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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 419852" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>It has been a few years since I have hunted squirrels. I was given a picture a few years ago by one of my aunts of my first squirrel hunt. I was about 4 years old. We were getting ready to go and were on the front porch of my Grandfathers house. I was standing beside him as he sat in a rocking chair with a single barrel shotgun and my Dad was sitting on the front steps with a single shot bolt action 22 rifle. I don't remember if they got anything or not. I do remember killing my first squirrel at the age of 8. Dad took me out on my Grandfather's land where some hickory nut trees were one evening. We sat there a while and this squirrel came jumping through the trees coming to a big hickory tree. Dad gave me his 20 gauge double barrel and told me to shoot the squirrel the way he taught me to shoot cans off a fence post. I did and that squirrel came tumbling down. By the age of 10 I was allowed to hunt by myself on my Grandfathers and the neighbors land. I got my first 22 rifle for Christmas when I was 10. It was a single shot made my Winchester called a Sears model 1. I used the open sights for a while but in a couple of years I made enough money mowing yards to get a Weaver K4 scope for it and I became very deadly with that rifle. I would hunt with a shot gun until the leaves fell and then with the rifle. In the fall most days right after I got out of school which was only across the road from my house. I would grab one of my guns and head to the woods to squirrel hunt. I would go to a mast tree area and sit and wait and listen for squirrel noise and then if needed sneak up on them. I had to be home by 4:30 for supper when Dad got home from work and we ate a lot of squirrel. In years past I killed squirrels with everything, an air rifle, pistol, shotgun & muzzle loader. I like using a Ruger MkII 5 1/2" 22 pistol. I have contemplated getting a 32 cal muzzle loader rifle to hunt squirrel with for years but have not. Best time to hunt squirrel is very early in the morning and in the cool of the evening about an hour or so before dark. If the wind is blowing hard stay at home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 419852, member: 10178"] It has been a few years since I have hunted squirrels. I was given a picture a few years ago by one of my aunts of my first squirrel hunt. I was about 4 years old. We were getting ready to go and were on the front porch of my Grandfathers house. I was standing beside him as he sat in a rocking chair with a single barrel shotgun and my Dad was sitting on the front steps with a single shot bolt action 22 rifle. I don't remember if they got anything or not. I do remember killing my first squirrel at the age of 8. Dad took me out on my Grandfather's land where some hickory nut trees were one evening. We sat there a while and this squirrel came jumping through the trees coming to a big hickory tree. Dad gave me his 20 gauge double barrel and told me to shoot the squirrel the way he taught me to shoot cans off a fence post. I did and that squirrel came tumbling down. By the age of 10 I was allowed to hunt by myself on my Grandfathers and the neighbors land. I got my first 22 rifle for Christmas when I was 10. It was a single shot made my Winchester called a Sears model 1. I used the open sights for a while but in a couple of years I made enough money mowing yards to get a Weaver K4 scope for it and I became very deadly with that rifle. I would hunt with a shot gun until the leaves fell and then with the rifle. In the fall most days right after I got out of school which was only across the road from my house. I would grab one of my guns and head to the woods to squirrel hunt. I would go to a mast tree area and sit and wait and listen for squirrel noise and then if needed sneak up on them. I had to be home by 4:30 for supper when Dad got home from work and we ate a lot of squirrel. In years past I killed squirrels with everything, an air rifle, pistol, shotgun & muzzle loader. I like using a Ruger MkII 5 1/2" 22 pistol. I have contemplated getting a 32 cal muzzle loader rifle to hunt squirrel with for years but have not. Best time to hunt squirrel is very early in the morning and in the cool of the evening about an hour or so before dark. If the wind is blowing hard stay at home. [/QUOTE]
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