be better. 

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Re: Squirrel Hunting
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2019, 07:06:49 AM »
Quote from: Rastus on August 04, 2019, 03:02:45 PM
...Back home in Louisiana no one hunts squirrels anymore.  They are everywhere...

I'm old and my knowledge of Louisiana squirrel hunting is based on memories, not current facts.  But those squirrels were meal makers, back in the day...

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Re: Squirrel Hunting
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2019, 12:53:02 PM »
Having pecan trees means "sqwulls is da enemy" and get shot on sight.....if'n you can see 'em...they're sneaky and hide well up in the trees....gotta have much patience.
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Re: Squirrel Hunting
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2019, 11:42:04 PM »
They are still fat and sassy down there.  I'm never back home during season enough to do more than try to clear my mom's yard of a couple.

No doubt Peg.  There are lots of hickory nut and white oak around the place in Arkansas.  There are some old pecan and I think walnut on the place too.  I am going to zero some of those buggers out with the 17 HMR.  I like to wait until its cold a couple of weeks but maybe I do need to protect that pecan crop.

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Just FYI...there's a bunch of woods around the retreat.  The nearest road in is 8 miles of dirt through national forest.  To my west is more than a forest, it's a designated wilderness, East Fork Wilderness of 10-1/2 thousand acres.  No motorized vehicles, no timber sales, no prescribed burning...just the woods. 

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Re: Squirrel Hunting
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2019, 07:26:44 PM »
Me!   They are great eating.  I think I killed more with a pellet rifle then I did with my shot gun.
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