squirl hunting

[charlie cleveland]

well the little jack russel named dasiey has talked me into taking off from work this week and going squirl hunting.she s got a buddy lulu who is a mixed lab that plans on tagging along with us..now dasiey and me make it good together were both slow on the trail but the lulu shes young and fast we will have to wait and see how this works out... our first choice of guns for the week will be a parker v grade 20 ga with 27 inch barrels.. from there it will probably be a parker 20 g grade 26 inch barrels..then a 20ga d grade parker with damascus barrels 28 inch...then bringing up the rear will be a 20 ga ds grade lefever with 28 inch barrels then last but not least a 0 grade lc smith with 28 inch barrels single trigger and ejectors with selector..these guns ain t seen much action this year so they gona git to see what they can do this week...usally i would have taken the big 8 s or the 10 s but i m going to be walking a lot and i figured that a gun of around 6 lbs on most of them would be better to tote at the end of the day than a 13 1/2 lb gun what do you think.... now there s 5 days hunting with the 20 ga s so what shall i use for the six th day.....aha a little 410 stevens double barrel wants to go so if shes good i will let her tag along... charlie

[C.O.B.]

What no .22LR???

[wayne goerres]

Havn't you heard. Its not fashionable nore safe to fire a 22 rifle up in the air. I think that may be a rumor started by Home Land Securety.

[B. Dudley]

I have always liked using a shotgun for squirrel. Sure you have to get closer to them, but they are quicker on the fly, especially on one moving.

[C.O.B.]

It's never been said I was fashionable but I have always used a scope sighted .22 for squirrels.

[charlie cleveland]

i like the 22 for squirls..usally a friend uses a scoped 22 and i back him up with the shotgun if they run. but this week i ll be hunting by myself..anyway i can hitem better with the shotgun most of the time..i sure picked a good week to take off hunting its suppose to be a big chance of some sleet and snow in my area for the next two days..long as it don t get over hip dip i ll be alrite...may have to tote the dog tho she aint over10 inches off the ground...charlie

[wayne goerres]

If the dog is white you may loose her in the snow.

[charlie cleveland]

she is mostly white but she does havea brown ring eye and a little black on her head..she does like to hunt..i sure picked a bad week to hunt its raining at the moment and 34 degrees and tommorrow their giving 1/4 inch of ice and up to a inch of snow..rain or snow the hunt must go on...charlie

[James R. Black]

The problem with collecting guns is that you never get the chance to use all of them in the same season or maybe several seasons.I suppose the sane way to proceed would be to use one gun and forget the rest, but think how many experiences you would loose in that endevor.

[wayne goerres]

Oh no. Sacraliege They should lenthen out the hunting season.