Went on a "walkabout" today with my longbow. I had 3 broadhead arrows and 3 squirrel arrows and was intending on losing all the squirrel arrows. I left home on foot and dropped off in the satilla Creek swamp. Its not very big but a beautiful place and where I began hunting nearly 40 years ago with a 410 bore singleshot shotgun. Very few deer and Turkeys around here then and squirrels , rabbits and coons were fair game. Any Duck bagged made a young feller look big and Granny would cook wood ducks and dressing or actually anything I brought home with a smile. Good times.
I eased on in the swamp at a fairly slow pace. Deer have been hunted hard here and I was not really expecting a chance at one. I was after squirrels and canecutters. I made it to "root" lake a small slew where I once caught a 2 lb Warmouth. My uncle was a postman and weighed him before fry time. did`nt know it but was the state record at the time. A narrow blackwater lake about 8 ft deep in the run....
Followed it for a while and came to a flat caused by a beaver dam and decided to sit here a while .....
After a while I could hear something I slowly eased forward curious because it was making to much noise for a squirrel. It was a coon . I normally don`t shoot them but a Lady at work said she wanted one and would take all I brought her so I shot this one.
I hung him up in a tree because a coon is a bit more than I want to tote around and continued on my walk. I made it to a deer crossing I hunt some and went by the remains of a doe I killed here last year. I was a mile from the house so critters killed here get boned out on the spot...
I circled back around towards Mrs. Clara`s coon and decided to sit in between two water oaks for a while that had plenty of acorns still on the ground. A few minutes after I sat down I heard Turkeys then saw 4 hens go by. Heard a bit of flapping and probably 15 or so flew up to roost.After a few minutes three squirrels were stirring and one was in a small tree about 10 feet up barking his head off at me. Knowing it would`nt get any better I took the shot . The tree was about 8 steps and he was 10 feet or so up and he got really Whacked. I really like these small game "washers" that go behind field points for squirrels.
A very good evening. RC
Topic: An evening small game hunting (Read 486 times)
