I haven't squirrel hunted since I was a kid.....and that was with a .410
I'd lke to start up again with my bow. I'm open to all tips, stories, pictures, and strategies.
Thanks in advance
Should have took some pics today, took a walk and peeled a couple of bushy tails off the side of a pecan tree with a few pecans still hanging on.
As far as strategy, I don't know how scientific it is. I like to find a nut tree they are working. This time of year they will spend as much time under the tree as in it. I like to pic them off the side of the tree. I use the same bow as I am hunting with, woodies with the same weight field points as the points on my hunting arrows. Good practice, plus you get to eat what you hit.
Love squirrel hunting! Too easy with firearms! I like to find their travel lanes and sit and wait for them to come into range on dry days when the leaf litter is too crunchy for stalking. If it is wet I will spot and stalk but knowing where they travel is key and kowing food sources is key to finding travel lanes. If you deer hunt a lot you probably already know where to hunt squirrels after having watched them all season.
Here is my tree seat modeled after the Torges Seat
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Squirrel hunting makes me happy!
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A nice grey
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I had 4 shots but only got the one. I just need to get out more to improve my shooting at game that moves.
I use rubber blunts for close shots, Judos, Hex heads and Game Nabbers for longer shots.
The squirrel pictured was taken with a pine shaft from Kustom King with a Bear Paw blunt also from Kustom King.
what kind of points do you guys use? id think any bh or a blunt would work?
duncan thats a great seat might have to make me one
I do the a lot of the same things I do for deer hunting here in Indiana. I always make sure I am in my spot when the sun comes up. I like to use old broadheads instead of judos or blunts. I'm not a big fan of flu flu's. Most of my shots come from treestands when deer season is in but I hunt from the ground early in the year.
Rob
To use rubber blunt you need to be close like 10 - 15 yds. Any farther than that you need something that cuts or punches a hole. I use the heads mentioned in my previous post but I know alot of guys use field points, some drill a hole through the base of the point and add a barb of wire like coat hanger wire.
I save all my mix match and slightly bent arrows. I put field points I buy on sale at WalMart with dime size washers behind them. I also carry a few of my quality hunting arrows with the vpa stumping heads on them. They are tuff on squirrels and I carry a few broadheads in case I run across a porker.If a squirrel goes up a tree and thinks he is safe ...wrong I shoot a junker arrow at him.I do have a few flu flu arrows as well but they are so noisy the squirrel will usually be gone by the time the arrow gets there.I usually kill enough for a big family meal every year. I love Squirrel hunting with a longbow.RC
Used to go alot with the longbow. Used cedar arrows with a variety of homemade heads. Some blunts made from 38 pistol casings with lead shot melted in the casing to give it more weight. Also made some where I sawed a slot thru the head of the casing and hot melted a sharpened triangle shaped piece of banding in it to make a kind mini broadhead/ blunt head. I agree with RC with the flu flus. Not only are they noisy, squirrels can be very tough and I liked the idea that the arrow was not losing as much velocity. You need as much punch as you can get. I have killed some with well place judos too. Gone as far as using old broadheds too. I liked hunting them in September before our deer season opened. They were less spooky and actually curious, sometimes coming part way down the tree to check you over while cussing you out. Got alot of shots that way.
This was my first experience, hunting squirrels with trad equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmwIcOz7ZKo
This one is even funnier!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqagzoZuD1c&feature=related
Keep it coming.
double post
Squirrel hunting is some of my favorite kind of fun and one of my favorite eatin kritters. :thumbsup: As far as points i prefer game nabbers mounted on flu flu's and standard hunting arrows.Im not much on using mix match arrows because im trying to hit something the size of a tennis ball so i use matched shafts ,as i need every advantage i can get. :archer2:
QuoteOriginally posted by waiting4fall:
This was my first experience, hunting squirrels with trad equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmwIcOz7ZKo
This one is even funnier!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqagzoZuD1c&feature=related
Thats awesome DUDE
I too love hunting squirrels with my bow. Gun hunting for them is no fun. I know alot of guys on here have heard me say this but here is what I do for arrows. I buy some cheap parallel wood shafts. (Cheap). I then paint them blaze orange. I mean the entire shaft. I just get blaze orange paint from ace hardware. I don't even bother to seal them. Then I fletch them with orange fletching. I'm telling you I have not lost a squirrel arrow yet by doing this...and I routinely shoot at them high up in the tree. I have broken a bunch, but that is to be expected with wood shafts. I use ace hex heads as they work great. If I break a shaft..I simply remove the hex head and the fletching, and use them on another shaft. My arrow setups save money, since you can quickly burn through a dozen arrows shooting at tree rats.
Squirrel hunting with a bow is one of the most fun things you can do in the woods. It breaks up the monotony of sitting in a treestand all season and never taking a shot. It helps with shooting accuracy, and stalking skills. But mostly...it is just fun as hell!
Get ready the rut will be in full swing the week after christmas. I like to hunt in recently cut the timber . they will be in the tree tops and it gives you cover while stalking. My other choice is in large timber where there is a lot of cane and brair thickets. I like multiple blade head heads on my best shooting arrows.It is easy to miss the vitals by just a .5 inch. While hunting make sure to check around any trees that has a lot of vines they use this for cover after the leaves are gone. SHOOT STRAIGHT AND TELL THE TRUTH.
here's a few from this year
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sweet
i have yet to hit one but close lots of fun
I have hit squirrels with rubber blunts hard but could not make a recovery.The latest being an under 10 yard shot with the hit behind the front shoulder.I have also used judos and was able to recover several but still some getting away after being hit.
I am thinking that the weight of the heads is not enough since the above mentioned heads are 125 grains.
I just made an experimental squirrel head using a wing nut and a 175 grain field tip for a total of 250 grains. I gave it a test shot a few minutes ago, narrowly missing my intended target and blowing up my carbon arrow on an unseen rock. The head flew very well on it's maiden flight. I think I'll name this type head the Titanic head.
Good stuff. I scouted out a few spots on public land this morning.
I am another that has had nothing but bad luck with blunts. I have resorted to grinding the first 1/8 inch or so off of some old ma-3s I have and doing a single bevel grind on each of the blades at the tip. Take a hatchet with you if you decide to do this though, just in case you miss like I do :D
they are tough buggers to kill it seems! sorry about the last pic, but the last pic I used a Zephyr Sasquatch and that seemed to slow this bugger down (http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn125/frassettor/DSC00724.jpg)
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Squirrels get alot of my attention here in NH where the deer population is thin. In my experience, squirrels are tough to kill - so tough in fact if they were deer sized elephant gun calibers would be necessary!! Seriously though, I've lost many well hit grays with anything other than old broadheads. Hope this is helpful
Birdbow is correct; I try to stick with broadheads too. I had a red squirrel run off (but not far), with a Judo tip in him. Broadheads tend to pin them down. Always think up plenty of excuses too ("wind picked up", "deflected off a branch", "jumped the string", etc.), because they are not easy to hit w/arrows...LOL!!!
Just tried a new-to-me squirrel head. Took a .38 case, drilled out the spent primer(make sure the primer is spent) Then drilled out to fit the thread/shaft of a 175 field tip through. Total weight is 230 grains.
Went out side and shot a squirrel just behind it's head. No tracking required. Dead in a matter of seconds and anchored to the spot.
Next thing I want to try is cutting the .38 case down some to gaurentee the field tip threads catch inside the insert and put a washer between the .38 case and the field tip.
Anyone here know how to post pictures who won't mind posting a picture of the head and squirrel for me? Please PM me with your e mail addy and I'll e mail you the picture to post on here.
Thanks
you have been on here since 2008, and you still don't know how to post pic's.......c-mon now!
I've yet to harvest a squirrel with the lb, but hit a few with the training wheels last year. Guy at the 'shop recommended "adder heads"- fit in between the shaft and the field point. I guess its like a washer cut to square then folded back to expose the cut edges.
Yea I'm really tech handi capped.
QuoteOriginally posted by Recurve50 LBS:
Just tried a new-to-me squirrel head. Took a .38 case, drilled out the spent primer(make sure the primer is spent) Then drilled out to fit the thread/shaft of a 175 field tip through. Total weight is 230 grains.
Went out side and shot a squirrel just behind it's head. No tracking required. Dead in a matter of seconds and anchored to the spot.
Next thing I want to try is cutting the .38 case down some to gaurentee the field tip threads catch inside the insert and put a washer between the .38 case and the field tip.
Anyone here know how to post pictures who won't mind posting a picture of the head and squirrel for me? Please PM me with your e mail addy and I'll e mail you the picture to post on here.
Thanks
PM sent.
I'll get the pics up tonight.
I drilled a Black Phased Gray squirrel this Am, my first one with my new Bama Expi Takedown! The weather is in the 40s and the squirrels are out in mass here in Northern Mi! Had a lot shots arrowed that one with a Judo it went 20yds and dropped! Gonna give a ago again tomorrow!
I have so much fun shootin these critters I sometime wonder why I spend so much time after deer. Seems some form of penetration would work best for the weeny weight I shoot 50lb & under. Once from a deer stand I smoked one @ 10 yds. while it clung to the side of a tree @ eye level.At the time I used a 7/8" flat washer behind a field point and sent that rascal into orbit. After hitting the ground he ran off never to be found.Once with my 55 lb. longbow I hit on in the rump with a judo and he ran up a tree in my yard and I had to get some assistance from my 22 to fetch my arrow. Pound for pound if deer were this tough we would never recover anything!.
Courtesy of Recurve50 LBS
Nice Shot!
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Hey Rip,
Would love to see some pics of the black squirrels if get any.
Duncan
Thank you for posting the picture for me TxAg.
exellent shot (recurve50 lbs) :thumbsup:
3 Pages of nut'n but squirrel hunt'n, its a blast aint it, cant think of anything more fun, well,,,most anything.
ive dusted over 30 with my slip-on broadhead, i know an amish fellow who just loves to eat them. if you hit them directly the field point will penetrate about 3-4" and the slip-on will slide down your shaft. for glancing or angle blows, it rips them up.
my stumpers are a little to soft, they are mainly for just practice
jeremy
Just hit 2 more this morning. :thumbsup:
I wish I could hit one directly. I seem to give more hair cuts that kills when it comes to squirrels. Maybe if I can find a 5 inch diameter broadhead or blunt :)
My squirrel head
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A squirrel Head
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Nice shooting Jerry. I'm still working on my version of the Mace.
I need a better tip, I use kudos and field tips. A couple of days ago I shot two, hit them mid body. They stuck to the ground for a few seconds and then ran off with my arrows up trees, lost two good arrows. Those squires are tough, if they weighed 100 pounds we would be in trouble. I think I'll switch to old broad heads.
I used to hunt the oak timber of Eastern Nebr. with HTM blunts. No stickee in trees and it seemed to pound them pretty hard. A coup de gras was sometimes necessary. I used Flu Flu's.
QuoteOriginally posted by instinctivebowman:
ive dusted over 30 with my slip-on broadhead
jeremy
Jeremy,
did you use the one for rabbits or pheasants shown on your website?
Has anyone used the pheasant head for other birds like dove?
Duncan
Saturday I loaded up my quiver with squirrel arrows and went to an area that's been crawling with tree rats. It's gun deer season here so I figured to have fun shooting at those busytails.
I took 2 broadheads just in case some venison came along. Well needless to say I didn't see a squirrel all morning long...not ONE. Nothing in the woods moved at all until 9:45 when a couple of whitetails came along. I did manage to put one of those in the freezer.
I killed my first trad squirrel last Sunday. I used 2" screw that fits insert , ran wing nut upside down with sveral washers bbehind it for weight. I took a file and sharpenedthe wing tips to a Sharp edge. It punch about 1/2 dollar size in the rib cage. Oh yea it wad raining that day so couldn't make to the woods a few hours later there where 7 on back back porch. So I just opened the door and now have squirrel in the frezer. I wish I could a post pic but my phone can't resize pic's on photo bucket
slid a pistol shell over a field point for squirrels.Nailed one this evening, he was struggling to climb up a tree. I shot at him, arrow bounced back and nock cut my face just under my eye. Will remember those blunts bounce back as fast as they go forward.
Was thinking about how dangerous this was while cleaning him. Just a warning, Roy
There used to be a lot of people on this site that usd small game heads they called "Nutters". Do any of you still use them? I could not find any old threads on them.
I got another one today. Nice big male. Also grazed fur off of 2 others.
I made some of those heads (3) Jerry Jeffers uses. They fly real good too but I haven't hit any squirrels with them yet. Tomorrow is another day.
QuoteOriginally posted by Duncan:
QuoteOriginally posted by instinctivebowman:
ive dusted over 30 with my slip-on broadhead
jeremy
Jeremy,
did you use the one for rabbits or pheasants shown on your website?
Has anyone used the pheasant head for other birds like dove?
Duncan [/b]
for squirrel i use the rabbit head slip-on shown on my site. you can use it with your field point or ace head etc. It slides over your point. We have killed dove, chuker, grouse, quail, pheasant etc with the pheasant spear. I bet i have shot at 200 doves. I hit 2 one day and killed them both, if you can hit them it will probably kill them
jeremy
QuoteOriginally posted by Red4arm:
I need a better tip, I use kudos and field tips. A couple of days ago I shot two, hit them mid body. They stuck to the ground for a few seconds and then ran off with my arrows up trees, lost two good arrows. Those squires are tough, if they weighed 100 pounds we would be in trouble. I think I'll switch to old broad heads.
if they weighed a hundred pounds, i would probably just stay indoors with a machine gun handy. tuoghest animal ive ever heard of
I love that we've got 4 pages on squirrels. I'm gona get after them in a few days. Can't wait.
Faith finally scores!
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Most of the big game seasons are short here leaving alot of down time. Squirrels are plentiful and can be hunted year around making for a nice off season break. (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss248/barebow13/IMG_0114-1.jpg)
Nice shooting guys. :thumbsup:
QuoteOriginally posted by instinctivebowman:
for squirrel i use the rabbit head slip-on shown on my site. you can use it with your field point or ace head etc. It slides over your point. We have killed dove, chuker, grouse, quail, pheasant etc with the pheasant spear. I bet i have shot at 200 doves. I hit 2 one day and killed them both, if you can hit them it will probably kill them
jeremy
Jeremy,
Do your heads end up sliding up the shaft on a hit or is the hole smaller than the shaft so they stay put behind the field point?
Mike, i have mine set to slide up the shaft that way if i hit a squirrel square, it will spear it but also my field point will continue on and travel thru it and my slip-on will go up the shaft about 4-5". my field points are the same size as my shaft. The inner hole can be made a little bigger with a round file to slide beter, also you can put a small washer behind a screw in point to keep it from sliding if you want. or on a wooden arrow just put a little extra glue around the base of the point to keep it from sliding
jeremy
Take 125 grain steel blunt. Put it in a vice. Use a hack saw to cut down through the head about a quarter inch or so. Cut a penny in half with a pair of side cutters Use a hammer to tap the half penny into the cut in the blunt.Use the vice to Squeeze the blunt closed on the penny. File or grind a sharp edge on the penny. Works great and cost per head is about 11 cents if you buy the blunts by the hundred. These are very easy to make and work very well. What the hell else are you going to do with a penny these days?
QuoteOriginally posted by wds:
Take 125 grain steel blunt. Put it in a vice. Use a hack saw to cut down through the head about a quarter inch or so. Cut a penny in half with a pair of side cutters Use a hammer to tap the half penny into the cut in the blunt.Use the vice to Squeeze the blunt closed on the penny. File or grind a sharp edge on the penny. Works great and cost per head is about 11 cents if you buy the blunts by the hundred. These are very easy to make and work very well. What the hell else are you going to do with a penny these days?
loving this idea
I did something very similar to what wds described. I made the cut in a .38 caliber casing and slid in a triangular piece of banding steel. Glued and pinched it tight. (The man who taught me how to do this silver-soldered his in place.) Then file sharpen the triangle. I have used it, or seen them work on squirrels, rabbits, pheasants, nutria, and ground hogs. The triangle cuts like a broadhead and the .38 casing adds some punch. Fly well, too.
QuoteOriginally posted by wds:
Take 125 grain steel blunt. Put it in a vice. Use a hack saw to cut down through the head about a quarter inch or so. Cut a penny in half with a pair of side cutters Use a hammer to tap the half penny into the cut in the blunt.Use the vice to Squeeze the blunt closed on the penny. File or grind a sharp edge on the penny. Works great and cost per head is about 11 cents if you buy the blunts by the hundred. These are very easy to make and work very well. What the hell else are you going to do with a penny these days?
Regarding the half penny, are you sticking the flat side out (meaning the cut side) or the round side out?
Squirrels Down!! Man I'm lovin this thread.
First, grays and piney squirrels are not anyway near the tenacity, toughness, sinewy, 9 lives, etc, of a Fox squirrel, period!
Tough as a wild tom cat!
For a cheap and efficient, diy point, here's what works for me.
I take my old, used field points, be the 125 or more in grain weight. Blunt the tip with either a file or grinder, flat! Then clamp in vice on an old shaft, or use 2 vice grips, one to hold the shaft, point, and the other to hold that vicegrip to a solid flat surface.
Then hacksaw a slot, about a 1/2" deep. Now you need some banding steel 1" wide, like found at a lumber yard, factory,machine shop or scrap yard. Even ole replacement style modular brodheads could be used.
Cut a piece of the banding about 3/4" long, using shears, chisel, or dremel. Either in a triangle shape or half moon. Now insert in slot, align by your eye, and super glue!
When dry and ready, take a file and sharpen up the leading edge, doesn't have to be razor, just sharp!
I use these on my Acme Ramin shafts, and chundoo or heavy pine. Along with broadheads for ground shots, this is my arsenal for Squirrels!
I seem to get most of my squirrel hunting done while I am supposed to be deer hunting. We practice for them using cardboard cut-outs of different squirrel profiles (side, perched on a limb, flattened against a trunk, etc) and set them out in the yard/range at different unknown ranges and play a game of "H.O.R.S.E" to make things interesting and fun. Great practice and makes larger targets seem almost "unfair" after a few rounds of this.
I'm really getting in the mood to shoot squirrels now!
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My best tip for shooting squirrels is to go deer hunting, and if you want to see deer go squirrel hunting. Works for me.lol
here is my black squirrel, 15yds with a judo and footed carbon arrow! Bama Osage Royal Expedition longbow! shot count was 1 for 6 (http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae270/ripforce_photo/untitled-1.jpg)!
QuoteOriginally posted by BaldingEagle:
I did something very similar to what wds described. I made the cut in a .38 caliber casing and slid in a triangular piece of banding steel. Glued and pinched it tight. (The man who taught me how to do this silver-soldered his in place.) Then file sharpen the triangle. I have used it, or seen them work on squirrels, rabbits, pheasants, nutria, and ground hogs. The triangle cuts like a broadhead and the .38 casing adds some punch. Fly well, too.
Got it from J. Rob Davis right??? :goldtooth:
That method works well for me, but I like the simplicity of the steel blunt- vise idea...no messy solder! I need to try this!
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two4hooking, You're right. Rob has used them on many critters. I've killed nutria and pheasant with them. I agree with the simplicity of the blunt, but have at least two boxes of empty brass in .38 and one smaller caliber that I would use before spending $$ on the blunts. (Good to have a policeman as a dad!)
I traded the solder for some 2 ton epoxy and that holds up almost as well. (Just don't make that statement to Rob!)
QuoteOriginally posted by Bud B.:
Faith finally scores!
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Great shooting, Bud! We need to get everybody together again and go chase some rats.
Yeah that RH single bevel Eclipse plowed right through the shoulder blade.... :scared:
Maybe after deer season is over we can hit Birkhead and walk the trails stumpin' and squirrelin' :)
Just got done footing some carbons to toughenthem up some more. Lots of rocks where I've been shooting at squirrels.
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Favorite trick ...got a squirrel on the other side of a tree...throw something past the tree. The bushytail will come around to your side.
Also, hunt them like you would whitetails. Early morning and late evening. Find a good area and sit tight.
joe, you kill them with that rubber blunt too? just curiuos. My stumpers typically just piss them off, mine are too soft for that
jeremy
Hard bludgeons never killed them...just took the wind out of their sails. Had to race up and finish them off. Judos or Tiger claws will send them to dream land.
Balding eagle how about pouring some melted lead in there instead of epoxy. Get another 100 grains up front and it will keep everything together. Especially if you first dril a hole in the part of the banding that is inside the shell casing.
ChuckC
I use two blade broadheads on squirrels. Had too many get away with blunts.
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We've just about got enough for a skwerl head stew! lol!
I've killed most of mine with rubber blunts but we're talking 10 yds or so and I use the large size blunts not the little plastic ones. Otherwise I like game nabbers, hex heads etc. I've been experimenting with some home made heads like mentioned here with slotted feild tips with band saw blade for a mini broadhead. Also have use old 3 blade Bodkins with the tip cut off. Hate digging broadheads out of trees!
Duncan
Boy they are tough critters. Hit 2 hard and they kept going.
I've really enjoyed this thread.Those black squirrel pics are great.I think the two blade broadhead is the path I'll take, particularly since they will be on the ground. Judos are good but I have to finish too many off,disturbing other squirrels while doing so. I'm not good enough to take head shots and those body shots sure withstand punishing blows!
Hit one from under 5 yards with my home made copy of Jerry Jeffers "Mace" head with a footed Gold Tip 3555. Total tip weight 230 grains. Just bounced off. The other was hit with a 175 grain field point with a washer behind it from under 10 yards. Total tip weight again around 230 grains. Squirrel took off up a tree with my arrow sticking through it.
Them rascals are tough as nails. Nuff said I just convinced myself I need to go shoot a mess for supper. 2 hours until dark and 5 minutes from squirrels I'm outta here.
No supper for me unless the wife brings me something back from town. Bogged a judo in the side of a pine tree,easy shot but I blew it! Am I the only one who can focus better on targets than live game? It's like I get a small dose of T.P.. Saw enough squirrels to feed the whole county! Maybe next time.
watched a guy absolutely pound one with one of my stumpr jr's today and it didnt even phase it. It would have killed me dead if i took that hit. They definatly are not for squirrel hunting as some poeple think, just stump shooting.
If I ever manage to hit one I will post a picture!
I've shot squirrels with just about every hunting head available, including several home made recipes. I've found nothing that will kill them dead and increase my chances of recovery better than the G5 Small Game Head. The only down side is they only come in a screw-on style. I guess you could purchase some of the adaptors for wooden arrows, but I've never tried them. I use the G5s on footed Axis shafts with excellent results.
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ChuckC, The lead is a great idea. May have to give that a try. Do you have a suggestion for a place to purchase lead for melting?
QuoteOriginally posted by BaldingEagle:
ChuckC, The lead is a great idea. May have to give that a try. Do you have a suggestion for a place to purchase lead for melting?
you could try your local tire store. lots of time they have the old wheel weights from old rims they might let you have. thats what we do anyway. or you could just go buy the lead bars that guys use on there duck decoys. just a few thoughts for you. good luck
long distance squirrel kill on video with rabbit head slip-on from clark broadheads
you need a password to view it. It is just a quick unedited clip made by made tom mussatto
password is tradgang
http://vimeo.com/33862475
cool video. :thumbsup:
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Good shootin Izzy. Head shots are tuff.
I just snipped a dozen pennies in half and got my steel blunts in the mail. Here pretty quick I'll have a 150 gr squirrel killing head
Anyone out west take a Tassel-eared Squirrel?
QuoteOriginally posted by Lucas K:
Anyone out west take a Tassel-eared Squirrel?
Got a pic?
Never hunted with a dog but I have a little fox terrier thats a good tree dog. Gonna give that a whirl come spring. Until then, gonna see if I cant get some on the ground!
Jason
Face plant, RFA Talons are awesome. :eek:
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Frozen rats!
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Wet rats!!
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I DESPISE red squirrels! :banghead:
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My brother in laws first
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Hey,Arwin by that look on the in law's face that aint his last! Bet he's at it again already.
Headed to the squirrel woods in about 8 hours. I've shot one squirrel with my bow but it was while deer hunting. Tomorrow, tree rats are the main prize. I'll take my camera along....
Good lucky, TxAg
No luck. Saw one but didn't get him. Oh well, it was good getting outside before the holidays hit.
....I did leave an arrow stuck about 20' up a tree, ha good thing it was a cheapy
I am planning to get out on Monday after the Christmas madness stops. Things have been crazy here for weeks. Looking forward to the quiet peaceful solitude of the woods.
Oh yea I also need a couple new flu-flus so I have to make them today while the kid is at school.
This guy could'nt figure out what I was but he was quite upset I was there.
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Sorry about the quality. Took it with the cell phone.
A pretty good afternoon of shooting, circa 1994.
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Made up some new flu flu's and went for a little while this evening. Saw plenty of squirrels but they just did not come by where I was sitting. Leaf litter too crunchy to go to them. Only shot I had, the squirrel caught me day dreamin'and I missed my chance. Dang it!
Well today I made up a few steel blunts with the "half" penny trick. Tried them out on some local flora and realized the pennies were too soft....they sheared off. Back to steel blunts and old broadheads
TxAg,
Try using something like banding or in this case, a piece of old bandsaw blade. I cut the bandsaw blade with a pair of bulldog snips. I drilled through the field tip and the blade with a 3/16" drill and inserted a small section of 3/16" welding rod slightly longer than needed. I peened it down tight. These fly great but you will need a GOOD drill bit to drill the blade.
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My new arras, flu flu's and nanna's
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Duncan,
The head looks cool. I like those arrows too. I found a flu flu I had made years ago with 6 feathers on a Easton 2016 shaft. I also found an old arrow from my wheel bow days and removed the insert and cut it into 2 inch lenghts. I then glued a 2 inch piece of the old wheel bow arrow onto the end of my 2016 for footing. I then screwed on one of the "Mace" small game heads Jerry Jeffer showed me how to make and in addition put a flat washer on for some extra weight. Total arrow weight is now 580-590 grains. That should leave a mark when it hits.
duncan, very cool. That thing is well made, you could prob take a tiger with that head. nice.
jeremy