New forum. Bring it on! Let's see some dead tree rats and /or fuzzy bunnies.

[Mattman215]

 

[Rogue Bay]

It’s funny I went out to check out a spot for deer the other day, ended up finding another squirrel honey hole. 3 more for the pot. Squirrel hunting is pretty close to the most fun a guy can have with his pants on


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I agree! Congrats on a great find and keep after them!

 

[Rogue Bay]

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Those are beauties! I would love to get into some like that someday! I’d have a hard time not putting one or both of those on the wall. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Eastcoasthunter94]

Does anyone do anything cool with the tails? If I ever shot a black or a red squirrel I would definitely do something with them

 

[Mattman215]

Those are beauties! I would love to get into some like that someday! I’d have a hard time not putting one or both of those on the wall. Thanks for sharing!

Ha it’s funny you said that.

 

[FLATHEAD]

Very nice.
I've seen exactly ONE black fox squirrel in my life
and I was toting a .58 muzzleloader at the time.

 

[ShortMountain91]

Lot of great memories squirrel hunting with dad as a kid. My kids are almost old enough now and we shall soon hit it hard

 

[Rogue Bay]

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That’s awesome! I’m envious man. I love fox squirrels and those cool color phases really get me going. Nice mounts!

 

[Rogue Bay]

Does anyone do anything cool with the tails? If I ever shot a black or a red squirrel I would definitely do something with them

I haven’t done anything with the tails specifically but I did home tan the hides from a couple fox squirrels and one giant western gray squirrel. They turned out pretty decent and are on a shelf in my office.

 

[Rogue Bay]

A few years ago I stumbled across a really cool article online about a biologist from Arizona (I think) that completed a tree squirrel slam. Has anybody else seen that article? It was really cool and very educational. I think it sounds like a fun goal. Has anybody on here ever considered it?

I’m a little surprised there isn’t more publicity for western gray squirrel hunting. I’ve not gone to the trouble of weighing either species but the western gray squirrels average larger, at least in stature , than the fox squirrels I’ve been around. They’re big and pretty critters. Definitely look a lot different than the eastern gray squirrels. And they’re certainly numerous around here. I need to make a point of spending more time hunting them.

 

[ManOfSteel]

Smacked up some cottontails with my T1x in the last week. Made them tonight into Hassenpfeffer from an old German cook book my uncle keeps- incredible.

 

[rharbaugh]

Not a full strap, but a still had a blast. This is my first year running subsonic loads with a suppressor. Complete game changer.

 

[ManOfSteel]

@rharbaugh I just put in and paid for a Silencerco Sparrow. Can’t wait to use it on the little Tikka.

 

[manitou1]

St. Valentines Day massacre in 2019... 3 of us killed 19 after a fresh snow between 9a and 3p. My wife was not too pleased but we were hood rich in phenomenal rabbit meat for a few months.

Man, that's a wabbit hunter's dream!

 

[rharbaugh]

@rharbaugh I just put in and paid for a Silencerco Sparrow. Can’t wait to use it on the little Tikka.

You'll love it that set up. My Tikka shoots the Norma TAC-22 subs really well. I'm not sure about everyone else's experience, but after ~10-15 shots my groups start to open a little bit. I assume this is from excessive powder build up in the barrel. I run a .17 poly bore brush and a dry patch down the barrel for a quick clean and things tighten right back up.

P.S. - The CCI Quiet-22 @ 710 fps are incredible through a suppressor.

 

[ManOfSteel]

You'll love it that set up. My Tikka shoots the Norma TAC-22 subs really well. I'm not sure about everyone else's experience, but after ~10-15 shots my groups start to open a little bit. I assume this is from excessive powder build up in the barrel. I run a .17 poly bore brush and a dry patch down the barrel for a quick clean and things tighten right back up.

P.S. - The CCI Quiet-22 @ 710 fps are incredible through a suppressor.

I shoot CCI SV as practice ammo generally and SK Rifle Match for small game hunting. Both of them group extremely well out of my gun and are pretty readily accessible. I tried the CCI Subsonic HP’s because they’re 40gr and very similar velocity to the SV and I just didn’t like the accuracy I was seeing. My Hawke Vantage IR is set for subsonics at something like 1050 or 1070fps, with a 50yd zero it gives me MOA or better out to 200yds.

 

[FireDuck401]

Few from last year.

 

[Marbles]

 

[TheGDog]

Saw this at a wedding this weekend... my son asked me to go get his 20ga.

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That is a .17 HMR Wet-dream! All the Backflips you could make them do from headshots!!

 

[TheGDog]

Was real happy about this one! 60yd shot while up on the slope of a draw, with those crappy Copper-22's that are 21gr and peter-out significantly at around 75-80yds.