Squirrel hunting rigs

[pajack]

I love my CZ457, it’s a money pit of upgrades, but it’s an awesome rifle. I’ve since replaced the leupold with a Zeiss and haven’t taken it back out.
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I love my Henry as well. It does me pretty good, and is a lot more pleasant to carry than the CZ, although I wish it had a sling. I use a primary arms p22 6x fixed rimrifle scope on this guy. My alltime favorite rimfire scope.

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But sometimes we’re just out doing other stuff, and all I have is a shotgun. So a shotgun works. I do prefer a shotgun when I’m out with Clyde. Having a high drive dog makes it difficult to stalk and take relaxed precision shots. So a shotgun is what I find myself grabbing more and more. This was Clyde’s first squirrel. I think he was 8 months old? We were out jumpshooting ducks and stumbled across this unlucky guy on the way back to the truck. Clyde treed him, I shot him with a 3” steel duck load, and Clyde retrieved him back to hand. Clyde was almost as proud of himself as I was. I love that dog.

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For the record, I have about 1300 rounds of 17hm2 laying around that I don’t have a rifle for anymore, so if you want it, I’ll be happy to sell it for whatever is fair. I’ve just found myself sticking with 22lr and 17HMR.

do you still have the 17hm2 ammo

 

[retrieverman]

do you still have the 17hm2 ammo

You’re going to have to go to a different message board to ask him.

 

[retrieverman]

Well hell, since it’s already been resurrected, let’s run with it. Post’em up again.

 

[indi]

Well hell, since it’s already been resurrected, let’s run with it. Post’em up again.
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You eat em?? I’ve been wanting to go squirrel hunting but don’t know if I would eat many if any. Anybody want squirrel meat if I shoot em? I hear somewhere that they should be cleaned asap after being shot.

 

[retrieverman]

You eat em?? I’ve been wanting to go squirrel hunting but don’t know if I would eat many if any. Anybody want squirrel meat if I shoot em? I hear somewhere that they should be cleaned asap after being shot.

These are still in the freezer, but yeah, I love fried squirrel and squirrel dumplings.

I prefer to clean mine when they’re still warm, because the hide seems to come off easier.

 

[Ready_fire_aim]

You eat em?? I’ve been wanting to go squirrel hunting but don’t know if I would eat many if any. Anybody want squirrel meat if I shoot em? I hear somewhere that they should be cleaned asap after being shot.

If you were closer my way I’d take the meat. Nothing wrong with fried tree rat. As far as I know most folks who shoot them do so because they eat them

 

[dlbleak]

You eat em?? I’ve been wanting to go squirrel hunting but don’t know if I would eat many if any. Anybody want squirrel meat if I shoot em? I hear somewhere that they should be cleaned asap after being shot.

Some of the best eating in the wild. I like to put them in a pressure cooker and debone them. Fry or sear in a cast iron skillet. Them make a nice thick country gravy and pour in the skillet. Pour it over some toasted and buttered Texas toast. Mmmmmm!
I do the same thing with pheasant thighs and legs.

 

[Hack]

Squirrel gravy Yummy!
Shotgun if there are leaves on the trees. 22 head shots if no leaves. Sit very still and quiet. You'll see things you won't see anywhere else.

 

[Okie4570]

 

[retrieverman]

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You’d probably shoot under them.