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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/29/21 12:07 PM
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Creekrunner
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I have to thin the population on a regular basis. The blue lacy is always on the lookout. She misses her lab buddy though, that used to catch them as they fell.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/29/21 12:38 PM
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bill oxner
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I catch those suckers by climbing up the tree and acting like a nut.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/29/21 01:49 PM
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yotehater
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I shoot them in the face every time I get the chance.
One shot is all it should take.
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/29/21 02:03 PM
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bigbob_ftw
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This is my squirrel friend at work. He'll eat out of your hand.
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: macec3(TX)]
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11/29/21 02:12 PM
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decook
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Tried to vote. No go. Said I chose too many options. Only checked one. What happened? It looks like the poll was created with allowing options instead of one choice. The OP must have forgot to add how many choices allowed or it "zeroed" out somehow in the creation.
Press for an AMERICAN.
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: Bee'z]
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11/29/21 02:20 PM
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Stub
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If they mess with the house your azz is grass. I actually brake for those dumb bastards though. Lets me get this straight, you brake for them and you are calling them dumb Crazy thing is when they run in front of my truck. the accelerator pedal magically goes to floor
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: TCM3]
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11/29/21 02:24 PM
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Team Hillbilly
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polls messed up or something Yep not working
Team Hillbilly I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left. Paralyzed Veterans of America
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: bigbob_ftw]
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11/29/21 02:27 PM
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Stub
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This is my squirrel friend at work. He'll eat out of your hand. Many naïve moons ago when I lived in a second floor apartment surrounded by Cedar Elm trees, there use to be a squirrel that would come on my balcony. Most of the time I would leave my sliding glass door open and the squirrel would come to the door but not in. Well I started feeding it and soon it was a regular on my coffee table feeding while I sat close by. One time I was gone for a couple of days, left the sliding glass partially open and had a big bowl of nuts on the coffee table for my friend. When I came back that fricking tree rat had chewed up my favorite chair up, we were no longer friends
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/29/21 02:33 PM
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Espy
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Don’t have many where I live. I see them everywhere else but not my place. My red healer is a terror on squirrels and snakes.
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/29/21 03:33 PM
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reeltexan
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funny story Stub. laughed out loud.
"Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war." - General Patton
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/29/21 10:30 PM
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Old Rabbit
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Never let a fat tree rat got to waste. I love me some squirrel and dumplings.
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: Old Rabbit]
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11/29/21 10:40 PM
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ducknbass
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Never let a fat tree rat got to waste. I love me some squirrel and dumplings. My family is from upshur and Morris county. Pretty sure my bloodline would have died out of not for squirrel.
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/29/21 10:53 PM
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Fried, with dumplings, and squirrel meat with ramen
The rest are for trap bait. A squirrel tail is a good visual attractant
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/29/21 11:06 PM
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TurkeyHunter
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To be determined
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: TurkeyHunter]
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11/30/21 12:29 AM
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bigbob_ftw
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Ultra MAGA '24.
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/30/21 12:32 AM
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RayB
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Quit shooting them when I discvered I did'nt care for eating them. Little buggers are fun to watch though
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There is time, and you must take it, to lay your hand on your dog's head as you walk past him lying on the floor or on his settle, time to talk with him, to remember with him, time to please him, time you can't buy back once he's gone" GBE
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/30/21 03:19 AM
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Gary Olson
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Leave 'em for the cats. Cats climb trees or wait catoflaged in the shadows of the tree to ambush. Extra salmon treats when they catch one.
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/30/21 03:47 AM
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im covered up in rabbits here, eating my yard up. My trusty Red Ryder kicks azz on them
SPACE FOR RENT
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: Buzzsaw]
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11/30/21 04:15 AM
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Harkriscar
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Try using your thermal for locating them in trees. It works great! Makes backyard hunting more fun.
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/30/21 04:27 AM
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I have 2 large pecan trees and some years I never get to eat one. This year I kept a 22 on the table next to back door. Number 9 is on the ground and Abbey has number 10.
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: Stump_jumper]
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11/30/21 12:08 PM
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Stub
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I have 2 large pecan trees and some years I never get to eat one. This year I kept a 22 on the table next to back door. Number 9 is on the ground and Abbey has number 10. Atta girl Abbey
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: Gary Olson]
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11/30/21 04:20 PM
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Jon
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Leave 'em for the cats. Cats climb trees or wait catoflaged in the shadows of the tree to ambush. Extra salmon treats when they catch one. Neighbor had a previously feral cat that had kittens. Mama cat would ambush a squirrel out of the live oak tree in my yard, I guess teaching the kittens. She would somehow skin the squirrel in one piece leaving nothing but the feet, tail, and head still attached and all in one piece and leave it on my front porch. Damndest thing I ever saw. I probably killed around 50-70 a year with a silenced .22 pre-charged pneumatic air rifle. Without the silencer, that thing sounded like a .22 long rifle. i dialed it down to 600 FPS and with an 18gr pellet, the sound of the pellet hitting their head was louder than the shot. I could never get rid of them completely because the ones from the farther out parts of the neighborhood would always move in to replace them. At that time in Mesquite, it was legal to shoot an air rifle in your yard but I kept it clandestine because of some of the neighbors.
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/30/21 04:27 PM
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unclebubba
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Shoot them, skin them, Brunswick stew.
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: Stump_jumper]
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11/30/21 04:33 PM
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reeltexan
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I have 2 large pecan trees and some years I never get to eat one. This year I kept a 22 on the table next to back door. Number 9 is on the ground and Abbey has number 10. isn't that baiting?
Last edited by reeltexan; 11/30/21 04:44 PM.
"Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war." - General Patton
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Re: Squirrels
[Re: reeltexan]
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11/30/21 07:18 PM
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Okiedog
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Air Force Talon. Very quiet!
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