Tree rats in two months!

I haven't looked up the actual date yet this year, but the Ohio squirrel season opens in August. Time to dust off the ol' Marlin and take some ammo to the range. I should do this year round, but I tend to shoot handguns more in the "off" season. My regimen for whacking Rocky:

Ten rounds each of prone, sitting, kneeling, offhand and offhand looped up in a sling. I give myself a 1" bull (about the size of a squirrel noggin) at 50 yards.

It's no fun to shoot only 50 rounds, so I usually throw in variations of slung/unslung for the first three positions, too.

I seem to spend my vacation time and more money on deer hunting, but most of my weekends squirrel hunting. It is by far my favorite fall (late summer?)activity.

Funny you should mention rocklocks.

I've got a .36 cal. Pedersoli flint that is a hoot to bang squirrels and groundhogs with. I use a .22LR most of the time, though.