Rifles, Shotguns and Squirrels

[Mike R]

Shotguns are for people that can't hit a squirrel or rabbit with a rifle.

Dan

I was taught that shooting squirrels with a shotgun was tantamount to murder.  

....yes, and when I want to murder one I use a shotgun  ....lately I have been slaying them with an old Stevens drop block single shot with .22CB caps.  Properly hit they drop like rocks. My coonhound hides when I haul it out of the corner 'cause she is scared of its power....

[northmn]

Have you tried calling them?  Back East in Southern Ontario, I used a squeaker for calling squirrels - worked like a charm.  i'd walk intop the maple and oak bush, find a good spot to sit against a large Oak, then wait for the forest sounds to resume.  I'd then sweeck on the little rubber squeaker (probably from a kid's toy), but purchased at a sporting good shop, then stop, squeak again a few times, then stop. In les than a minute, you could hear them coming through the branches and 'splashing' thorugh the leaves, coming to the call.  At a shot, they'd scatter, then let the sounds of the bush, birds, etc resume then start squeeking again and they'd come back.  I used this meathod for about 6 years, until I left the area - it was always productive.
 

I am going to try it. I bought a squirrel call from Gander Mountain locally.  Also have a rat terrier I am try to get chasing squirrels.  May even murder a few with a fowler.  I do not give as much of a sporting chance with a flintlock as with other guns.

DP