Spring Squirrel Hunt

[Sylamore]

I kept my eye open for squirrels during the turkey season. I did not see enough squirrels to even consider a hunt. The lack of acorns this past winter has hurt our ozark squirrel population and it may be worse than I thank it is right now.
Anyone seeing any spring squirrels? :thumb:

[junior]

seems to be some left in sharp county ,i think ill try to thin them down some more ,to get even for all the corn they ate last fall :biggrin:

[Earnhardt fan #1]

Sylamore I counted 15 on my feeder behind the cabin yesterday :biggrin: You know where I'll be saturday morning now :thumb:

[fish]

I went fishing this morning and every time I looked at the bank , there was a tree rat. The waters edge is a great place to hunt. The squirrels get water and there is always food sources near water. Fish and hunt out of your boat
" kill two birds with one stone" sorta speak. :thumb:

[varmit_master]

Hi i think i will go and take my 3 yr old son and see if i can do any good seen a bunch VM

[Sylamore]

There are plenty of squirrels in the city limits of Mountain View. I drive through a residential area every day going to and from my mothers house. There is a squirrel that I see on Vine St. across from the Baptist Church, that does not have a tail. It is a two year old squirrel and is one strange looking dude.
I have been seeing more Fox squirrels than Grays.
Post your success with the squirrels. May help me get my enthusiasm up to give it a go. :thumb:

[deerhunter]

I'm not to crazy about spring squirrel season even though I usually try an go once or maybe twice each season to get my mom a few to cook. It's much harder to locate them in the spring than in the fall for me plus I just love walking around the woods and listening for the acorns falling from the trees and anticipating deer season during the fall hunt.

[CDay]

Around these swamplands a spring time squirrel hunt would mean you have to spend more time watching the ground where you step than looking up in the trees for squirrels. So with that I really do not want any squirrels that bad.

[deerhunter]

You have a point there Clyde.

[Ty-Bo67]

Me and Remmy are gonna knock them out as soon as season opens.

[Sylamore]

CDay
You gotta watch for Rattleheadedcoppermoccasins in these Ozarks too. If I kill a squirrel and it is on the ground I really look the area over before I pick it up. If I find a snake near the squirrel, I assume it has been bitten and I leave it.
But, I have had some really fun spring squirrel hunts and some have been from a boat. :thumb:

[xring]

Spring squirrels, what memorys, I completely ruined the finish on a new browning shotgun back in the early 70s, mosquito repellant and some gun stock finishes do not mix! It turned into a gummy mess before I got in from a mornings hunt.

My yard is over loaded with fox squirrels, always have several but seems like this spring is exceptional for them. Also seeing quite a few cotton tail rabbits in the yard this year, more also than normal. Crows are raiding the song bird nests in the yard also, If I had fewer neighbors there would be fewer crows!
xring

[Sylamore]

You should see the plastic windshield on my Bass boat. A good spray of repellant into the wind and it is no longer clear plastic. :smack: