a1989
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Aug 2, 2018 5:32:41 GMT -5
Post by a1989 on Aug 2, 2018 5:32:41 GMT -5
Anyone willing to share any Indiana secrets for my first summer squirrel season? I'm in Indy, but hunted atterbury with some success late last fall.
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Post by drfleck on Aug 2, 2018 11:10:16 GMT -5
Get to the woods before first light if possible. Seems like early season especially the activity level drops off quickly once the sun has been up for an hour or so. Don't forget the bug spray and watch for ticks.
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Aug 2, 2018 17:10:41 GMT -5
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Aug 2, 2018 17:10:41 GMT -5
Have fun, check for ticks, and post your squirrels up on H-I!
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 2, 2018 19:18:30 GMT -5
Umm deep woods off is a good start
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Aug 3, 2018 5:14:26 GMT -5
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Aug 3, 2018 5:14:26 GMT -5
I’ll say if you can kill squirrels in atterbury you can do it about anywhere. Not easy to hunt in that place.
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Post by antiwheeze on Aug 3, 2018 8:42:33 GMT -5
Anyone willing to share any Indiana secrets for my first summer squirrel season? I'm in Indy, but hunted atterbury with some success late last fall. Drive a little further south and try Yellow Wood and Morgan Monroe. Sometimes remote chunks of the forest are better.
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Post by firstwd on Aug 3, 2018 21:34:03 GMT -5
Gray squirrels are mostly bigger woods dwellers and seem to be cutting before the sun comes up. Fox squirrels are found everywhere but field edges and smaller woods they don't compete with grays for food - generally. Nothing is absolute.
Fox squirrels are a bit slower to get moving in the mornings, up to an hour or more after daybreak some times.
Take time to scout. If you can find a group of trees or even a single tree that is ripe and being used you will find squirrels.
Don't be afraid to try something different. If you are accustomed to sitting still, try moving around very slowly, and vise versa.
Listen constantly. The distinctive sounds of a squirrel jumping from tree to tree or nut hulls raing from treetops is magic.
Oh, if it catches you and barks at you, there is a general consensus that it must die. :-)
Good luck this year.
I'm about an hour southeast of Indy. If you feel up for the drive you're welcome to come down. There is a website campout/squirrel hunt Labor Day Weekend and we'd love to meet new people.
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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 6, 2018 15:52:21 GMT -5
Act like you're hunting deer. That's when I see them most.
I read somewhere that if you tree a squirrel, he'll be up there looking at you, using the tree for cover. You approach the tree, hang your jacket on a limb, then walk around to the other side of the tree (the side he's on). The squirrel will then go to the other side of the tree to get away from you, but he'll then see the jacket, and come back to your side where you can get a shot.
Don't know if it actually works.
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 6, 2018 19:54:41 GMT -5
No secrets. Get out there and stay out there. Nothing like watching the sun come up and experiencing the woods coming alive. Find the mast trees they are using and sooner or late they will show up.
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Post by esshup on Aug 7, 2018 20:34:28 GMT -5
Find the nut trees. Oaks mostly, but don't pass up Hickory trees early in the season. A windless morning is best, watch for branches/leaves in tree tops that are moving. Walk slowly, when the branch/leaves stop moving, stop and glass. Good luck!!
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Aug 10, 2018 15:27:18 GMT -5
If you have access to a pine woods and the cones are loaded. Squirrels will be in there. I've dropped a limit in under an hour and never had to move from my spot. Early morning, lunchtime, evening when its early season for me works. Get out predawn and if you have some den trees, wait for them to pop out. Any tree that they are actively feeding on. Corn field edges. Don't be surprised to see an ear fall out of a tree as you approach. When crops are picked, set up along a field edge and snipe em as they come out. Look for green nests Wooded ditchbanks running along/through cornfields work Wooded area on campus Big lone tree in the pasture out from the main woods. Find them there all the time. Also on a lone tree on a ditchbank in a corn field. Watch for trees with a lot of corn cobs at the bottom of it. Find a comfortable spot in the woods and play video poker on your phone. Look up from time to time.
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Post by teenhunter00 on Aug 10, 2018 20:10:35 GMT -5
This year I'm bringing my .22 deer hunting along side my shotgun cause I always see a crap ton of squirrels and rabbits when I'm deer hunting. I thought to myself heck, why not shoot some of them if the my deer luck is crap.
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 11, 2018 11:00:39 GMT -5
Haven't seen this posted yet and it has been my biggest helper...if you are confident in your shot/kill, do not immediately go pick it up. There are often more squirrels in the tree and will move in a couple minutes if you don't move and spook them first.
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Post by squirrelhunter on Aug 11, 2018 16:29:19 GMT -5
Act like you're hunting deer. That's when I see them most. I read somewhere that if you tree a squirrel, he'll be up there looking at you, using the tree for cover. You approach the tree, hang your jacket on a limb, then walk around to the other side of the tree (the side he's on). The squirrel will then go to the other side of the tree to get away from you, but he'll then see the jacket, and come back to your side where you can get a shot. Don't know if it actually works. Or you can do like I do and just throw a stick to the other side or anything that will make noise,then they'll come right around to you without you having to move.
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Post by beermaker on Aug 16, 2018 19:02:43 GMT -5
Haven't seen this posted yet and it has been my biggest helper...if you are confident in your shot/kill, do not immediately go pick it up. There are often more squirrels in the tree and will move in a couple minutes if you don't move and spook them first. Absolutely! Just make a mental note of where they have fallen. I leased 90 acres a few years ago and it was the best squirrel (not worth a crap for deer) woods I have ever been in. One morning I had my trusty and silenced pellet gun. I set up about 20 yards from a hickory tree that I knew they were actively cutting on. I had my limit of five within an hour without moving much at all. I've found that an active tree rarely only has one squirrel in it.
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