minni
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Post by minni on Sept 2, 2021 12:40:38 GMT -5
All I can find as far as small game hunting hours is some FWA’s restrict hours on rabbits. Other than that I cannot find legal hunting hours for squirrels and other game, I guess I just always assumed it was sawn till dusk. Would like to have a better understanding, thought I’d post here before asking the co
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Post by bullseye69 on Sept 2, 2021 14:44:06 GMT -5
Deer ,turkey and waterfowl ,migratory birds, are only ones that have shooting hours.
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Post by esshup on Sept 2, 2021 21:06:24 GMT -5
Deer is 1/2 hour before sunrise for your area to 1/2 hour after sunset. That changes every day, and you can hop on the internet and google sunrise/sunset times for your particular hunting area. I don't know about the others without looking in the 2021/2022 game regs.
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minni
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Post by minni on Sept 6, 2021 14:32:47 GMT -5
Thank you, I knew that deer was half before and half after, and have just been following that with my squirrel hunts. Never heard anything about hours so I just end up at my truck by sunset to play it safe.
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Post by INhuntin on Oct 3, 2021 21:30:31 GMT -5
Thank you, I knew that deer was half before and half after, and have just been following that with my squirrel hunts. Never heard anything about hours so I just end up at my truck by sunset to play it safe. It's going to be hard to shoot any after the sun goes down so it's until you can't see them good enough to shoot them. I'm pretty sure most squirrels go into hiding at dark because there are a lot of predators out at night. |
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Post by omegahunter on Oct 5, 2021 14:08:06 GMT -5
Thank you, I knew that deer was half before and half after, and have just been following that with my squirrel hunts. Never heard anything about hours so I just end up at my truck by sunset to play it safe. It's going to be hard to shoot any after the sun goes down so it's until you can't see them good enough to shoot them. I'm pretty sure most squirrels go into hiding at dark because there are a lot of predators out at night. But many times the grays are already cutting at first light. If you can see them without the aid of an artificial light, they are legal to shoot. About the only time that comes in handy is lots of moonlight while snow is on the ground and stalking VERY SLOWLY for rabbits like Elmer Fudd! |
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Post by jman46151 on Oct 7, 2021 11:12:53 GMT -5
It's going to be hard to shoot any after the sun goes down so it's until you can't see them good enough to shoot them. I'm pretty sure most squirrels go into hiding at dark because there are a lot of predators out at night. But many times the grays are already cutting at first light. If you can see them without the aid of an artificial light, they are legal to shoot. About the only time that comes in handy is lots of moonlight while snow is on the ground and stalking VERY SLOWLY for rabbits like Elmer Fudd! I was wondering what was stopping people from annihilating rabbits at night. I didn't even think about the artificial light restriction. I've got one spot where I coyote hunt at night and I always see a ton of rabbits. |
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Post by bullseye69 on Oct 7, 2021 12:12:17 GMT -5
Deer is 1/2 hour before sunrise for your area to 1/2 hour after sunset. That changes every day, and you can hop on the internet and google sunrise/sunset times for your particular hunting area. I don't know about the others without looking in the 2021/2022 game regs. Was looking at South Carolina deer times. 1 hour before and after sunrise and sunset. |
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Post by jman46151 on Oct 7, 2021 14:16:57 GMT -5
Deer is 1/2 hour before sunrise for your area to 1/2 hour after sunset. That changes every day, and you can hop on the internet and google sunrise/sunset times for your particular hunting area. I don't know about the others without looking in the 2021/2022 game regs. Was looking at South Carolina deer times. 1 hour before and after sunrise and sunset. Yikes! That seems unsafe if you weren't hunting an open field. |
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Post by bullseye69 on Oct 7, 2021 17:13:14 GMT -5
Was looking at South Carolina deer times. 1 hour before and after sunrise and sunset. Yikes! That seems unsafe if you weren't hunting an open field. Yep. Thought that was a bit early myself. |
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