Rimfire to Recurve for Squirrel

[stillhunter]

Great pic Gordon! Is that a cocker? Beautiful colored. Last fox squirrel I shot was with a razor sharp zwicky. SHORT blood trail. LOL Lost quite a few with blunts but I'm with you you at least need to skewer them.

[Gordon Jabben]

Thanks stillhunter.  It's a Boykin Spaniel used mostly for duck retrieving but she loves to squirrel hunt.

[Izzy]

I love squirrels with long bows dang near as much as deer. Sometimes bring the dog and a 22 pistol.

[stillhunter]

Should have known Boykin Gordon but had a brain lapse. Maybe my Pudelpointer would like squirrels. Be interested on the variety of versatile dog breeds guys use for bowhunting. My dog does not like when I bowhunt deer and leave her at home.

[ronp]

Squirrels with a bow ... fun fun fun!

 

[Slickhead]

rural king farm store has some small 100 grain Allen 3 blades that look dandy for small game.

[Cavscout9753]

Love squirrel hunting with a bow. Tons of fun and just hard enough that I don't feel bad when they best me!

[tomsm44]

Haven't killed a squirrel yet, but I want to spend a little more time trying this year.  I've read before, and it's being echoed a lot on here, that they're tough to get with a blunt, so I came up with these last year, just didn't get a chance to use them.  They started as a 100 gr 4 blade I had left over from my compound days.  I hacked on them with a dremel tool to get them like I wanted them and added an empty pistol case for extra weight and a little added blunt force trauma.  My three hunting bows are tuned with either 150 or 190 gr points.  A 357 and 44 magnum case gets me within about 4 grains of 150 and 190 respectively.

 
 

Matt