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Originally Posted by hunter1254
anyone got some squirrel hunting tips? thanks in advance
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I hunted them with a 16 gauge shotgun from when I was about 10 until I was old enough to hunt big game. It was kinda like shooting fish in a barrel. There's really not much to it, just walk into almost any wooded area and your bound to see a bunch of them in a short time.
I think they're the easiest edible small game to hunt. They're not afraid to let you get well within shotgun range, and they're not particularly fast. If they're up a tree they'll just sit there and look at you, or maybe run around to the other side. I had a dog that would tree them, and then follow them around so they'd pop back out on my side. That's why I used a shotgun, I wasn't keen on firing a .22 up in the air not knowing how many miles it would travel if I missed.
I used the cheapest ammo made, 7 1/2 shot, 6 shot, whatever dad and I bought to shoot skeet with. I'd skin them and mom would cook them. If you do use a shotgun and plan to eat them, watch out for the BBs. I tried to pick out as many as I could find, which was kind of easy after they were skinned, but every now and then someone would get a bite with one. We learned to chew slowly and inspect each bite, so no one in the family broke any teeth.