SQUIRREL HUNTING FULL

Take a deep breath.ĭidn't see any squirrels on your way in? Chances are they saw you. Enjoy the rustle of painted fall leaves and the chill in the air.

SQUIRREL HUNTING FULL

Walk into a hardwoods full of hickories and oaks. That's great for kids, as implied in the previous section, both as a teaching tool and pure hunting pleasure.

That's okay.īut squirrel hunting often involves more action than whitetails and wild turkeys. Want an opportunity at a deer or turkey? Chances are you're going to have to put in some time. What's not to like about squirrel hunting? 5. Other hunting skills include: Gun safety. Still-hunting and stand-hunting tactics can be developed in youth hunters, again, with such high squirrel numbers available to them. To hunt squirrels well, you need to employ stealth. After that last section, you might have been thinking: 'Yeah, but they're tough to clean, Hickoff.' Not.Įspecially if you use these video tips from contributor M.D. Johnson (see right). Three tasty options follow here:īuttermilk Fried Squirrel with Southern Gravy Our resident wild-game chef and Timber 2 Table blogger Michael Pendley routinely offers great squirrel recipes. Not only are they good to eat, you'd be hard-pressed not to find a wild-game cookbook including a good bushtytail recipe or two.Įven the classic Joy of Cooking has some suggestions.

When somebody tells me squirrels aren't good to eat, the boy raised in north-central Pennsylvania's upper-Appalachia region speaks up. Such an abundance of small-game opportunities yields plenty of seasonal hunting opportunities.ĭepending on where you live, some locations have late spring, summer, early fall, late fall and even winter squirrel seasons.Ĭheck out your state's hunting regulations and give squirrel hunting a try. Here's why.įrom Maine to Mississippi, Kentucky to California, squirrels can be found. It's no surprise squirrel hunting is so popular.

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