The great ground squirrel massacree!!

[herb haines]

Charlie ,even with a hundred almost not enough for a "mess"!!! large guys would go hungry   :D  2"X6" would shoot a lot before i connected    --- herb

[Charlie Lamb]

Not only that Herb, but I think a guy would learn a lot about himself skinnin enough for dinner!  :D

[bayoulongbowman]

Looks like protein table fair to me , a little tony's seasoning ...alittle Louisiana Hot sauce ..cookin in smothred brown gravy cook down onion and green onion, garlic, cerely , bell pepper(  just a little )...add chicken stock cook down ...served with little french bread ..I bet it would be good...in my Dutch Oven seved over rice...  

[Doug Campbell]

Here's a pic of one of the little varmits like we've got up here in MT and Buster.    

[steve anderson]

great story charlie. congrats on the smoking.  its been about  7 weeks for me. keep it up.

[Charlie Lamb]

Steve... thanks! You're doin pretty good too.    

Nice picture Doug. Did you snap that where ya shot him. I like to pick them off of rocks like that!! Kinda keeps a guys shootin honest! (talk about a cure for target panic  :D  )

[Doug Campbell]

He was actually just in front of the boulders although I have shattered my share of arrows. This West Boulder Valley got it's name honestly.  :D

[herb haines]

it just hit me about the same size as out pine squirrels about 1 1/2" wide by 5 inches long ,not a bit of wonder you all are good shots . i shoot arrows almost that wide --- herb-- tried red sq. ome time , ever chew a big rubber band and tasted about as good

[Charlie Lamb]

Herb...close in size to a red squirrel, maybe a little smaller, but not much.
I've killed a ton of those little reds also, but have a hard time with our fox squirrels which are much bigger. Figure that one out if you can.

There's no doubt in my mind that I was a better big game shot when I lived out west and shot ground squirrels all summer long.  

[Meathook]

Quite a story Charlie. Thanks.    

[Charlie Lamb]

Ya know what Don? The dumb part of smokin isn't smokin at all... it's ever startin in the first place!! I wish someone would have slapped me the day I lit up the first one.  
I'm still smoke free and love those butterflied venison steaks too. Only now I like them twice as much and twice as often!!   :D   Gonna have to kill more stuff just to satisfy my non smoking appetite. Hmmmm. That may not be so bad!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Ok what is this montreal seasoning that yall keep mentioning?

Now I am in Montreal and I never heard of it. I did not know we had our seasoning.

Ragi

[Bpaul]

Hey Ragi, good to see ya here.

Charlie, thanks for the story, got me all set and ready for the day.  

B (ragi, Oregonarcher to you LOL)

[Charlie Lamb]

A side note... the story related was done with my old huntin bud Larry Hulquist. He took off to be a missionary in Peru years ago.

We were reunited after 25 years in Colorado this past September and we had a great time reliving old times.

I like to have a little back up on this story because of the numbers. Larry said I was conservative in my estimates by about 10 squirrels each.

It was sure a day that will live in our hearts and minds forever.