what does every1 think is the BEST squirrel hunting tip? ? ?
Hunt where there are squirrels!#1
#2 Your bow better be extra quiet them little buggers can sure move quick!
#3 Use judos on the ground and rubber blunts for on the side of trees and shots in trees shooting up!
~HF~
#1 motionless,#2 use broadheads for 35-40# and under and my opinion a nice .38 cal casing for a blunt.
QuoteOriginally posted by owlbait:
Hunt where there are squirrels!#1
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I gave up on rubber blunts and flu flu's. To many unrecovered hits with blunts. and I they dodge flu flu's, they must sound like a hawk!
not glad too hear that adeeden. i just got 4 wood arrows with spiral flu flus and 357's with rubber blunts ready for squirreling. this years my 1st season with a long and recurve bow. hope i sneak one in on them tree rats
my tip is
be very very quiet
safe hunting to you n yours
pretend you're nuts. And if you are, even better :readit: :laughing:
hunt them when the snow is deep and soft....they will hang onto the side of trees and try to figure out why they sink into the "white ground"...last year after a 14" over night snow, I killed nine in about four hours..... (must have missed 15 also)...... :archer2:
I agree with adeeden about the flu flus. My tip would be not hunt the mature thick timber where you probably rifle hunt. Young scattered timber has fewer hollows and the shots are shorter and a lot more productive with a bow.
In the heat I put a few frozen water bottles and some ziplock bags in a backpack or haversack. Either skin them on the spot or at least they are cool when I'm ready to clean.
I like flu flu and judos myself
I like that squirrel whistle trick they used on the Bowhunters of Trad Gang dvd. It worked pretty good.
QuoteOriginally posted by owlbait:
Hunt where there are squirrels!#1
Exactly
Squirells are to tough for rubber blunts, use broadheads for on or near the ground and magnus blunt or such for up in the tree tops. Shawn
Best tip is a 40 gr. solid from a .22 rifle. But you are asking about arrows, so I use Ace hex blunts, or wingnut blunts I make by putting a 8-32 machine screw through the primer hole on a 38 casing and screwing a wingnut on it and then sharpening the points on a belt sander. You can add weight inside if you want heavier.
act like your hunting deer or another animal and they will appear.act like your hunten squirrels and you will be stump shooten(they wont come out). Early mornin and eavening are best for me.
And i second the 38.cal on regular arrows also. And if they are running lead them about 12 inches they are fast. Good luck
Use compound bow broadheads like muzzy broadheads with the trocar tip .Cut on contact heads slice right thru with out a hard impact . Like others have said blunts dont give a good kill and you wont recover many that you hit with them.
Aww...I thought you were asking about broad heads vs. blunts. I would have said that Simmons Tree sharks would gulp the tree rats down pretty easily! :readit:
Sorry, I can't help with real advice on squirrel hunting.
I like to use field points.
I like to use old broadheads from previous years. That way you don't get so upset if you sink one into a tree. Plus if you hit one with a broadhead it's dead. I've hit them with field points and had them try to run off with my arrow.
you guys use sharp broad heads or dull ones on squirrels
hammerheads work good for tree rats. I have heard flu-flu's that are not full height can work, I guess they are not as noisy :dunno:
Rubber blunts are just not enough for squirrels except for solid head shots, the Muzzy SG-X is what I like the best and does a great job on those and slightly larger small game as well, but also had good luck with Ace Hex and other similar style heads.
I havn't every had any problem with Ace Hex heads.... Maybe I have just been lucky. I wouldn't use blunts unless you you are going to make head shots only. (I'm not that good...yet!) I say no blunts because last deer season I watched 2 squirls get into a heated fuss about one of them taking another one's acorns and the loosing squirl fell from 80' or so to the ground. i know he bounced 3' high just from the impact and that fall didn't slow him down the least bit.
I have killed a few with a bladed washer type thing, great description I know, that goes on your arrow behind a field tip. I have killed 3 or 4 and am happy with performance.
Best tip I can give is try to shoot when they are on the side of the tree. Doesn't seem like they can move as fast and dodge the arrow like they can on the ground. Chris
Do the game laws allow for broadheads in a squirrel season where deer season is closed? I would be afraid to roam the woods during a squirrel only season with broadheads. I figure the game warden might frown on it...
NUTTERS!!!! They are perfect for squirrels and inexpensive. If you're shooting carbonara, then you can glue them on a broad head adapter
crazy glue and stainless wingnut screwed in the wood....with 38 casing
I watched my buddy hit one full on in the temple last year with a 100 grain judo from a 45 lb grizzly and the thing ran off! He ran it down and finished it with a 3 blade 100 grain muzzy. This thing had a knot on his head like you wouldn't believe from the judo hit! I mean he took it like Rocky and kept on keeping on! Those dudes are TOUGH.
Don't ever underestimate their sight or hearing. They'll bust you as quick as any animal in the woods. It kills me when people here equate hunting squirrel with a recurve with hunting them with a shotgun. They simply don't realize what a challenge squirrel hunting can be.
I would give advice, but 1st I have to actually hit one. Soooo close so many times!
Seriously though, look for piles of shelled acorns or nuts at the base of a tree. They will likely sit and eat on a branch directly above that or eat right there at the base of the tree. If you shoot one, stay put and don't move for a couple minutes at least. Another will be along directly.
Good luck! :archer2: It's fun.
Little tree ninjas. Them suckers duck a arrows all the time. This one didn't see the Woodsman coming. He was coming down a deadfall log. When he went behind a little busy cedar. I drew and released as he appeared. Nice addition to the Brunswick stew.
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Another vote for broadheads for grays. Lost too many to any other kind of head. Like old beat up broadheads "blunted" on a grinder. I think if squirrels were deer sized we'ld need elephant calibers to hunt them!!!!
Tmccall, Here in indiana they can be hunted with any weapon or ammo. Rob
I like a blunted broadhead. They are too tough for blunts.
My best tip is to skin them when their still warm.
I also have shot a few with blunts. They would fall to the ground and run like a scalded dog! Bheads for me. I like to hunt them on rainy days. They seem to like to be on the ground or low in the trees. Plus you can slip on them quietly. I hate loosing arras!
I killed a dozen or so last year. All on the ground. Most were killed with those Talon heads from Redfeather Archery, until I lost them all. I did kill a couple with a judo, a couple with old broadheads, and one with a Hammerhead. They all died pretty quickly. The head shot ones died instantly.
I paint my shafts white, too. It makes them a lot easier to find. Of course, I'd do something different in the snow.
I use Talons as well. looper, you can try putting a Zwickey Scorpio behind your Talons if that will help keep you from losing them. Working on a new website and would love some pics if you happen to have any from last year.
I like many here use field tips or old broadhead. I have give up on Flu-Flu and blunts of any kind. Shoot them on the ground or no higher than 5 ft on the side of the tree. I've last tons of arrows luanching at the that "I cant miss this one" up in the tree.
After deer hunting squirrels are my passion. I see you are just north of me.
Get in before daylight, especially if you have grey squirrels where you hunt. From mid-August through early Sept. find shagbark hickory (black cherry really early). I stake out these hickory trees (where evidence of cutting is). The trick is finding the squirrel when you hear the cutting. Then finding a clear shot. Acorns will be hit after the hickories are gone and then, much later walnuts will be hit. I'm usually deer hunting though by the time acorns begin to be hit.
The fox will hide on you if it sees or hears you. The grey will run.
I'd love to bowhunt them more but I sic Cooper rimfires on em.
I got a good tip for you, don't warn your wife to stay close to home Aug. 1, cause its squirrel season! I did that, she didn't think it was as funny as I did. he-he. :knothead:
I recommend broadheads with a stopper behind the head. Those critters are tough. The stopper will keep the arrow in the squirrel and hasten his recovery. Gut'um quick and skin'um soon as possible. Some really good eating if you take care of them properly. Have fun.