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Unread 01-29-2014, 06:05 PM   #11
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I'm a fan of #5 shot for most game, other than small birds of course. I've killed a lot of squirrels with #5 and ducks too. I've even killed several geese with #5 shot when they showed up on a duck hunt where we weren't really expecting to see any. That being said, here's a limit of squirrels I killed with RST 7 1/2 in the 1 1/4 ounce load just this past fall. One was a bit of a long shot and I had to shoot him twice, the rest were one shot kills.

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I'm a fan of #5 shot for most game, other than small birds of course. I've killed a lot of squirrels with #5 and ducks too. I've even killed several geese with #5 shot when they showed up on a duck hunt where we weren't really expecting to see any. That being said, here's a limit of squirrels I killed with RST 7 1/2 in the 1 1/4 ounce load just this past fall. One was a bit of a long shot and I had to shoot him twice, the rest were one shot kills.

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Those look a little but smaller than our greys But nice photo nonetheless . I love shooting squirrels . I never get more than 2 . My boss told me you cant stalk and shoot squirrels but to sit against a tree and shoot them . I might go with 1 1/4 oz loads next time aswell
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The blacks from that area are actually just a color phase of standard grey squirrels so the size is similar.

I like the heavier loads in case you get into some big fox squirrels or taller timber.

I'm kind of a stand and stalk hunter as far as they go. I walk a bit then stand and listen for a bit. If I hear something that sounds promising I'll move in that direction slowly, stopping to listen occasionally along the way. My eyes aren't tremendous so I usually hear them first, then move closer till I see a limb shake.

If you get on a nut tree that they're using heavy, your boss' prescription works fine. You can just sit there on a log and wait for them to come to you. But if they're scattered then staying on a slow move will put more in your bag normally.


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P.S. I wasn't using the 7 1/2 shot out or preference, I was just out of #5 RST loads at the time. I've got some paper 1 1/4 of #6 that are good but they're 5 dram loads and out of that English gun in the picture they seem pretty hot as it's not real heavy. Figured I'd be easy on the old girl and stick with the RST that day.
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bet them black squirls taste about like the grey squirl too..thanks for the hunt...charlie
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The squirrels from that far north aren't as tasty as ones killed down here. There's no hickory up there to speak of so they're mostly acorn fed that time of year. Later in the season it's all pine feed and they're awful.

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I hunt the same way mostly just walk through the woods . the only time I see fox squirrels down here is in pine woods, I hunt in oak woods so its only greys . I been wanting to shoot some of those small black field birds that pick over the peanut and corn fields . there was 1000s of them out today but I had to go to work :/
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I have seen people fight over using #9s on quail Craig
In central Virginia wild birds are a thing of the past .

The last 3 or 4 dozen I killed were preserve birds . I actually had to make myself shoot slower with a 28 gauge loaded with 3/4 ounce of #9's or I'd mince the birds to where they weren't fit to eat .

I used to try to shoot trap birds as soon as I saw them and pen raised birds don't stand a chance when one shoots in that fashion .
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All of our clients were pretty wealthy some have been in forbes and they expected to kill quail so the guy running the operation would buy 20,000 quail or so a year and we would release so many in predetermined spots the day before the hunt . None of the hunters were real good shots on game or shooting clays . Cant expect to shoot a gun 1 month out the year and be proficient with it . We always hunted with a party of 4 hunters , 2 in field 2 on the carriage . Id say average kill for the day would be 30-40 birds . Now there was these two guys in their 30s killed they 130 birds , it was the owner of the plantations son . Now the owner of the plantation set a limit of 65 birds a day . But his son figured shoot as many as your skill allows in a 8hr period . one guy accidently got a box of 9s somehow and he was getting more kills and the others guys felt cheated he got 9s and all other cases were 8s . So they wanted to argue over who was going to get the 9s . Id say the quail huntin we did had to be 15-20 yards sometimes less .


Craig my brothers boss is a big farmer locally and just bought a 3000 acre quail reserve he's going to bulldozer for farming land. Our deer land is right across the street and last year I noticed birds been coming across the road living in our deer woods so im hoping the rest will follow when the reserve gets deforested . Makes me a little mad . I didn't hunt quail on our place last year I just feed them milo and corn .
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Craig my brothers boss is a big farmer locally and just bought a 3000 acre quail reserve he's going to bulldozer for farming land. Our deer land is right across the street and last year I noticed birds been coming across the road living in our deer woods so im hoping the rest will follow when the reserve gets deforested . Makes me a little mad . I didn't hunt quail on our place last year I just feed them milo and corn .
Milton are you in Carolina or Georgia ?

Perhaps you can hook me up with someone in Carolina so I can pop a deer !

I wanna shoot one on a drive down there with a shotgun and buckshot . I don't care if it's a doe , spike or the new worlds record I'd just like to pop one with a side by side shooting buckshot on a man drive or a hound drive . Do the Archibald Rutledge thing so to speak LOL's !
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Craig I am in South Ga , I see your in Virginia I was born in Norfolk .
There are plenty of old school plantations down here that most likely offer the hunt you describe . in fact I heard them countless times during deer season of them chasing deer with dogs and hunting with buck shot probably a few hundred yards from here . Craig everyone hunts in my county . While you can hear guys hunting with dogs to the east I could hear guys shooting ducks to the south and quail hunters to the north I kid you not .

I don't know what type of budget you have but I Know of 2 highly respected plantations locally if your interested .
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