Most common range and shooting positions for blacktail

[Clarktar]

Western Washington, and fair enough. I guess I’ll just keep it to distances I think I could shoot well at under pressure. Probably 50 to 300ish for now.

25-100 yards still hunting river bottoms. Everytime it's been standing offhand

 

[limpet]

Seriously my GF and I have gone through 1000rds of .22 one morning on an alfalfa field. Nothing has helped my shooting more.

I wish we had ag field to shoot in. We hunt squirrels in the same area we deer hunt steep ground with oaks and glades. It’s good practice of using terrain. After a few of their buddies get taken out they wise up pretty quick.

 

[Steve300xcw]

alfalfa fields are a good time an all. But I honestly prefer this kinda squirrel shooting.

 

[BlacktailTracker]

alfalfa fields are a good time an all. But I honestly prefer this kinda squirrel shooting.

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Looks like northern California.

 

[limpet]

Aaaanyways I think you get the point ground squirrel hunting makes great practice and being a well rounded shooter that is comfortable offhand is a big advantage in the blacktail woods. Sorry to send everyone squirreling out.

 

[SaltyAquaholic]

Yea seems like a great way to get some practice in. Also, the eastern gray squirrels are invasive are they not? I don't think there’d be much trouble in removing some of them from the state. Western grays I’ll be careful for, since from what I understand they’re struggling a bit

 

[Steve300xcw]

Grey squirrels? Wtf dude?

Diggers........

 

[BlacktailTracker]

Yea seems like a great way to get some practice in. Also, the eastern gray squirrels are invasive are they not? I don't think there’d be much trouble in removing some of them from the state. Western grays I’ll be careful for, since from what I understand they’re struggling a bit

Western Grays are a beautiful squirrel.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Justa rat in a pretty coat

 

[SaltyAquaholic]

Western Grays are a beautiful squirrel.

I’m a bit partial to the fox squirrels I grew up with in Florida.

 

[AKM]

In AK on Kodiak…
South end of the island doesn’t have trees. Just brush of varying thickness. Otherwise open tundra. Was out for bear using a 375 HH using 300gr AFrames. Shot sitting on a tussock about 75yds. Prone 253 yds. Couple others in between. Could have killed one at arm’s reach. It didn’t seem fair. Some of those critters were a cheeseburger short of a happy meal.