best squirrel tip?

[hammer08]

I like to use old broadheads from previous years. That way you don't get so upset if you sink one into a tree. Plus if you hit one with a broadhead it's dead. I've hit them with field points and had them try to run off with my arrow.

[b44mag]

you guys use sharp broad heads or dull ones on squirrels

[mongoose]

hammerheads work good for tree rats. I have heard flu-flu's that are not full height can work, I guess they are not as noisy  

[mark land]

Rubber blunts are just not enough for squirrels except for solid head shots, the Muzzy SG-X is what I like the best and does a great job on those and slightly larger small game as well, but also had good luck with Ace Hex and other similar style heads.

[Blaino]

I havn't every had any problem with Ace Hex heads.... Maybe I have just been lucky.  I wouldn't use blunts unless you you are going to make head shots only.  (I'm not that good...yet!) I say no blunts because last deer season I watched 2 squirls get into a heated fuss about one of them taking another one's acorns and the loosing squirl fell from 80' or so to the ground. i know he bounced 3' high just from the impact and that fall didn't slow him down the least bit.

[swamprooter]

I have killed a few with a bladed washer type thing, great description I know, that goes on your arrow behind a field tip. I have killed 3 or 4 and am happy with performance.

Best tip I can give is try to shoot when they are on the side of the tree. Doesn't seem like they can move as fast and dodge the arrow like they can on the ground. Chris

[tmccall]

Do the game laws allow for broadheads in a squirrel season where deer season is closed?  I would be afraid to roam the woods during a squirrel only season with broadheads.  I figure the game warden might frown on it...

[NightHawk]

NUTTERS!!!! They are perfect for squirrels and inexpensive. If you're shooting carbonara, then you can glue them on a broad head adapter

[bayoulongbowman]

crazy glue and stainless wingnut screwed in the wood....with 38 casing

[toehead]

I watched my buddy hit one full on in the temple last year with a 100 grain judo from a 45 lb grizzly and the thing ran off!  He ran it down and finished it with a 3 blade 100 grain muzzy.  This thing had a knot on his head like you wouldn't believe from the judo hit! I mean he took it like Rocky and kept on keeping on!  Those dudes are TOUGH.

[Jeff Roark]

Don't ever underestimate their sight or hearing. They'll bust you as quick as any animal in the woods. It kills me when people here equate hunting squirrel with a recurve with hunting them with a shotgun. They simply don't realize what a challenge squirrel hunting can be.

[buckeye_hunter]

I would give advice, but 1st I have to actually hit one. Soooo close so many times!

Seriously though, look for piles of shelled acorns or nuts at the base of a tree. They will likely sit and eat on a branch directly above that or eat right there at the base of the tree. If you shoot one, stay put and don't move for a couple minutes at least. Another will be along directly.

Good luck!     It's fun.

[Nook]

Little tree ninjas.  Them suckers duck a arrows all the time.  This one didn't see the Woodsman coming.  He was coming down a deadfall log. When he went behind a little busy cedar. I drew and released as he appeared.  Nice addition to the Brunswick stew.

   

[Birdbow]

Another vote for broadheads for grays. Lost too many to any other kind of head. Like old beat up broadheads "blunted" on a grinder. I think if squirrels were deer sized we'ld need elephant calibers to hunt them!!!!

[Rob W.]

Tmccall, Here in indiana they can be hunted with any weapon or ammo. Rob

[Roger Norris]

I like a blunted broadhead. They are too tough for blunts.

[wollelybugger]

My best tip is to skin them when their still warm.

[cahaba]

I also have shot a few with blunts. They would fall to the ground and run like a scalded dog! Bheads for me. I like to hunt them on rainy days. They seem to like to be on the ground or low in the trees. Plus you can slip on them quietly. I hate loosing arras!

[Looper]

I killed a dozen or so last year. All on the ground. Most were killed with those Talon heads from Redfeather Archery, until I lost them all. I did kill a couple with a judo, a couple with old broadheads, and one with a Hammerhead. They all died pretty quickly. The head shot ones died instantly.

I paint my shafts white, too. It makes them a lot easier to find.  Of course, I'd do something different in the snow.

[StanM]

I use Talons as well.  looper, you can try putting a Zwickey Scorpio behind your Talons if that will help keep you from losing them.  Working on a new website and would love some pics if you happen to have any from last year.