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Jul 29, 2009 21:03:05 GMT -5
Post by duff on Jul 29, 2009 21:03:05 GMT -5
Walked throught the woods with my 2 year old today after work. Lots of acorns and hickory nuts came down after a heavy rain today...shoudl be a good year for the bushy tailed rats.
Getting excited for a few hours of spot and snipe hunting!
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Jul 29, 2009 22:00:26 GMT -5
Post by 1ranger49 on Jul 29, 2009 22:00:26 GMT -5
It looks like a bumper crop of hickory nuts around here this year. The squirrels have been busy working the trees in my yard already.
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Jul 30, 2009 8:57:20 GMT -5
Post by Decatur on Jul 30, 2009 8:57:20 GMT -5
There are tons of hickory nuts around Decatur as well. Should be a bumper crop of squirrels next year!
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Aug 2, 2009 17:49:14 GMT -5
Post by firstwd on Aug 2, 2009 17:49:14 GMT -5
Checked the woods the BS were camping this weekend and only found 1 tree with nuts of any size on it. The other trees and all older mature trees had little nubbins about the size of a shelled peanut on them. Granted they looked loaded with the little guys, but nothing of size at all yet.
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Aug 15, 2009 13:16:34 GMT -5
Post by duff on Aug 15, 2009 13:16:34 GMT -5
They were in the hickories this morning. Sat under one tree and had 3 give me good looks. Only got one gray...felt good to chase those rascals again. It's been a while.
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Aug 15, 2009 13:35:06 GMT -5
Post by drs on Aug 15, 2009 13:35:06 GMT -5
The Squirrels are in the Pines & Poplar Trees. I got one Gray Squirrel this morning and my Brother got two, a Fox & Gray. It's a little early for any good Squirrel Hunting.
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Aug 15, 2009 14:03:25 GMT -5
Post by Decatur on Aug 15, 2009 14:03:25 GMT -5
Too early? I love squirrel hunting when the season opens! I won't hunt after deer season comes in because I'm afraid of shooting someone. Missouri's squirrel season starts in June I believe, and my great grandpa used to slay them all summer long.
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Aug 15, 2009 14:36:19 GMT -5
Post by drs on Aug 15, 2009 14:36:19 GMT -5
My late Father & Grandfather always said that the first two weeks in September is the best time to hunt Squirrels and mid- September beting the best time to catch Squirrels on Beech. Right now if your hunting near a corn field, the Squirrels will be in the corn. For good hunting, in this situation, you need to place yourself in the woods boarding a corn field.
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Aug 15, 2009 14:43:16 GMT -5
Post by Decatur on Aug 15, 2009 14:43:16 GMT -5
They are cutting hickory nuts around here like crazy. I never really hunted around beech trees before.
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Aug 15, 2009 15:03:07 GMT -5
Post by duff on Aug 15, 2009 15:03:07 GMT -5
I got corn, hickory, beech, oak, and walnuts along with all kinds of other food trees. Plenty of places to sit and watch the squirrels all season long!
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Aug 16, 2009 7:23:18 GMT -5
Post by drs on Aug 16, 2009 7:23:18 GMT -5
They are cutting hickory nuts around here like crazy. I never really hunted around beech trees before. Down here, where I live; we don't have Shagbark Hickory trees, only "Pig nut" or a type of mountain Smooth Bark Hickory, our elevation is 1,030 feet above sea level. Last year they were LOADED! but this year there are far fewer nuts. I've noticed that the Squirrels don't really start cutting on them untill the following Spring/Summer when they nuts havre fallen to the groung and become dark in color. As for the Beech, Squirrels use those trees in mid September through October. Atleast they did when I hunted Squirrels back in S.W. Indiana around the Glendale area.
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Aug 16, 2009 14:18:52 GMT -5
Post by duff on Aug 16, 2009 14:18:52 GMT -5
They were in pig nut hickory yesterday. The shagbark didn't have any nuts this year.
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Aug 16, 2009 21:31:43 GMT -5
Post by Russ Koon on Aug 16, 2009 21:31:43 GMT -5
Must be a local thing regarding the shagbarks.
At the archery range today near Cloverdale, there were several shagbarks that had been cut heavily. Didn't see any cuttings at the shoot yesterday down at Bloomington, though.
I'll check things out in northern Monroe County more closely tomorrow, with any luck.
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Aug 16, 2009 21:41:54 GMT -5
Post by duff on Aug 16, 2009 21:41:54 GMT -5
Yea I don't have many shagbarks in the woods they didn't have any evidence of cutting or nuts.
Good luck!
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Aug 17, 2009 7:11:22 GMT -5
Post by swilk on Aug 17, 2009 7:11:22 GMT -5
I killed 4 saturday .... 3 of them from Walnut trees and 1 from the top of a big 'ol Locust tree.
I only have a few shagbark and pignut trees and they all have nuts on them. There are limited cuttings under one of the pignuts but the shagbarks are thus far squirrel free.
I have lots and lots of walnuts though .... dad and I saw a total of 15 squirrels in 2 hours saturday morning. Never been in a woods where a squirrel would choose a walnut over hickory.
Strange little guys. All fox .....
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Aug 17, 2009 7:21:40 GMT -5
Post by drs on Aug 17, 2009 7:21:40 GMT -5
My Brother went hunting yeaterday late afternoon and saw several Grays, but they were in the pine trees (Virginia Pine). Not many or any hickory nuts this year in my area.
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Aug 17, 2009 11:59:30 GMT -5
Post by firstwd on Aug 17, 2009 11:59:30 GMT -5
Found a group of grays in pignuts this morning and a mix of fox and gray on a group of walnut and hackberry. Squirrels eat hackberry? Is there actually anything in a hackberry to eat?
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Aug 17, 2009 12:14:15 GMT -5
Post by drs on Aug 17, 2009 12:14:15 GMT -5
Squirrels will eat most berries. I know they eat Mulberries in the Spring, and wild grapes in Summer. My Brother told me here at noon that there are a few bearing Hickories, down the lane, that have nuts. Guess they didn't have nuts last year.
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Aug 17, 2009 12:32:03 GMT -5
Post by swilk on Aug 17, 2009 12:32:03 GMT -5
Yeah ... squirrels eat hackberry.
My question is .... what do they eat on Locust trees?
EDIT: Never mind. According to wiki
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Aug 17, 2009 12:47:28 GMT -5
Post by dadfsr on Aug 17, 2009 12:47:28 GMT -5
Found a group of grays in pignuts this morning and a mix of fox and gray on a group of walnut and hackberry. Squirrels eat hackberry? Is there actually anything in a hackberry to eat? Actually I like to eat the hackberry fruits after they have matured and hardened off in the fall. True there's definitely not much there and you'd have to work the thin layer of edible stuff off a bushel basket full to have enough to fill you up but when I'm out deer hunting late a handfull of these can take some time work through and keeping your mind away from food if your getting hungry. Persimmons are another late season fruit that I like to sit on stand with-never know if those seeds will show up years later as another deer magnet!
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