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Breaking the rules of a true squirrel hunter

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Breaking the rules of a true squirrel hunter

Post by bandit1250 » Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:33 pm

Yesterday right before leaving the woods I knocked my CZ 17 Mach 2 over as it was leaning against the tree beside me. It didn't fall to the ground but the Burris scope took a pretty good hit on the side of the objective. So I went out this morning after seeing what the weather was going to do. Soon as I parked the car I saw a squirrel sitting up about 20 feet in front of the car. Then I got out to put my hunting jacket on and get my rifle from the trunk of the car and seen two more squirrels heading out of there in a hurry. So I went down in the woods and sat down for no more than 2-3 minutes and saw one digging in the leaves. I could only see the tail on the other side of the log and several times his head would pop up for a look around. So I got on my shooting sticks with the CZ and got ready. Up come his head and I squeezed one off and didn't even scare him. So I worked the action slowly and missed again. He stayed right there and the third shot missed. :x So that was the last straw for me. I headed back to the car and put the CZ in the trunk. That is when I broke the squirrel hunters rule on never using shotguns on squirrels. Out of the trunk came the Remington 870 Wingmaster from the '70's with the 30" full choke plain barrel with 2 3/4" chamber. :shock: Things changed pretty fast with the shot gun over the rifle I had knocked the scope out of adjustment on. Running across the ground or through the trees the squirrels were no match for the 12 ga. with the 3 3/4 Dram PMC loads with 1 1/4 ounces of #5's. Five shots and 5 squirrels. Could have killed more but with what I already had at home and the five I had just got that was enough for now. May have been cheating to use the 12 ga. but I have a close friend who only hunts deer with a bow but loves to make squirrel gravy so I took him all 11 I got this week from the couple trips to the woods. He was more than just happy when I took them to him. Hope my fellow squirrel hunters on the forum will forgive me for shot gunning squirrels. ;) :lol:
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Re: Breaking the rules of a true squirrel hunter

Post by JEBar » Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:18 pm

back home in the mountains of NC, shotguns weren't taboo .... in fact, for some folks they are the premier weapon used by squirrel hunters .... the main problem with using one is the cost of the ammo
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Re: Breaking the rules of a true squirrel hunter

Post by BigAl52 » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:05 pm

What shotgun
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Re: Breaking the rules of a true squirrel hunter

Post by Vaquero » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:10 pm

Take a 410 next time. :o

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Re: Breaking the rules of a true squirrel hunter

Post by Mags » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:30 pm

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No need. But I use a .410 exclusively for squirrel.
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Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:33 pm
... Hope my fellow squirrel hunters on the forum will forgive me for shot gunning squirrels. ;) :lol:
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Re: Breaking the rules of a true squirrel hunter

Post by Vaquero » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:35 pm

Mags wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:30 pm
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No need. But I use a .410 exclusively for squirrel.
bandit1250 wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:33 pm
... Hope my fellow squirrel hunters on the forum will forgive me for shot gunning squirrels. ;) :lol:
Picked up a cheap one in a single shot, a future present to one of the grandsons. ;)
Might try it out on a tree rat, so I can say I bloodied it.

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Re: Breaking the rules of a true squirrel hunter

Post by Mags » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:44 pm

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Oh! You might end up buying another for yourself.
Vaquero wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:35 pm
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Picked up a cheap one in a single shot, a future present to one of the grandsons. ;)
Might try it out on a tree rat, so I can say I bloodied it.

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Re: Breaking the rules of a true squirrel hunter

Post by Vaquero » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:49 pm

Mags wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:44 pm
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Oh! You might end up buying another for yourself.
Vaquero wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:35 pm
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Picked up a cheap one in a single shot, a future present to one of the grandsons. ;)
Might try it out on a tree rat, so I can say I bloodied it.

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Well, if ya want the truth, I did buy two. :o
One for me to play with and another for the SIL.
But this one will end up with one of the three grandsons.

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Re: Breaking the rules of a true squirrel hunter

Post by Mags » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:51 pm

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I should have known :lol:
Vaquero wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:49 pm
Mags wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:44 pm
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Oh! You might end up buying another for yourself.
Vaquero wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:35 pm
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Picked up a cheap one in a single shot, a future present to one of the grandsons. ;)
Might try it out on a tree rat, so I can say I bloodied it.

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Well, if ya want the truth, I did buy two. :o
One for me to play with and another for the SIL.
But this one will end up with one of the three grandsons.

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Re: Breaking the rules of a true squirrel hunter

Post by Vaquero » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:55 pm

Hey Mags, got 'em both for $226 shipped and transfered.
$110 for one, & $106 for the other. :D
What's not to like?

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