Squirrel Hunting

Red4arm · December 13, 2011, 03:59:00 PM

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.

kpete · December 13, 2011, 07:19:00 PM

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.

Duncan · December 13, 2011, 07:30:00 PM

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

Hatrick · December 13, 2011, 07:44:00 PM

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.

Stump73 · December 13, 2011, 07:52:00 PM

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

flinthead · December 13, 2011, 08:33:00 PM

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

BaldingEagle · December 13, 2011, 08:56:00 PM

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.

Recurve50 LBS · December 13, 2011, 09:04:00 PM

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.

instinctivebowman · December 13, 2011, 09:13:00 PM

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]

instinctivebowman · December 13, 2011, 09:23:00 PM

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

instinctivebowman · December 13, 2011, 09:27:00 PM

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

TxAg · December 13, 2011, 09:34:00 PM

I love that we've got 4 pages on squirrels. I'm gona get after them in a few days. Can't wait.

Bud B. · December 14, 2011, 10:23:00 AM

Faith finally scores!

twitchstick · December 14, 2011, 10:47:00 AM

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.

Recurve50 LBS · December 14, 2011, 11:44:00 AM

Nice shooting guys.

MikeW · December 14, 2011, 11:57:00 AM

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?

instinctivebowman · December 14, 2011, 05:50:00 PM

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

wds · December 14, 2011, 07:35:00 PM

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?

TxAg · December 14, 2011, 07:54:00 PM

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

BaldingEagle · December 14, 2011, 08:34:00 PM

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.