4 pound buck fox squirrel

[Hawk78]

 

[Timber Wolf]

Dang, that big old squirrel done took your rifle away from you!

 

[Spikebuck]

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!

 

[Britsmoothy]

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]

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!

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.

 

[Britsmoothy]

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]

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.

 

[Hawk78]

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]

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.

Had that same experience shooting ground squirrels with a 54. Was expecting extreme destruction but just hole in hole out.

 

[hanshi]

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.

 

[Ridge]

I'm not sure my little 25 would have stopped him!

 

[S.Kenton]

That looks like a groundhog hybrid! Lol