Hard to believe, but in two short weeks squirrel season will open up again here in Illinois.
I am starting to get my stuff ready and am already getting itchy to be out in the woods.
We have both red or fox squirrels and the smaller grey squirrels and depending on where one lives, or hunts, one or the other will be the abundent species.
In my area there seems to be more greys than fox squirrels this year.
I have three favorite weapons for hunting squirrels,
A Model 63 Winchester .22LR semi auto rifle, a Smith and Wesson Model 41 .22LR semi auto handgun and last year I started shooting a Baikal IZH-27 over under 12 guage shotgun choked modified/full.
I use the shotgun and the handgun during the early part of the season when the cover is heavy and I can get up close and generally use the rifle late in the season when the leaves are down and the squirrels are jumpy and longer range shots are the normal practice.
I have had luck with all three of these guns every time I take them out so I think I will keep using them.
CCI Mini Mag solids and Winchester Super-X hollowpoints are my chosen .22 cartridges with the solids being used more often in the rifle and the hollowpoints being loaded into the handgun.
Winchester Super-X 1/14 ounce 3 3/4 dram #5 Field loads for the shotgun.
I like eating the critters cut up and fried or coated with Shake and Bake and done up like a chicken.
Mashed potatoes with pork or chicken gravy and buttered sweet corn make nice additions.
Anybody else here like to hunt tree rats and care to share a favorite hunting firearm or squirrel recipe?
I am starting to get my stuff ready and am already getting itchy to be out in the woods.
We have both red or fox squirrels and the smaller grey squirrels and depending on where one lives, or hunts, one or the other will be the abundent species.
In my area there seems to be more greys than fox squirrels this year.
I have three favorite weapons for hunting squirrels,
A Model 63 Winchester .22LR semi auto rifle, a Smith and Wesson Model 41 .22LR semi auto handgun and last year I started shooting a Baikal IZH-27 over under 12 guage shotgun choked modified/full.
I use the shotgun and the handgun during the early part of the season when the cover is heavy and I can get up close and generally use the rifle late in the season when the leaves are down and the squirrels are jumpy and longer range shots are the normal practice.
I have had luck with all three of these guns every time I take them out so I think I will keep using them.
CCI Mini Mag solids and Winchester Super-X hollowpoints are my chosen .22 cartridges with the solids being used more often in the rifle and the hollowpoints being loaded into the handgun.
Winchester Super-X 1/14 ounce 3 3/4 dram #5 Field loads for the shotgun.
I like eating the critters cut up and fried or coated with Shake and Bake and done up like a chicken.
Mashed potatoes with pork or chicken gravy and buttered sweet corn make nice additions.
Anybody else here like to hunt tree rats and care to share a favorite hunting firearm or squirrel recipe?