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What's your favorite small game to hunt?
13 August 2009, 05:37
daniel77What's your favorite small game to hunt?
I have to say that squirrel with a .22 is one of my favorite hunting scenarios. I scout while I hunt, move at a relaxed pace, and get in some good shooting practice. Plus this all occurs at my favorite time of the year (and temperatures). It is like the hunting season warm up, and I like to eat the little rascals too.
14 August 2009, 01:36
Von GruffRabbit for me, and they taste good as well. With my 20VT of course.
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14 August 2009, 05:13
daniel7720vt?
I googled it and found a car.
Roadkill is your favorite form of hunting small game? lol
Does that leave the meat pretty tender?
14 August 2009, 07:59
KT29My favorite is to hunt cottontails through out our much to long winters. Also a good way to stay in shape thru the winter. Mostly use 22LR.
17 August 2009, 00:57
FC363Rabbit. You dont need alot of fancy gear and plenty are within easy drving distance.
19 August 2009, 02:12
CrazyhorseconsultingCotton Tails and Jack Rabbits with Rattlesnake close.
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20 August 2009, 18:31
Oday450It has to be squirrels in river bottom hickory stands. I hunted rabbits with a beagle for a number of years but they smell so bad when cleaning that I gave that up.
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22 August 2009, 12:11
MoonshotIt would have to be a toss up between squirrel and rabbit. The vote will have to go to rabbit. The meat is more plentiful and harvesting them with with a 12 ga. or 10/22 is incredibly satisfying.
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23 August 2009, 11:00
proplinkerMy vote goes to rabbit! we hunt them all winter as the weather gets colder the rabbits sit tighter and makes the hunt much more exciting. and fruitful.
23 August 2009, 19:06
N E 450 No2Mountain Grouse. My favorite to eat as well.
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22 September 2009, 09:14
dustofferSquirrels #1, mourning doves #2.
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22 September 2009, 18:08
buckeyeshootersquirrel and rabbit
23 September 2009, 01:42
DuggaBoyeMammalian: "Cat" Squirrel (gray)
Avian: quail
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24 September 2009, 17:50
WhitworthDefinitely chipmunk.
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25 September 2009, 22:07
Larry MatherneI like to hunt squirrels with my T-Bolt .22, deer hunting in miniture. But hunting rabbits behind a good pack of dogs would be my favorite, alas I don't get to do it much.
25 September 2009, 22:45
winmagSquirrel - .22 airgun.
02 October 2009, 10:52
Idaho Sharpshootereasy in Idaho, Rock Chucks!
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07 October 2009, 19:04
trophyhunter5000quote:
Originally posted by daniel77:
I have to say that squirrel with a .22 is one of my favorite hunting scenarios. I scout while I hunt, move at a relaxed pace, and get in some good shooting practice. Plus this all occurs at my favorite time of the year (and temperatures). It is like the hunting season warm up, and I like to eat the little rascals too.
ditto...
Couldn't have said it better...
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09 October 2009, 06:02
dwheelsGround squirrels in Utah, we call em potguts. Prairie dogs, rock chucks sage rats. Anything I can get a nice shot from 50-300 yards with a 22 centerfire or rimfire. DW
23 October 2009, 20:52
alleyyooperRuff Grouse, with a nice 20ga. ou and a good flushing dog. Normally the weather is beautiful as are the leaves still ont the trees.
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19 November 2009, 01:21
Red C.Me, too, squirrels with a .22!
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23 November 2009, 08:28
Papa 260Squirrels with a rifle, preferably grays. Gotta love fried squirrel, mashed potatoes and gravy. Doves with a shotgun.
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25 November 2009, 21:05
Daryl S.These are my favourites. .22 Ruger 10/22, Martini .17 HMR, CZ Hornet and CZ. 17 Ack Hornet. You can pile them up when they're hunger for protien which is almost always. Columbia Ground Squirrels rock - right to 450 yards, best so far.
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Ridge-line - to dangerous to shoot, but makes a good picture.
Daryl S.
26 November 2009, 10:36
yesBarn rats
nothing is more funny than shooting at running rats with 22 lr HP. it is called runing target exercise
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11 December 2009, 08:34
N E 450 No2GWB
NICE FOX. WELL DONE.
I have shot a few grey, and a few red as well, they were all targets of opertunity, while I was hunting other game.
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12 December 2009, 09:46
N E 450 No2Let me add that my wife is a big hunter.
Deer, pigs, elk, black bear, and a bunch of African stuff, including cape buff...
She will shoot rabbits and squirrels for me to eat...
But she usually will not shoot the little cute stuff.
One time I shot a grey fox here in Texas. She said, "Why did you shoot that, you cannot eat it????"
So I said, "Yes you can." I skinned it, I have it mounted, and I pulled out the back straps and cooked them on the fire that night.
My brother and I ate them, they were very good...
Since then she has shot one, and a bobcat as well.
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22 December 2009, 10:56
NakihunterI used to hunt the small Striped Squirrels in India with a an air rifle & it was great fun. They are very smart and fast. They cling to the branches and run around them. With a lot of practice I would occasionally get a running shot. Head shooting with peep sights at 10 to 15 yards was great fun for a teenager and even as a an adult.
http://www.burrard-lucas.com/g...d_palm_squirrel.html They are about twice the size of the tiny chipmunks I saw in British Columbia 2 years ago.
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24 December 2009, 06:12
ShackSwamp Rabbit
I'm just adding that because no one else has and it's my favorite.
Recommended tools for where I hunt in the Mid-South - hip waders, a very short barrel 20 ga, a .22 revolver for finishing, a walking stick to probe the bottoms before stepping, a game vest with lots of room and a companion or two. Dogs are OK but optional on swampers.
Three of 'um is about all you want to carry.
My "secret method" - after the river bottoms flood, find a high spot or island where the rabbits have congregated. With luck you might not even need the gun. But don't tell anybody...
My congrats too on those foxes.
25 December 2009, 03:09
NakihunterWallaby in South Island New Zealand
http://s243.photobucket.com/al...rent=Wallabyshot.flvThis is good sport. I hunt with a friend - we hunt the bushy sloping gullies with a dog & my deer rifle. I took a running shot at full speed at 179 meters & nailed one first shot. They hop in a bouncing motion, I timed the hop perfectly. The above video clip was of some easier shots. The longest shot was 332 meter - quite challenging for a 7mm08 with a 2-8X Leupold. I used the Boon & Crockett reticule & it was very effective.
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30 December 2009, 20:15
Daryl S.Here's gophers shooting buddy, Len with his new .17 Ackley Bee and first gopher @ 273 yards.
20gr. Vmax @ 4,046fps.
Daryl S.
02 January 2010, 19:29
ted thornSquirrel with a .22LR
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03 January 2010, 12:51
WI HunterGotta love those tasty cotten tails!
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03 January 2010, 12:59
Stephen PalosINDIAN MYNHA BIRDS !!!
They put up such a stink when you start shooting at them, and they are an alien invader in our parts
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03 January 2010, 20:38
Troy Hibbittsquote:
Originally posted by daniel77:
I have to say that squirrel with a .22 is one of my favorite hunting scenarios. I scout while I hunt, move at a relaxed pace, and get in some good shooting practice. Plus this all occurs at my favorite time of the year (and temperatures). It is like the hunting season warm up, and I like to eat the little rascals too.
You said! I have always felt better about deer season after getting a good no-stress warm up hunting Cat Squirrels in the "pin oaks" (actually water & willow oaks) bottoms of east Texas.
I enjoy it so much that I've made up custom rigs on Contender platforms in 22WMR and 17HMR. In fact, one of the biggest drawbacks to having moved to SW Texas is how far I have to drive to get to decent squirrel hunting.
04 January 2010, 04:17
bbruceSnowshoe hare behind a beagle.
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05 January 2010, 05:24
DuggaBoyequote:
Originally posted by Troy Hibbitts:
You said! I have always felt better about deer season after getting a good no-stress warm up hunting Cat Squirrels in the "pin oaks" (actually water & willow oaks) bottoms of
East Texas.
Grew up in that area.
It was even better before the loss of the Chiquapins (due to blight in the 80's).
The 'cats' were drawn to the nuts like rocket propelled ants to sugar.
Some of the fastest and most difficult training you could get.
Great memories.
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09 January 2010, 02:53
FyrepowrXTroy, great pix, i'm a squirrel chaser too.
have a severe Mach2 fetish, went that route on my contenders, but i hunt them with muzzleloaders & assorted rifles as well.
09 January 2010, 21:34
Mark Taylorquote:
have a severe Mach2 fetish
Don't we know it!! Good wood fetish too G.
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14 January 2010, 17:32
boondockerMine wood be gray squirrel with my old Squire Bingham 22 and eventually a 32 cal flintlock that is my next build on my list.
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