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Post by jajwrigh on Aug 16, 2006 23:33:50 GMT -5
Saw one fox squirrel tonight and took him home with me. I used a 20 gauge with #6s at 40 yards. Its nice to start the season off 1-0...
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Post by cedararrow on Aug 17, 2006 9:23:19 GMT -5
What do you guys do with those little red squirrels. They are smaller than greys but quicker than all hell. They arent fox squirrels i have heard them called pine-ee's, but i dont know.. I have never tried eating, ever since I was a kid i had always heard they were bad for fox squirrels because they over populated a woods and choked the fox squirrels to move elsewhere. I also heard that they will run up behind a fox squirrel and bite them in the bag, thus they wont be able to reproduce, but that really sounds like a load of garbage to me. we have a ton of them in our woods up north in Dekalb but i have never seen one on the farm in Parke. I have never seen a grey squirrel in the woods up north either. Now i have seen grey squirrels and black squirrels on power lines outside my grandmas house in downtown Auburn they get really ed when they catch you trying to knock them down with those little apples of the trees. My dad beat my ass once for trying it in september when I was a kid. Apparently the apples were landing on the roof of the house and my grandma was freaking out.... ;D ;D ah the memories...
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Post by squirrelhunter on Aug 17, 2006 12:16:48 GMT -5
I leave the little red "pinee" squirrels alone.I've also heard the same stories you've heard about them,but the way I understand it they're a protected species and not suppose to be killed.
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Post by chicobrownbear on Aug 17, 2006 12:24:36 GMT -5
I don't know about protected, but they can populate an old attic in no time flat.
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Post by hunter480 on Aug 17, 2006 17:11:41 GMT -5
I was to lazy to get up and go this morning but might this evening. This time of the year i usually see more squirrels in the morning more than in the evening. Id like to make a trip down to southern Indiana and hunt some grey squirrel since we don't have them up north. I think greys are better eating than a fox. h.h. HH-you`re exactly right, greys taste better to me than fox squirrels. I`m not a snob, but I won`t even knowingly shoot a fox squirrel anymore. I head to the Hoosier National near the old fire tower.
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Post by huxbux on Aug 17, 2006 18:52:07 GMT -5
I leave the little red "pinee" squirrels alone.I've also heard the same stories you've heard about them,but the way I understand it they're a protected species and not suppose to be killed. Not sure about the castration stories, but I do know that they sure give fox squirrels a hard time. I've seen them chase them out of trees they were feeding in time and time again. I believe one of the resident COs has answered the question of shooting the little reds, or pine squirrels huntingindiana.proboards52.com/index.cgi?board=coanswers&action=display&thread=1153746557&page=1#1154555722 I, for one, would clear 'em out
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Post by ajm on Aug 18, 2006 5:57:36 GMT -5
In regards to hunting at the Hoosier National Forest, I heard that parking is restricted to only a few areas. Is this true or is this an issue at all?
ajm
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Aug 18, 2006 8:34:47 GMT -5
Those feisty pine squirrels bite the dirt along with the greys & reds in my neck of the woods.
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Post by jajwrigh on Aug 18, 2006 21:12:35 GMT -5
I have shot them before...they aren't a whole lot bigger than chipmunks. If I see them, their going down.
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Post by hilljack70 on Aug 19, 2006 15:33:44 GMT -5
well i got 1 fox squirrel this morning . had to try out my new rifle i bought . got a remington model 597 with a 3.5-10x40 it seem to work pretty good . hope to get alot more greys down here in jennings county
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Post by Decatur on Aug 20, 2006 8:47:15 GMT -5
My brother Josh (Deerrgoats) and I got 3 apiece this morning. It was nice until the wind kicked up.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Aug 22, 2006 8:41:17 GMT -5
Way to go "D".
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Post by hornharvester on Aug 23, 2006 22:23:36 GMT -5
I went this evening on public ground. I shot one and missed one and did a little scouting while there. There sure wasn't a shortage of skeeters either. Next time Im taking the Therma Cell with me. h.h.
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Post by hunter480 on Aug 25, 2006 19:03:07 GMT -5
In regards to hunting at the Hoosier National Forest, I heard that parking is restricted to only a few areas. Is this true or is this an issue at all? ajm I haven`t been to the Hoosier for a couple of seasons, but, yes, they reduced the number of areas you can pull over and park. I heard something about eroision or something of that sort. There is a visible area probably 2-3 miles in off the highway on the left, plenty of parking spots there. Down the road probably another 5 miles on the left is the parking area where the old fire tower is. Plenty of parking spots available there too. If you go let me know how things look.
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Post by hilljack70 on Aug 26, 2006 9:54:27 GMT -5
well its sat. morning aug.26 and me and a buddy just got in from hunting and he got 3 greys and 2 fox and i got 2 greys and 1 fox squirrels. mine was cutting in beech and his was cutting in pignut hickory and poplar . all in all a pretty good morning here in jennings co.
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Post by grappledad on Aug 26, 2006 15:09:43 GMT -5
2 hours at minni. 3 reds out of white oaks.
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Post by Sleazy E on Aug 27, 2006 21:00:18 GMT -5
Yesterday I bagged out all greys and this morning I bagged out again 4 greys and 1 young fox (only type of fox I will shoot after opening day or unless I am in the mood for crockpot bbq) all of mine were cutting on white oak or shagbark hickory.
I enjoy squirrel hunting almost as much as deer hunting (with a gun) I think it is because it gives me a reason to be back in the woods and to hunt ... it is a great way to get back in ot the swing of things.
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Post by jajwrigh on Aug 27, 2006 22:38:37 GMT -5
I do not envy all that cleaning you had to do!
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Post by cedararrow on Aug 28, 2006 10:08:05 GMT -5
Went for an hour saturday evening and shot three. 2 Greys and a Fox. A grey and fox were in the same tree and then about 150 yards down there was another grey. I missed one earlier before i got these three so I should have had four but it was a good time to get out and start hunting again for the first time this year. All of them were in beach trees with exception of one of the greys who was chewing up walnuts. His face and front hands were all stained from chewing through the green around the walnuts and getting to the dark staining portion of it.
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Post by birddog on Aug 28, 2006 10:44:21 GMT -5
I've been 5 times,killed 24 and shot 25 times,killed 19 greys and 5 fox squirrels..all head shots with the exception of the one I had to shoot twice,actually the killing shot was in the head though.That's using a Cooper Model 57 with a Leupold 3-9 scope...
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