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Talk about squirrels
kimi
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Didn't want to hijack William's post, so here's another about squirrels.
Here's a video showing a Southern Fox Squirrel: (The ones I brought home from the South Georgia woods dwarf the typical Fox Squirrel. The bigger ones have a length of about 30 inches and might dress out to about three pounds. I'm told the * Southern Fox Squirrel's furhter east are bigger and longer.
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Here's a video showing a Southern Fox Squirrel: (The ones I brought home from the South Georgia woods dwarf the typical Fox Squirrel. The bigger ones have a length of about 30 inches and might dress out to about three pounds. I'm told the * Southern Fox Squirrel's furhter east are bigger and longer.
https://tinyurl.com/y87lcjgo
https://tinyurl.com/ydbsvou2
https://tinyurl.com/yb42nfyj
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I enjoy squirrel hunting, that dove and duck are all I hunt anymore and sadly not much of them.
I like cooking them in a pressure cooker then make a gravy and have them over rice with pickled onions in top.
They are big here in NC and they have a different season and limit than Grey's.
I enjoy squirrel hunting, that dove and duck are all I hunt anymore and sadly not much of them.
I like cooking them in a pressure cooker then make a gravy and have them over rice with pickled onions in top.
That sounds really good, Sam. The wife stewed the big fox squirrels I brought home when stationed in Georgia. I was talking to some of the sergeants and my CO in Georgia, and he had seen one in North Carolina that measured out to 36 inches. I was dumfounded, but then when I killed the big greys that some locals called Boomers, I was set to believe the story without question! [:D] I ,like fried squirrel better than stewed, though, but good either way.
Where were you stationed in GA and when?
I have seen some big ones.
Where were you stationed in GA and when?
Albany for about 18 months in 71 and 72. It was my first time to be stationed near the East Coast. We really enjoyed the short tour. Where do you live now, Sam?
I lived in GA for about 7 years and I was stationed there twice, Camp Frank Merrill and Ft Stewart.
The USMC has a large logistics base in Albany Ga. Were you a Marine?
I live North of Raleigh NC by Falls lake. I have 5ac that back up to the a Wildlife rec area.
I lived in GA for about 7 years and I was stationed there twice, Camp Frank Merrill and Ft Stewart.
The USMC has a large logistics base in Albany Ga. Were you a Marine?
I spent some time in North Carolina back in 2004. Visited some friends at Lejeune, but mostly did genealogy work in Raleigh at the state archives. I'd really like to spend another month or two there, but most of my travelling days are over with, and I stopped hunting years back, but I do miss small game hunting. Do you hunt on your 5 acres, Sam?
Yes, I retired from the Corps in 81. Did you enjoyu your tours in Georgia?
The last pet squirrel I had was a fox squirrel. He was fun to have around most of the time. I think he must have been bipolar or something. He liked to climb on me and get petted and eat out of my hand, but every once in a while for no apparent reason he would bite me, sometimes to the bone.
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Reminds me of my pet squirrel when I was young. She would get under the cover when I was in bed and seek out my feet. Grab hold of a foot and nibble at my toes. Talk about tickle...it was awful, but awful fun too\. Even watching her shape move about under the cover was funny!
Growing on a Missouri farm a lot of squirrels fell victim to this .22
Lots of fun times, huh, Gary?!
Yep I still make it to my cousins place about once a year and go squirrel hunting. I watch them more now and not as shooting anymore.
Sounds like fun. What part of Missouri is that?
I have LOTs of deer and they come through every day. I even have a little fork horn deer I can hand feed apples from my apple tree. I cut the apples up and feed them to him. He will let me touch his back.
My dogs don't even bark at him anymore. They have a 100x100 foot run behind the house and can come and go via a dog door. When they see me out with the deer they come out and just watch.
Speaking of dogs one of mine is a good squirrel dog. He will chase them up a tree and run them around to where I can shoot them. He likes to grab them up and shake them.
I only hunt them with a 22lr and Iron sights. Usually I use an Romanian training rifle and subsonic lead bullets. They don't tear up any meat if I cannot hit them in the head.
I usually shoot a doe in the back yard every year but its not rally hunting. I use a 22 Hornet rifle and shoot them in the head shots are about 40 yds.
A lot of deer get hit on the road by my place and I usually shoot 2-3 wounded deer every year especially in the rut. I turn them into dog food if they are not too messed up.
The Romanian .22 must be a very accurate rifle.
The Romanian .22 must be a very accurate rifle.
I won an auction for a Browning BL-22 from Ricci and I plan on it being my new Squirrel rifle. I am going to put Skinner rear peep on it and maybe change out the front.
Like these:
http://www.skinnersights.com/rimfire_groove_sights_25.html
I have a bunch of 22 rifles but I like bolt actions and lever actions. I had a Henry Lever action(Black receiver) but i loaned it to a neighbor to shoot squirrels with, I put a scope on it for him(He is 80).
So I have been wanting another Lever action 22.
The most accurate 22 I have is a Rem 581. It has a scope on it and it is super accurate.
I have hunted with my T/C Contender too. I have a scoped 10" barrel and its fun to shoot them with that but it like high velocity ammo.
Speaking of the Fox Squirrel they have a bunch of them on Ft Bragg.
I never hunted them on Bragg but I watched them when we were in the woods. Camp McCall has them all over too.
Those are nice sights. I really like the peep sights, so much easier and faster to get a good sight picture than the open types, which I do not care for at all.
That was nice of you to help the 80-year old negibor like that. It's good to know he still gets out to squirrel hunt.
A lot of the old Remington's are very accurate.
Don't know much about the TC's.
Well it use to piss my Grandpa off that Mickey stole my grapes but he kept quiet about it. One day Grandpa caught Mickey in the corn crib stealing his feed corn and came to the house, got his 20Ga DB Stevens and let Mickey have it. Went back to house and told Granny he shot at red fox. Next day Mickey turns up missing and Grandpa told me he got tired of that squirrel terrorizing me. Made me promise to never tell Granny and I never did.
Been hunting and eating squirrels all my life. Love those wood rats for good reason.
That kind of sounds like a 24' ladder that extends to 30'. [:D]
Granny use to have a pet squirrel named Mickey. He slept in his own open cage and most times he was civil. However when Grandpa brought grapes home from the general store in Louisa County, Va. Mickey would back me up in a corner and steal my grapes. Sometimes he would bite me.
Well it use to piss my Grandpa off that Mickey stole my grapes but he kept quiet about it. One day Grandpa caught Mickey in the corn crib stealing his feed corn and came to the house, got his 20Ga DB Stevens and let Mickey have it. Went back to house and told Granny he shot at red fox. Next day Mickey turns up missing and Grandpa told me he got tired of that squirrel terrorizing me. Made me promise to never tell Granny and I never did.
Been hunting and eating squirrels all my life. Love those wood rats for good reason.
Great story! [:D]
That night we were playing with them on Larry?s back porch and the weather turned cold. I had a pair of rabbit lined gloves and everybody else found gloves for their squirrels. Everybody thought the sight was hilarious. Four gloves lined up side by side and part of a squirrel tail hanging out of three of them and one glove on the end with everything behind the shoulders hanging out.
It?s supposed to be best to get them before their eyes open. Some say that way they think you are their mama and they make you bleed less.
This is how my Grand Paw cooked Squirrel in Mississippi.
Watch this video:
This is how my Grand Paw cooked Squirrel in Mississippi.
Fancy squirrel dish for sure! I've never seen anything quite like it. Thanks for the video!
Birding in the New Forest in England last week, I was looking at a local squirrel. I commented it looked like a dark version of our gray squirrel, and our birding friend said it was, they were introduced there.
Saw one near the Okefenokee Swamp visitor center that was so large I was not at first sure what I was looking at. Beautiful animal, colored somewhat like a Siamese cat.
Birding in the New Forest in England last week, I was looking at a local squirrel. I commented it looked like a dark version of our gray squirrel, and our birding friend said it was, they were introduced there.
Welcome back, Dale!
Saw one near the Okefenokee Swamp visitor center that was so large I was not at first sure what I was looking at. Beautiful animal, colored somewhat like a Siamese cat.
Birding in the New Forest in England last week, I was looking at a local squirrel. I commented it looked like a dark version of our gray squirrel, and our birding friend said it was, they were introduced there.
My Dad and I went through the swamp on the Swannee river in Canoes in the 70's.
We had a blast. We fished and camped out for a week. I watched a squirrel get eaten by a bass while swimming.
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
Saw one near the Okefenokee Swamp visitor center that was so large I was not at first sure what I was looking at. Beautiful animal, colored somewhat like a Siamese cat.
Birding in the New Forest in England last week, I was looking at a local squirrel. I commented it looked like a dark version of our gray squirrel, and our birding friend said it was, they were introduced there.
My Dad and I went through the swamp on the Swannee river in Canoes in the 70's.
We had a blast. We fished and camped out for a week. I watched a squirrel get eaten by a bass while swimming.
I'll bet that was a blast, Sam! I wish I'd of had a week like that with my Dad...but we made some good memories, too. [:)]
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
Saw one near the Okefenokee Swamp visitor center that was so large I was not at first sure what I was looking at. Beautiful animal, colored somewhat like a Siamese cat.
Birding in the New Forest in England last week, I was looking at a local squirrel. I commented it looked like a dark version of our gray squirrel, and our birding friend said it was, they were introduced there.
My Dad and I went through the swamp on the Swannee river in Canoes in the 70's.
We had a blast. We fished and camped out for a week. I watched a squirrel get eaten by a bass while swimming.
I'll bet that was a blast, Sam! I wish I'd of had a week like that with my Dad...but we made some good memories, too. [:)]
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
Saw one near the Okefenokee Swamp visitor center that was so large I was not at first sure what I was looking at. Beautiful animal, colored somewhat like a Siamese cat.
Birding in the New Forest in England last week, I was looking at a local squirrel. I commented it looked like a dark version of our gray squirrel, and our birding friend said it was, they were introduced there.
Welcome back, Dale!
Thanks Kimi, why did I not get a double welcome like Sam?[}:)]
quote:Originally posted by kimi
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
Saw one near the Okefenokee Swamp visitor center that was so large I was not at first sure what I was looking at. Beautiful animal, colored somewhat like a Siamese cat.
Birding in the New Forest in England last week, I was looking at a local squirrel. I commented it looked like a dark version of our gray squirrel, and our birding friend said it was, they were introduced there.
Welcome back, Dale!
Thanks Kimi, why did I not get a double welcome like Sam?[}:)]
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