I live in central Ohio, northeast of Columbus. Yes, I have hunted squirrels in Indiana, WV, TN and SC. Took a shot at an Abert's (Tassel Eared) squirrel in NM with an arrow but was not out there to squirrel hunt. If I didn't have to drive so far to get to a border, I would probably travel a little more. I would surely do it more if I had access to good private property in KY,WV or PA, which I do not.
Squirrel Doggin' 25-26
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Some people should hunt squirrels with an AK, maybe they'd do a little better. Love them tailgate pictures, and a shed to boot.
My ferocious, relentless tree dog enjoying his day off.
That is a great picture
My dog won’t leave the wood burner right now
My dog won’t leave the wood burner right now
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Yes you are in a tough spot to easily travel out of state to hunt. I am PA but only about 30 min to Ohio or to WV to hunt so a little easier for me. Thankfully it looks like next year PA will have Sunday hunting all season so my need to travel out of state won't be as great. I usually went to Ohio on Sunday.
He’s only about 8 feet away from a pretty hot fire there on his personal sofa, lol. He and Lefty take turns on the dog bed on the floor right next to the stove. Not moving too far away from it myself, either.
I could not take not getting in another hunt before it's over. Some men and some dogs just have to hunt. Nancy tried to talk me out of it, but that was an exercise in futility, lol. Although it was cold, and the snow was deep, there was little to no wind and some squirrels were out enjoying the sunshine until Slick showed up. Slick was beside himself with joy hunting in the snow and hunt like a dog possessed he did. We had ourselves an exciting little two-hour hunt today. Going to be colder and rather windy tomorrow with wind chill in the -20 range most of the day, so I'm very happy we went. Saw 6 killed 4. The first one he found timbered immediately when Slick started barking. Three trees later and directly over my head, squirrel made a jump and nearly fell to the ground but caught himself about 10 feet from the ground and kept on going straight to a hole. The next two were singles that required many bullets because of deflections, but squirrels held tight long enough for me to find a shot. The last two were a double. I missed the one I saw, hitting the small branch that was partially obscuring his head. After I fired the other, which was on a different trunk of the tree got antsy and ran around enough that I saw it. It stopped in the wide open and gave me the best look I had all day. The first one was still holding tight, but I could only see about half its head. I figured there was no point in being patient, so I took a breath, took the shot, and nailed it. Four in the bag in less than an hour. Slick found one more, but just when I finally spotted the squirrel, he saw me move getting the gun off my shoulder and moved around enough that I could only see his ear and a foot. I tried to wait this one out as the dog was hard on the tree, but eventually, Slick slid around to my side of the tree and the squirrel moved the wrong way and disappeared around the trunk. I waited more, then tried moving around the tree in hopes of a better look at the squirrel. I never saw that one again. Slick never gave up, but that squirrel somehow gave us the slip. Plodding through the snow was pretty difficult, so we only made the one stop. This was one of the better hunts we had all season. Back to feeding my very hungry wood stove and working in the shop for the foreseeable future.
