how about the squirrel setups?

[Hateful McNasty]

I think you mean your “Wilson squirrel”View attachment 5329
Unless you shot it in the a$$, then “Forrest Gump squirrel” is fine. however, that’s a lot of blood so if it is a Forrest Gump squirrel, we need to have a discussion about shooting the other end.

! I'm so sorry Wilson !.. ! whaaa .!!

 

[FL22]

! I'm so sorry Wilson !.. ! whaaa .!!
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That is seriously messed up… lmao.

 

[Dogowski]

Ol' Ruff alerted me to a couple so checked poi at 30y and on standby for There return to the yard area. Funny, as soon as I'm fully ready they don't show up ...
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We have to be always at the ready! Right HM?

 

[Pesty3782]

So this morning I was having my cup of coffee and I saw what appeared to be a ground squirrel near the shooting range. I wasn't sure because I haven't seen a since we moved here. We have rabbits out there, so I thought maybe a baby rabbit.

So I go outside just a few minutes ago and looked down the shooting range and what did I see? Pure evil at the 40 yard back stop....Oh Heck no, not here baby. Went into the garage grabbed Buster (22 carbine ) and took a knee next to the wall. 35 yard shot and the familiar schwack was heard.

The vulcan was on the other side of the garage in a cabinet, but buster is always at the ready.
Tony P.

 

[Danman]

So this morning I was having my cup of coffee and I saw what appeared to be a ground squirrel near the shooting range. I wasn't sure because I haven't seen a since we moved here. We have rabbits out there, so I thought maybe a baby rabbit.

So I go outside just a few minutes ago and looked down the shooting range and what did I see? Pure evil at the 40 yard back stop....Oh Heck no, not here baby. Went into the garage grabbed Buster (22 carbine ) and took a knee next to the wall. 35 yard shot and the familiar schwack was heard.

The vulcan was on the other side of the garage in a cabinet, but buster is always at the ready.
Tony P.

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No ground squirrels here, but plenty of tree squirrels. I had this odd thought process when I bought my place that I could shoot the problem squirrels and they would stop coming around. Thats not how squirrels work ....wife and I pulled dozens of walnut trees growing out of our flower and vegetable gardens every year (neighbour's have walnut trees I dont). They are much less of a problem with me taking a few out every year but they always get replaced. Ultimately I'm not complaining

 

[Mike Brown]

No ground squirrels here, but plenty of tree squirrels. I had this odd thought process when I bought my place that I could shoot the problem squirrels and they would stop coming around. Thats not how squirrels work ....wife and I pulled dozens of walnut trees growing out of our flower and vegetable gardens every year (neighbour's have walnut trees I dont). They are much less of a problem with me taking a few out every year but they always get replaced. Ultimately I'm not complaining

I'm familiar with the transplanted walnut tree problem. Neighbor to the north of us has the tree and for years the squirrels were planting trees in the least opportune places. Not sure what the solution was...either the tree is producing far fewer nuts or our putting bird feeders in the yard gave them a much easier food source to access. Anyway, no new trees but the squirrels are driving me nuts and my wife has a fit if I shoot them!!!

 

[pan60]

around here you can put out food for the squirrels and they will ignor it to get to those fress pecans.
they will then take a few nibles drop it and get the next one we around here call it cutting they cut them open and drop em..
they will go through hundreds a ponds before you even realise it then if left alone they will start to destory yo property.
i think i told this before but incase i didnt
one morenig back when i thought the squirrels where cute my wife let out a scream i run to the bath room where he had gone for a shower to find her and a pissed squirrel himed up in the same room room the squirrel running circle and her screaming.
they have pulled the insulation from the house for their homes the chew holes in the roof the floor and anywhere they want.
at one point i had chicking wire up everywhere to spot them they will still find there way in.
they will piss and shlt everywhere and it wil smell just as yo might think.
so as for me, well we have decided its time for the squirrels to have a come to Jesus meeting i just help acoidate it.

 

[FL22]

around here you can put out food for the squirrels and they will ignor it to get to those fress pecans.
they will then take a few nibles drop it and get the next one we around here call it cutting they cut them open and drop em..
they will go through hundreds a ponds before you even realise it then if left alone they will start to destory yo property.
i think i told this before but incase i didnt
one morenig back when i thought the squirrels where cute my wife let out a scream i run to the bath room where he had gone for a shower to find her and a pissed squirrel himed up in the same room room the squirrel running circle and her screaming.
they have pulled the insulation from the house for their homes the chew holes in the roof the floor and anywhere they want.
at one point i had chicking wire up everywhere to spot them they will still find there way in.
they will piss and shlt everywhere and it wil smell just as yo might think.
so as for me, well we have decided its time for the squirrels to have a come to Jesus meeting i just help acoidate it.

I don’t think it’s any secret how I feel about them. They’re perfectly fine as long as they are not in my house or vehicles, chewing and making nests and wreaking havoc. Then it becomes a simple matter, they are a nuisance animal that must be dealt with.

 

[PasadenaMike]

They’re very capable of chewing through a lot of stuff. I had trapped one in a metal live trap it had chewed the wire to make a hole big enough to almost escape. Those teeth are like wire cutters

 

[Mike Brown]

around here you can put out food for the squirrels and they will ignor it to get to those fress pecans.
they will then take a few nibles drop it and get the next one we around here call it cutting they cut them open and drop em..
they will go through hundreds a ponds before you even realise it then if left alone they will start to destory yo property.
i think i told this before but incase i didnt
one morenig back when i thought the squirrels where cute my wife let out a scream i run to the bath room where he had gone for a shower to find her and a pissed squirrel himed up in the same room room the squirrel running circle and her screaming.
they have pulled the insulation from the house for their homes the chew holes in the roof the floor and anywhere they want.
at one point i had chicking wire up everywhere to spot them they will still find there way in.
they will piss and shlt everywhere and it wil smell just as yo might think.
so as for me, well we have decided its time for the squirrels to have a come to Jesus meeting i just help acoidate it.

The squirrels and I had a "come to Jesus meeting"some years ago when I found that they'd chewed a hole through the rain gutter and gotten into the attic. That was when my wife was out shopping and not aware of what happened. Many generations of squirrels later, there aught to be another "meeting"...Just need to arrange for my wife to be elsewhere for it to happen....

 

[Danman]

It's nothing new but its oh so effective, my S510. I never go after 1 or 2 squirrels on my property but when it becomes 3 or 5 out comes the pcps, starts feeling like an infestation. These 2 were 40/45Yards....aka guns zeroed distances. 16gr passed through on the one.

 

[PasadenaMike]

It's nothing new but it’s oh so effective, my S510. I never go after 1 or 2 squirrels on my property but when it becomes 3 or 5 out comes the pcps, starts feeling like an infestation. These 2 were 40/45Yards....aka guns zeroed distances. 16gr passed through on the one.

Nice !! Are they healthy to eat?

 

[Florida_Man]

This Avanti Valiant CZ200 Hunter is my current go to. It’s zeroed at 18 yards, the distance from my office window to my bird feeder.

Athlon Talos 10x42
AA 10.3 or Hades

 

[Danman]

Nice !! Are they healthy to eat?

I would say yes? These are for the voracious neighborhood cats though. These 2 will be gone by 12pm. I have yet to try squirrel....these eat mostly nuts & seeds I believe.

 

[PasadenaMike]

I’m

I would say yes? These are for the voracious neighborhood cats though. These 2 will be gone by 12pm. I have yet to try squirrel....these eat mostly nuts & seeds I believe.

I’ve had squirrel it’s good. But if the cats like them let em eat

 

[Danman]

I’m

I’ve had squirrel it’s good. But if the cats like them let em eat

I keep the rabbits for sure, but squirrels (in my mind) are very close to rats. Somedays the cats will get the rabbits and squirrels before I do, Pretty decent hunters! I ll be mowing the grass and come upon the scene of fur or feathers, usually the only thing left is the tail.

 

[PasadenaMike]

I keep the rabbits for sure, but squirrels (in my mind) are very close to rats. Somedays the cats will get the rabbits and squirrels before I do, Pretty decent hunters! I ll be mowing the grass and come upon the scene of fur or feathers, usually the only thing left is the tail.

Yeah agreed on the squirrels it’s a mental thing

 

[pan60]

i grew up on squirrels something we had very regularly.

 

[PasadenaMike]

i grew up on squirrels something we had very regularly.

As my son says “yumby”

 

[Danman]

i grew up on squirrels something we had very regularly.

I will have to man up at some point and try it. My wife has already made it clear she's out I have butchered everything from chicken and rabbit to pigs and cows, It's not that it's just the shape and similarities of the critters to rats I think!