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Online Gdpolk

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Guess what?
« on: May 04, 2021, 09:05:27 PM »
Next week is my birthday week AND the opener for my favorite game species to hunt...It's getting pretty serious here in the Ozarks  :archer2:



My favorite point to use for squirrel is a 125gr Talon head with a 100gr brass insert and an aluminum footing.  Such a setup slams with authority, cuts with a small diameter to preserve the meat, doesn't usually get stuck in the hardwood trunks, and is just plain fun to hunt them with.  Beware though, a bad shot can quickly turn into a lost arrow.  PINK fletching helps but isn't a 100% guarantee against a lost arrow.
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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2021, 09:25:00 PM »
 :thumbsup: My favorite to hunt also. 
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Guess what?
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2021, 11:12:57 PM »
It is but if I hunt them with a bow I wouldn't eat many.  They are ninjas.
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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2021, 06:47:26 AM »
Quote from: GCook on May 04, 2021, 11:12:57 PM
It is but if I hunt them with a bow I wouldn't eat many.  They are ninjas.

Yeah they can dodge an arrow pretty well sometimes.
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Offline frank bullitt

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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2021, 08:43:04 AM »
Mine, too!
Wish we had a spring season!
Good shootin to ya!
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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2021, 09:29:19 AM »
Come on down to Arkansas! We have May 15 - Feb 28 to chase them.
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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2021, 11:57:35 AM »
When I lose an expensive arrow shooting at 'tree rats' I always think to myself, 'For the cost of that arrow I could have bought a nice ribeye stake . . . more meat and tastier too.
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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2021, 01:34:21 PM »
I'm with you 1arrow
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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2021, 01:43:35 PM »
85# HH Big Five, 125gr judo point

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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2021, 05:54:39 PM »
They are fun to hunt!
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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2021, 04:57:28 PM »
Making my mouth water just thinking about a mess if skillet fried young tender squirrell! :thumbsup:
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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2021, 05:35:45 PM »
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Making my mouth water just thinking about a mess if skillet fried young tender squirrell!



Squirrel gravy over mashed taters



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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2021, 05:39:26 PM »
Quote from: Ron LaClair on May 08, 2021, 05:35:45 PM
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Making my mouth water just thinking about a mess if skillet fried young tender squirrell!



Squirrel gravy over mashed taters





Now that’s the treat.
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Offline Ron LaClair

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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2021, 05:44:33 PM »
From this...



To this




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Offline Eric Sprick

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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2021, 06:13:03 PM »
Ours starts May 22 I believe here in Missouri.  Got a back quiver full of squirrel ammo.  Now I just need to find the time...
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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2021, 11:10:45 PM »
My favorite squirrel head is a M-A 3 with about 1/2" cut off the tip mounted on a flu-flu for tree shots and regular arrows for ground shots. They are less likely to stick in the tree but will still penetrate the tough hide of the squirrels.

Here's the head with the tip cut off

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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2021, 07:06:09 PM »
Cast iron goodness, Ron!
Have to use 85 pounds to get a judo to penetrate like that. I got at least an inch and a half with a hex head, and the rascal crawled up a hollow tree to die!

Used a super wide broadband once. Never found the arra :knothead:

Haven’t et a arrow-killed squoil yet!. They have my utmost respect, and I have a penchant for CCI SGB .22s.

Killdeer :nono:
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