10 gauge for squirl

charlie cleveland · 10-29-2009, 09:18 PM

did not have anything better to do so i got the old 10 ga. parker out of its cornerand went hunting this evening.it had been raining but it had slacked off it was the ideal evening hunt as i went into the woods the wind picked up a little. i saw a movement sure enough there was my first squirl. i raised up that old 10 ga and let go with the right barrel he dropped dead. stood still a few minutes there another squirl was. he was about 40 yards i let him have it with the left barrel. he dropped with the pull of the trigger..i moved up a little bit there sat a squirl on a log cutting a hickery nut he had found on the ground. i watched him for a few moments and then the old 10 roared again. this made me 3 squirls in less than 15 minutes it looked like it was going to be a good hunt or so i thought.i heard a dog barking and it was coming right at me. it was my old blue tick hound i had forgot to tie him up. well old blue went and treed a squirl but theres still to many green leaves left on the trees here . to make a long story short i did not get another squirl. so a saga of story is dont forget to tie up the dog. good hunting to all. charlie

Dean Romig · 10-29-2009, 10:53 PM

Great story! Thanks Charlie.

MarketHunter · 10-30-2009, 04:31 AM

Charlie you are a squirrel killer for sure. I shot a few at home in Southern Illinois this past September with a Parker 10 gauge lifter and some vintage Winchester X-Pert roll crimped 1 1/4 of 6's. In that big gun those light shells sounded like a .410 going off.

I'm praying everything works out this coming Sunday. The short squirrel season is in over in Ontario so I'm going to try to make a hunt inbetween duck shooting. Wouldn't be so keen but over there all the squirrels are black as man's hat, would make an interesting bag for certain. They're really greys but nearly every one is black phase which is a rarity to me as I've only ever killed one in my life.

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charlie cleveland · 10-30-2009, 11:59 AM

i have never killed a black squirl would be a trophy for me for sure. i went hunting in the miss. delta one time deer hunting seen a lot of them black squirls. was tempted to shoot one but was using a 30 06.those black squirls were nearly as big as our fox squirls. always wished ida tried barking off one of those squirls with that ole 06. i loaded up some 10 ga shells i used to hunt those squirls with .they were 2 7/8 . i used 30 grain of blue dot. 1 1/2 in wad 1 1/2 ounce of 7 1/2 shot toped off with shot card. sealed with a little dab of silcone. this load is very very light load but will kill them squirls out to50 paces with no problems for me.i shot these squirls with a10 ga. parker hammerless with 32 in. barrels made in1901.sure was a hoot shooting those squirls with this combo. i will be going to a ball game this evening cant go hunting.. bo ho charlie