2014 small game thread.

[frassettor]

I will be doing a lot of small game hunting as well as deer hunting this year.How about doing a thread about small game this year. Post pics and stories.          love to hear them!

[Roadkill]

so far i have missed 11 shots at doves.  I set up on a seep and use decoys.  Rolled two over with dirt thrown on them and a few clean misses.  Odd, they do not arrows being shot at them, and start to leave as I draw!  Next mponth is rabbit and quail.  I will also bring my blunts and try for the sage grouse up where my elk tag is.  Last year, a couple watched me open the gate every day.

[frassettor]

Our season opens up tommorow , will try it first thing in the morning

[ChuckC]

skwerl opens tomorrow for us here in WI (as does deer).  I shot at doves on the wing last year at a sunflower field nearby.  There were too many gunners and the doves were skittish.  The gunners couldn't believe I was even trying.  I scared hell out of a couple and most weren't even still in the field when my arrow got to where they were.

Skwerls are slower. . . got my Shrew hawk nice and sharped up and I built a new handle for it (part two of my two part skwerl gear).
ChuckC

[frassettor]

Good luck tomorrow chuck! Doves with a bow? Wow! Those doves are some quick flying birds and can turn on a dime !

[DarrinG]

Awesome thread idea!
I enjoy chasing squirrels as much as anything. Our small game season don't open here in NC until mid-October. Our archery deer opens tomorrow, but gotta wait another month to take a shot at small game. There's always a Judo or blunt in my quiver.

[Gordon Jabben]

Yes, I would enjoy seeing and hearing about some small game hunts.

[Thumper Dunker]

A few rabbits so far. Have not tried for doves yet. We can now go after the Asian dove all year long. Waiting for quail.

[JoeM]

Heres one.  Not much of a story...this one just stayed to close while i was out stumping.
 

[Mike Vines]

Back in June, While out practicing, I kept seeing this woodchuck sticking it's head out of it's hole as I would shoot and retrieve my arrow. Well I made sure to keep getting closer and closer each time I would return to shoot again, and at 4 feet, the ground hog made the mistake of peaking out one to many times, and the Eclipse did it's job. This one will not be digging under the deck anymore.

   

[South MS Bowhunter]

Speaking of dove with a bow here's a great video!

 

[South MS Bowhunter]

There is another amazing video you will have to check out it... can't post here but it on the same page as the first... it is absolutely amazing. "NO FLY ZONE"

[South MS Bowhunter]

[frassettor]

great video john

[cahaba]

Our season starts Oct. 1st and I have a great population of squirrels and rabbits. Can't wait!

[kill shot]

I am going to love this thread. It was always a tradition with our family to deer hunt in the morning, small game during mid day, deer hunt in the evening. Small game would add to the adventure if you were scouting, building a blind or just enjoying the wilderness. Also I bring a small game arrow with me when I deer hunt for an opportunity.

[frassettor]

Tried going mid day to do some squirrel hunting. I saw one one which was to far away on somebody else's property. I wasn't going to Pursue it.
In in an area that has a ton of squirrels but it's very windy today. Think that has something to do with it?

 

[Wannabe1]

Beautiful scenery!

[twitchstick]

I have been seeing a ton of grouse this year during my deer and elk season. Finally after the season opened I had a flock of about ten grouse fly down off a ridge to roosted in the tree I was using as a blind. One nearly hit me in the face. I took these two out of the bunch. If I didn't want to dull up all my broad heads I could have shot more.  

[twitchstick]

This is one I had to let go before the season opened.