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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 15, 2019 9:14:29 GMT -5
Hunting Indiana’s 13th Annual Squirrel Contest CHECK IN HERE! By popular request for the 2019 season we are having our Hunting Indiana 13th Annual Squirrel ContestCHECK IN HERE! You can post them elsewhere too, but to count they must be posted here. Pictures and stories are nice, but not necessary to score. 1 point per squirrel (gray OR fox OR any legal squirrel) .. 4 members to a team Team scores are for Hunting Indiana Squirrel Hunting Bragging Rights for 2019. Thanks for participating, and good luck! TEAM 1 - Limb Chicken Brigade (Defending Champions)HillBillyJeff - 2,4,3,2, 4,3,2, 1, 5,6,3,1,1,4,5,1,3,3,3,2,1, 2, 3,3,6,2 Maddog - 5,1,2,3,3,1,1,1,1,1, 1 Maddog’s son - 3, 3, 4 genesis273 TEAM TOTAL - 105TEAM 2 - gsxrbrian gsxrbrian’s dad gsxrbrian’s son mgderf TEAM TOTAL - 0TEAM 3 - Squirrel Team 6Scott Adam Schoolmaster - 3,1 squirrelhunter - 6 TEAM TOTAL - 10TEAM 4 - Team Fort Nuts.deadeer - 1, 1 Bullseye69 - 1 Esshup - 1, 1, 14 cedarthicket - 3, 1 TEAM TOTAL - 23TEAM 5 - jason26, 2,5 jason26’s Dad - 3 Rudy - 14 Chief - 26 TEAM TOTAL - 50TEAM 6 - Saltydog - 2 HighCotton Guide - 5 , 1,4,1,3,3,1, 1 omegahunter - 12, 3,4,5,2,3, 5, 4,5,5, 5,4,1 treetop TEAM TOTAL - 79TEAM 7 - drfleck - 2, 3, 2,3 Waynes dawnpatrol - 2, 2,4 jamesg6626 - 2, 2, 3 TEAM TOTAL -25TEAM 8 - dead-eye darenfry - 3, 2,3,1,1, 1,1,1 huntnandplumbn - 5 nfalls116 TEAM TOTAL - 18 |
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 15, 2019 9:48:07 GMT -5
Chalk up 1 for the schoolmaster. Team 3.
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Post by HighCotton on Aug 15, 2019 9:54:10 GMT -5
One foxy mama down for Team 6.
And Yep, I’m talking about a squirrel. Knocked one down with the 20 gauge. Man oh man, them dudes are cutting like crazy but they are sky high in the Hickory thick foliage!
Barely have coverage out here so pic to come later.
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Post by HighCotton on Aug 15, 2019 10:46:08 GMT -5
Well I knocked another one down but I couldn’t find that dude for the life of me. So, I guess not count him. But, while I can I’ll shout a big Wahoo for Team 6! At least for now I can say we’re whipping up on the Limb Chicken Brigade!  |
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Post by drfleck on Aug 15, 2019 11:58:25 GMT -5
Are we counting pineys in this contest? Asking for a friend
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Post by squirrelhunter on Aug 15, 2019 12:05:39 GMT -5
Are we counting pineys in this contest? Asking for a friend Yes. |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Aug 15, 2019 12:16:35 GMT -5
Chalk up 3 more for team 3. I dropped another 1 that took of through the brush after it hit the ground and knocked another 1 at least part way down,it kept hitting and grabbing onto the limbs as it came down but there were 2 or 3 other ones running around at the same time so I was concentrating on those and not sure if it ever came all the way down or not. After I got 2 that I'd dropped out of there I was looking around for the 3rd and I'll be but another 1 came through the trees and got in the 1 I was standing by. I backed up to see him and when I did I shot and hit the limb and while I was trying to get another shot I saw at least 1 more maybe 2 running around up there too. There were so many running around so fast I couldn't keep up with them so I'm not sure how many was up there.They were in a group of 3 hickory trees just 30 yards from another group of hickories that I got my first one in. Check out the all black belly on the middle 1,44 years of hunting them and the first partial black 1 I've gotten,I use to see them in town regularly when I lived there but never in the country.   |
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Post by jamesg6626 on Aug 15, 2019 14:17:40 GMT -5
Only saw one all day, here he is  Team 7!  |
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Aug 15, 2019 15:36:08 GMT -5
Add one to team 1. First Jasper County Black. Going to the wall. Pic on the sites fb page.
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Post by esshup on Aug 15, 2019 16:21:14 GMT -5
NEVER seen a Fox Squirrel that had any melanistic traits before!! Good going guys!!
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Post by HighCotton on Aug 15, 2019 20:06:33 GMT -5
Bark, bark, bark... POP!!! This dude apparently thought I was a little too close for comfort and felt it was her duty to alert the whole forest. So, I slowly braced against the tree and put the dot on the lil redhead's neck about 10 yards away. A gentle squeeze of the LITE trigger and she was history. No doubt, this is the most accurate handgun I've ever toted in the squirrel woods (as long as the range is 10-15 yards)!  This is the bushytail from the morning taken with the 20 gauge this morning:  HCG from Team 6 with 2 for today! |
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 16, 2019 11:09:09 GMT -5
Add 2 to team 3. Found five in a large oak tree. Two didn't make it out thanks to a smooth handling 20 ga. Over and under.
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Aug 16, 2019 21:28:49 GMT -5
Put me down for another black. I think I need to wait on these to get their winter fur. Had my class reunion last Saturday and a classmate lives about an hour away and is overloaded with blacks and I can come get em whenever I want. Exciting!!!
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Post by esshup on Aug 16, 2019 22:26:18 GMT -5
Check on how much they cost to get stuffed. I did and decided that it was more than I wanted to spend.
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Post by deadeer on Aug 17, 2019 0:16:30 GMT -5
Check on how much they cost to get stuffed. I did and decided that it was more than I wanted to spend. A couple years ago Dale Elkins was charging $100. Probably increased by now. |
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Post by esshup on Aug 17, 2019 1:39:54 GMT -5
Check on how much they cost to get stuffed. I did and decided that it was more than I wanted to spend. A couple years ago Dale Elkins was charging $100. Probably increased by now. That's cheap. A few years ago when I had a black squirrel in the freezer I was quoted $350. I had the bright idea to get a nice piece of a tree, and have the 4 varieties of squirrel mounted. Black, Grey, Fox and Piney. At that price tag for each, the idea was quickly shelved. |
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Aug 17, 2019 9:41:13 GMT -5
A couple years ago Dale Elkins was charging $100. Probably increased by now. That's cheap. A few years ago when I had a black squirrel in the freezer I was quoted $350. I had the bright idea to get a nice piece of a tree, and have the 4 varieties of squirrel mounted. Black, Grey, Fox and Piney. At that price tag for each, the idea was quickly shelved. I was offered up by one for 150 and another at cost. Thinking about getting a tree trunk to go floor to ceiling in the man cave and putting squirrels on it. I only have the hides I've done myself so far. |
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 17, 2019 11:03:14 GMT -5
5 grays for Team 6. All were cutting the same shagbark except for the first one and it wasn't 30 yards from where I got the rest. Love that Marlin in 17 Mach 2! Headshots for all!  |
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Post by drfleck on Aug 17, 2019 17:16:38 GMT -5
Add 2 to team 7. Thank you.
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Post by cedarthicket on Aug 17, 2019 19:41:09 GMT -5
This morning I managed to bag 3 squirrels with my Winchester model 69A equipped with a vintage Weaver J4 scope. Team 4 is now on the scoreboard. |
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Team 7!
