this is a true story in my early 20s i worked for my uncle ( toto a short hairy gye thus the nic name ) lenny apon arival home after worke and ready to have a tasty grain beverage his wife comes int the garadge and starts wineing lllllllllllllen there is a squirrel in the house so im 3 beers in and i told her no problem so i put on the big leather welding gloves and its off to battle as i went room to room loocking for the rat there he was in toto's bed room tail stickin out from under the curtin loocking outside so i snuck up and grabed the tail ( big mistake DONOT try this) and the little sob curled around my fist and bit through the welding glove right to the bone of my little finger and clamped on i started howlin and punching him into the floor and finaly he let go so i picked him up by the head whent out side to show toto nurse my woond and self medicate with moore b12(budwiser 12 oz) and that day i swore to kill all of that rats relitives and have hunted them since that day and till the day i die or i have rid the earth of there kind also thay make a dam good stew so thats my storey and im stickin to it vinny in nj
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why i hunt squirrels
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Poor little defenseless squirrel! Why, they do so much good for the environment. They are the original tree hugger! :haha: They are so cute, I don't know how you can shoot them...... Oh, wait, yes, I do. It's because they yummy for your tummy. I used to squirrel hunt all the time. Haven't done it in probably 20 years. I need to do something about that. The season is in here 'till the end of the month. Of course, my wife said she won't cook them. Either she thinks they look like a rat or they are too cute and furry. Guess I'll have to take them to my mother-in-law's. She'll fry em' um nice and golden.
You're making me hungry!!!! It's only 9:00 a.m. and I'm ready for lunch.
Eat some for me!
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You're making me hungry!!!! It's only 9:00 a.m. and I'm ready for lunch.
Eat some for me!
BP Newbie
vinnynj,
i'm going to tell you why i hunt tree
rats(1) it was one of the first things i can remember
doing with my dad as far as hunting(2)it makes me a more accurate shooter and (3) i enjoy eating them when i do
the cooking myself.
snake-eyes
eace: eace:
i'm going to tell you why i hunt tree
rats(1) it was one of the first things i can remember
doing with my dad as far as hunting(2)it makes me a more accurate shooter and (3) i enjoy eating them when i do
the cooking myself.
snake-eyes
eace: eace: 
My neighbor got a hold of one and ended up with 60 stitches by the time he got it outside (gloves and all). I give him credit for holding on to the dumb thing for the 30 seconds it took him to run through the house. I don't think he'll try that again.
I went to visit my folks years ago and noticed pieces of paper all over their front yard. From an Uncle Wiggly book, in fact. I spotted a hole in the eves, and while pointing it out a squirrel emerged. So, I went up into the attic to nail a sheet-metal patch over the hole until we could fix it proper. As I was lying on my back in a 120
I went to visit my folks years ago and noticed pieces of paper all over their front yard. From an Uncle Wiggly book, in fact. I spotted a hole in the eves, and while pointing it out a squirrel emerged. So, I went up into the attic to nail a sheet-metal patch over the hole until we could fix it proper. As I was lying on my back in a 120
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Vinny,
I work with rats in medical research. Except for one minor nip early on and one close call with a huge (850+ grams) Wistar, I have never been bitten. The nip was from a scared weanling who only popped my outer glove and ran behind Momma trembling. The big Wistar was spooked when I tried to grab him from behind his head. VERY big mistake! It seems that rats are paranoid about being touched from behind where they can't see you. That's how cats and terriers kill them.
Others were not so lucky in handling a four-legged nosferatu we called "Dracula". Many bloody hands resulted till the primary investigator announce he had gotten all the data he needed. We put the vermin in the CO2 chamber told him "Bite on THIS!"
-Ray
I work with rats in medical research. Except for one minor nip early on and one close call with a huge (850+ grams) Wistar, I have never been bitten. The nip was from a scared weanling who only popped my outer glove and ran behind Momma trembling. The big Wistar was spooked when I tried to grab him from behind his head. VERY big mistake! It seems that rats are paranoid about being touched from behind where they can't see you. That's how cats and terriers kill them.
Others were not so lucky in handling a four-legged nosferatu we called "Dracula". Many bloody hands resulted till the primary investigator announce he had gotten all the data he needed. We put the vermin in the CO2 chamber told him "Bite on THIS!"
-Ray
I don't mean to "Thread-Jack" (intrude and change subject) but I have a quick question.....
Can you get in trouble, let say in June (out of season) for killing squirrels that are in your home or destroying you property: bird feeder, garage, etc? I've always wondered about this...
SP
Can you get in trouble, let say in June (out of season) for killing squirrels that are in your home or destroying you property: bird feeder, garage, etc? I've always wondered about this...
SP
Probably. But once it is in the house I consider it exempt from state and federal protection programs. Bird feeders . . . that's an attractive nuisance and probably not quite fair to pop them off while munching.
At least while the wife or neighbors are looking.
I do have a colony of bats that live in our current false-attic. They don't come in the living areas, I don't bother them. One night I counted 45 exiting the peak-vent. :shocking:
At least while the wife or neighbors are looking.
I do have a colony of bats that live in our current false-attic. They don't come in the living areas, I don't bother them. One night I counted 45 exiting the peak-vent. :shocking:
Vin an stumpy :crackup:Squirrel Sourase rex has a good link to them skwerl sumware on this sight.Ive never had a skwerl on me yet,have had to shoo em away bow huntin.You know that little twicthing of ther tail they do right before they jump from limb to limb in the trees and it does it when staren at you from a couple feet away siten on a branch with that im gonna jump on you in about 2 seconds look.
did have a coon jump on my head one night :haha:does that count as a close incounter of the furey kind
did have a coon jump on my head one night :haha:does that count as a close incounter of the furey kind
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I shoot them because deer season is over, I never see rabbits here and turkey season has not yet begun.
A man's gotta do something with his time!
YMHS,
CrackStock
A man's gotta do something with his time!
YMHS,
CrackStock
I think squirrel hunting will always be my favorite type of hunting. My dad introduced me to squirrel hunting when I was a little kid and it just "stuck". I love to hunt deer, rabbits, birds, and hogs, but nothing can compare to squirrel hunting to me.
My dad is no longer able to hunt with me b/c he is very ill. In fact, we haven't been in the woods together in several years. Every time I see a squirrel it reminds me of the times that my dad and I shared together in the woods. Every squirrel hunt is dedicated to my dad and to those wonderful days we spent together laughing and shooting. One day, when I'm a dad, I will teach my son all of the things my dad taught me, and maybe one day, my son will feel the same way I do about squirrel hunting and hopefully for the same reasons. It is just a great way to spend time together.
This coming weekend is the last day of squirrel season where I hunt and you can bet I will be there with my dad on my mind and a smile on my face (most of the time, anyway).
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My dad is no longer able to hunt with me b/c he is very ill. In fact, we haven't been in the woods together in several years. Every time I see a squirrel it reminds me of the times that my dad and I shared together in the woods. Every squirrel hunt is dedicated to my dad and to those wonderful days we spent together laughing and shooting. One day, when I'm a dad, I will teach my son all of the things my dad taught me, and maybe one day, my son will feel the same way I do about squirrel hunting and hopefully for the same reasons. It is just a great way to spend time together.
This coming weekend is the last day of squirrel season where I hunt and you can bet I will be there with my dad on my mind and a smile on my face (most of the time, anyway).
:thumbsup:
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Good story. A friend had one too: He was hosting a dinner party in his home one winter and had a fire in the fireplace. In the middle of dinner a squirrel fell down the chimney into the fireplace--which had glass doors on it. The critter was frantically bouncing off the doors when his wife ran to it and before he could yell "NOOO!!!" she opened the glass doors and out shot a flaming squirrel! Panic! Chaos! Pandemonium! The squirrel torched a curtain and was about to set the whole place on fire before he could grab it and toss it outside. Now, the reason I hunt squirrels is two-fold: (1) like others here said, my Dad took me squirrel hunting as a child and imprinted me early. (2) the little tree rats tear up my trees and bird feeders here on my little rural acreage--I have killed more in my backyard in the last few years than I have out in the wilds hunting. I use .22CBs (underpowered .22s) and a little Stevens Favorite (I know, off topic)in my backyard, but use a custom .32 Tenn rifle when really hunting. The Tenn rifle was made to fit me by a local maker (I am short and he used to tease me about my 44" barreled longrifle). It has a 37" slim Longhammock barrel, small Siler lock and set triggers in a nice curly maple stock with iron trim....
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Put up a NO Trespassing sign that says:
Bear-Deer-Squirels & Game Wardens Stay Out !
Now when the law shows up tell them to keep their animals under control and teach thier critters how to read and while they are at tell them to learn how to also. :crackup:
Woody
Our Red-tailed Hawks are a bit bigger and I can tell you they put the fear of God in the local gray squirrels. I opened our back porch door to shoo off three grays (by waving my pellet rifle ) and found myself eyeball to eyeball with a red-tailed that had just swooped in. The next few seconds were hair and feathers and fuzzy bunny bedroom slippers in every direction. Thereafter, the squirrels even chose to stay on MY side of the tree while the hawk was nearby. :winking:
When squirrel hunting I can sometimes get a squirrel to shift on a branch for a better shot by imitating a hawk. Unfortunately, my throat doesn't have the range it used to for that sound.
"Skree - *cough* - sputter - *kack*" lacks some of the effect.
) and found myself eyeball to eyeball with a red-tailed that had just swooped in. The next few seconds were hair and feathers and fuzzy bunny bedroom slippers in every direction. Thereafter, the squirrels even chose to stay on MY side of the tree while the hawk was nearby. :winking:When squirrel hunting I can sometimes get a squirrel to shift on a branch for a better shot by imitating a hawk. Unfortunately, my throat doesn't have the range it used to for that sound.
"Skree - *cough* - sputter - *kack*" lacks some of the effect.
I hunt squirrels because it so much fun, expecially with a .32. Off of the bird feeder is another thing. I'm scared to shoot a gun in town so I just knock them off with a paint ball gun. Lots of fun but they don't learn. They'll be back in 5 minutes with paint on them. :crackup:
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Walker,
Just shake in a dusting of the hottest chili pepper you can find. The birds love it (good source of some vitamin or other) but the fuzzballs will scoot off trailing smoke from the tailpipe! :crackup:
Just shake in a dusting of the hottest chili pepper you can find. The birds love it (good source of some vitamin or other) but the fuzzballs will scoot off trailing smoke from the tailpipe! :crackup:
Ain't that the truth!! Have you ever been in the woods, sitting at the base of a tree waiting for the squirrels to forget you are there, and a hawk flys over? Holy cow! Those little furry rascals will instantly freak-out and take off in every direction. Seeing this happen is what really made me realize just how many squirrels can be in one area, and that you rarely see all of them.
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