Anybody Else Hunt Squirrels In Your Yard?

[whiteboycustom]

my brother has a new gamo he might part ways with....

[jerp]

I never invested in a top notch pellet gun, so our go-to method is a single shot .22 and a box of CB caps. For those not familiar, CB caps are a tiny .22 cartridge containing just a primer and a bullet of around 20 grains. They only go about 750 fps but they are as quiet as a pellet gun. My boys used to set up a snipers nest in a second floor window and knock squirrels off the backyard bird feeder.

[Chuy]

judo points ftw!!

I did this in college and FREAKED out my roomates and guests. Walked outside with my bow, casually walked back in with a squirrel and started frying it up.

[Goldeneagle]

There is no closed season in my county and I have plenty of them in the woods behind the house. The problem is, I have never cooked one and dont really know anything about cooking them.

If you can cook chicken and dumplins, you can cook squirrel.

[jerp]

From personal experience I can say don't shoot them with a target point.

Ha! My older son shot a squirrel on the ground in the backyard with a field point. It somehow had the energy to run about 30 feet up in a tree with the arrow through it before it died. It fell just a few feet and the arrow hung in the branches. There it stayed for months until it became petrified. Wifey was not amused.

[mix]

I shoot them with the super colibri .22 shells. They make less noise than the high powered pellet guns and will take out a squirrel no problem

[Draco]

I kill every squirrel I see around here. I also use .22 CB's but out of a Contender with a rifle scope on it. I killed fifty plus for several years but only get around 20 or so a year now. There numbers are at a more manageable number now I guess.

[FeralHunter36]

I use a traditional style blow gun - handmade not the plastic ones you can buy at the flea market. I use real wooden darts and works like a charm! My full blooded Cherokee father-in-law had it made for me by his buddy.

[DapperDan]

I have a few i need to 'relocate' here as well. Tired of the bird feeder issues. I too live in city limits. Those cb's will work a number on a squirrel!

[bigdaddy590]

I used to bait squirells in my back yard. A few sunflower seeds in the v of a pecan tree and a pellet gun. Neighbors never knew.

[mjhaverkamp]

Unfortunately "squirrel" "air rifle" and "not violating any game laws" don't fit in the same paragraph. Squirrels are considered game animals and it is not legal to take game animals in Texas with an air rifle. Stupid law IMO since some of the higher powered air rifles are perfect for squirrel hunting.

They are not considered anything around here, shoot as many whenever you want and you can throw a rock or use a blow gun if you wish.

[dustoffer]

Still trying to get one with the recurve. Cant seem to dial my groupings down to squirrel size.

Well, then keep on shooting and the law of averages will eventually catch up with the squirrel--

And, here's the results of my last outing:

[Skullworks52]

Well, then keep on shooting and the law of averages will eventually catch up with the squirrel--

And, here's the results of my last outing:

Kimber model 82?

[krtnorris]

I grew up as a young man shooting squirrels with a 20 gauge. Love shooting them with a shotgun. Miss shooting them. Would love to find a place to take my 7 yr old!