4 pound buck fox squirrel
- Thread starter Hawk78
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Dang, that big old squirrel done took your rifle away from you!
Yep...there's another thread going on "What is a squirrel rifle?". I thought this was it!
Congrats Hawk...that's a dandy! You have to get the skin off those big fox squirrels quick while still warm or it really likes to stay where God put it!
The fox in the name of fox squirrel is an abbreviation of what is often muttered whilst skinning a warm one. It, the mumbling, gets much worse the colder they are!
dragnetbill
36 Cal.
And, the older they are Nate; the last fox squirrel I shot was a heavy old bugger that shook the ground when he fell. I started skinning him right away and was arm sore and ready for a nap by the time I got his hide off.
How many times did you say "fox"?
hanshi
Cannon
I used to hunt both fox and gray squirrels and used everything from air rifles to shotguns. Couldn't help myself when on a deer hunt with a .58 loaded with a round ball and this big one started teasing me with a perfect "gimme" shot. I aimed for the neck and he fell. Surprisingly there was a small slit at entrance and another at exit; I'd never expected this with a big caliber rifle.
Sounds like the ball cut his throat? But I bet he quit barking, lol.
longcruise
70 Cal.
Had that same experience shooting ground squirrels with a 54. Was expecting extreme destruction but just hole in hole out.
hanshi
Cannon
It could be that a critter needs to have enough mass to offer a level of resistance to the projectile. A cape buffalo, for instance, can be taken with a large caliber solid and die quickly. But that same large solid would take deer not nearly as quickly as a heavy target. But hit a bone and that can change.
That looks like a groundhog hybrid! Lol
