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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 14, 2020 19:35:56 GMT -5
Hunting Indiana’s 14th Annual Squirrel Contest CHECK IN HERE! Its that time of the year again! By popular request for the 2020 season we are having our Hunting Indiana 14th Annual Squirrel ContestCHECK IN YOUR SQUIRRELS HERE! PICTURES AND STORIES ARE APPPRECIATED! 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 2020! Thanks for participating, and good luck! THE TEAMS...TEAM #1 - Limb Chicken Brigade (DEFENDING CHAMPIONS!)maddog - 7, 3, 1 Maddog’s son - 9, 1 Hill Billy Jeff - 9, 3,2 OmegaHuntrer - 29, 8, 1, 4, 5,5 TEAM TOTAL - 87
TEAM #2 - The Fort nuts!!bullseye69 - 10 esshup - 1, 5,1 deadeer - 1, 1, 1, 1 gregr TEAM TOTAL - 21TEAM #3 The Fuzzytail Banditshuhwhatdeer - 3 Squirrel slayer biggunz812 squirrelhunter - 8 TEAM TOTAL - 11TEAM #4 - nuck drfleck darinfry - 8, 1, 2 genesis273 - 2,2
TEAM TOTAL - 15TEAM #5 - treetop minni - 5, 4 indianajoe Waynes TEAM TOTAL - 9
TEAM # 6 - Squirrel Team 6Scott Adam Ryan saltydog TEAM TOTAL - TEAM #7 - jim1966 - 1 wesb81 - 2 jamesg6626 - 2, 7, 1 HighCotton TEAM TOTAL - 13TEAM #8 - INhuntin - 7 kfarrell nfalls116r Hardhitter86 - 2 TEAM TOTAL - 9. |
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 14, 2020 19:37:31 GMT -5
We need three more squirrel hunters!
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Aug 15, 2020 5:04:28 GMT -5
Up at 4 AM and ready to get this party started!!! Tying bucktail jigs as I wait for the sun.
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Post by genesis273 on Aug 15, 2020 5:15:50 GMT -5
Good luck everyone! Hunt safe, shoot straight and God bless!
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Post by squirrelhunter on Aug 15, 2020 8:51:51 GMT -5
Mark up 2 for team 3 The fuzzytail bandits. The 2ND 1 didn't want to die lol. I missed the first time when she was behind a bunch of leaves but then she came out in the open.I aimed for the head and she dropped and thud. She laid behind a little tree and didn't move,I figured well she's dead so I stood there to see if anymore was in the hickory,I thought there might be. About 5 minutes later I looked over at her but she was gone. I took a step that way and she had moved about a foot away from the tree,still breathing and blinking,so I walked over,pointed the gun at her head and she screamed when I shot. After 10 seconds of flipping around she was still gasping for air so I put the gun right up to her head and shot again. She still flipped and kicked for about another 10 seconds. It reminded me of the movie The Crow when the guy shoved the sword into the pawnshop guy's throat "aren't you ever going to die". I'm thinking of switching back to hollow points, that's what I usually use. I figured with all the noise that I'd call it a morning and headed back to the truck,on the way out a little fellow came down a tree and I shot freehand and of course missed. I'm not sure what kind it was but it was a tiny one,about the size of a chipmunk.  |
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Post by deadeer on Aug 15, 2020 9:10:14 GMT -5
Mark up 2 for team 3 The fuzzytail bandits. The 2ND 1 didn't want to die lol. I missed the first time when she was behind a bunch of leaves but then she came out in the open.I aimed for the head and she dropped and thud. She laid behind a little tree and didn't move,I figured well she's dead so I stood there to see if anymore was in the hickory,I thought there might be. About 5 minutes later I looked over at her but she was gone. I took a step that way and she had moved about a foot away from the tree,still breathing and blinking,so I walked over,pointed the gun at her head and she screamed when I shot. After 10 seconds of flipping around she was still gasping for air so I put the gun right up to her head and shot again. She still flipped and kicked for about another 10 seconds. It reminded me of the movie The Crow when the guy shoved the sword into the pawnshop guy's throat "aren't you ever going to die". I'm thinking of switching back to hollow points, that's what I usually use. I figured with all the noise that I'd call it a morning and headed back to the truck,on the way out a little fellow came down a tree and I shot freehand and of course missed. I'm not sure what kind it was but it was a tiny one,about the size of a chipmunk. I've had a couple like that. Not a good outcome. |
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Aug 15, 2020 9:43:27 GMT -5
Never saw a single squirrel. Thought I spied a tail, but it was corn silk.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 15, 2020 11:03:33 GMT -5
Sitting in my deck sipping coffee and eating a piece of breakfast bread I could have limited out .... off my bird feeder.
I’ve got two pileated woodpeckers on it now. Squirrels don’t come around when those bad boys are there.
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Post by huhwhatdeer on Aug 15, 2020 11:39:09 GMT -5
Chalk up 3 more for fuzzytail bandits. Should have had 2 more but one fell 30ft bounced off the ground 3ft and took off. Kind suprised me. The last one was big and old. You could see his jewels. Decided I didnt want to mess with that one.
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Post by huhwhatdeer on Aug 15, 2020 11:39:42 GMT -5
Mark up 2 for team 3 The fuzzytail bandits. The 2ND 1 didn't want to die lol. I missed the first time when she was behind a bunch of leaves but then she came out in the open.I aimed for the head and she dropped and thud. She laid behind a little tree and didn't move,I figured well she's dead so I stood there to see if anymore was in the hickory,I thought there might be. About 5 minutes later I looked over at her but she was gone. I took a step that way and she had moved about a foot away from the tree,still breathing and blinking,so I walked over,pointed the gun at her head and she screamed when I shot. After 10 seconds of flipping around she was still gasping for air so I put the gun right up to her head and shot again. She still flipped and kicked for about another 10 seconds. It reminded me of the movie The Crow when the guy shoved the sword into the pawnshop guy's throat "aren't you ever going to die". I'm thinking of switching back to hollow points, that's what I usually use. I figured with all the noise that I'd call it a morning and headed back to the truck,on the way out a little fellow came down a tree and I shot freehand and of course missed. I'm not sure what kind it was but it was a tiny one,about the size of a chipmunk. Was that you parked beside me this morning |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Aug 15, 2020 12:11:15 GMT -5
Mark up 2 for team 3 The fuzzytail bandits. The 2ND 1 didn't want to die lol. I missed the first time when she was behind a bunch of leaves but then she came out in the open.I aimed for the head and she dropped and thud. She laid behind a little tree and didn't move,I figured well she's dead so I stood there to see if anymore was in the hickory,I thought there might be. About 5 minutes later I looked over at her but she was gone. I took a step that way and she had moved about a foot away from the tree,still breathing and blinking,so I walked over,pointed the gun at her head and she screamed when I shot. After 10 seconds of flipping around she was still gasping for air so I put the gun right up to her head and shot again. She still flipped and kicked for about another 10 seconds. It reminded me of the movie The Crow when the guy shoved the sword into the pawnshop guy's throat "aren't you ever going to die". I'm thinking of switching back to hollow points, that's what I usually use. I figured with all the noise that I'd call it a morning and headed back to the truck,on the way out a little fellow came down a tree and I shot freehand and of course missed. I'm not sure what kind it was but it was a tiny one,about the size of a chipmunk. Was that you parked beside me this morning Nope,I hunt a private woods nobody else squirrel hunts that I know of unless it's the owner's grand-kids,but I think they only hunt deer and coyote there. I've never seen anybody else squirrel hunting it anyway.  |
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Post by drfleck on Aug 15, 2020 16:24:44 GMT -5
Tried salamonie this morning for first time ever....saw one piney. Heard a few shots. Couldnt seem to find the hickory trees.
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Post by darinfry on Aug 15, 2020 16:32:23 GMT -5
Shot one off a hickory today. Otherwise pretty quiet. Mark one for team 4
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Post by bullseye69 on Aug 15, 2020 18:23:42 GMT -5
Team Fort Nuts on the board! Mark down 2 1st shot of the year was a winner!   |
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 15, 2020 18:24:48 GMT -5
2 grays for Team 1. Decided to take the old Marlin 881 with Remington Subsonics for a walk today. Got probably 30 yards into the woods and had one come down a Cottonwood barking at me. Dropped that one out and another jumped to a different limb up in the Cottonwood so I didn't move for 10 minutes. Never did see it again and the first one that I heard hit the ground was gone!! Moved on to a Hickory and got my pair. Had enough of the heat and left. There was someone in the next little woods that must have been hunting Robo squirrels because every time he shot his shotgun he either fired 4 or 5 times. 14 shots in 3 separate strings of fire! Sure was nice to be back out there though!  |
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Post by deadeer on Aug 15, 2020 19:21:42 GMT -5
Nice going fellas!
Omega, that 881 is the "squirrel" isn't it? I tried to get one, but deal fell thru.
My 925 is nothing special looking, but it's the most accurate 22 I ever had.
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 15, 2020 19:24:21 GMT -5
Nice going fellas! Omega, that 881 is the "squirrel" isn't it? I tried to get one, but deal fell thru. My 925 is nothing special looking, but it's the most accurate 22 I ever had. Old 881, pre-881SQ. Had an 880 SQ and sold it when I started hunting with my 17 HM2. |
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Post by bullseye69 on Aug 15, 2020 19:47:57 GMT -5
Are there any other nuts out hunting?
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Post by minni on Aug 15, 2020 21:04:56 GMT -5
Are there any other nuts out hunting? Saw one, got away before I could get a shot sadly |
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Post by genesis273 on Aug 16, 2020 5:25:28 GMT -5
Congratulations to those who are scoring early!
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