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Post by nastygunz on Sept 21, 2008 1:38:57 GMT
Man I don’t know if its the cold but dang saw some nice squirrels today and finally scored!!!!....got a huge buck squirrel with the Super Comanche 410 pistol...and a smaller one with my pellet rifle...saw 5 total....my first grey with the Comanche, worked awesome with 3 inch 410 and 7 1/2 shot about 20 yards on the side of a big oak, I heard his claws on the bark and waited and when he came down I made a kissing noise and he stopped, BANG! DRT,when I was getting ready to leave I had just sat in my car out in a field...was getting my stuff together...looked over and like 15 feet from my car a huge squirrel with an acorn in his mouth walks slowly down the side of the field....I almost went after him but let him go....great day a field, cool, crisp, very few mosquitoes, didn’t even use bug dope....a great outing, leaves are changing, acorns everywhere, Fall is in the air!  |
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Post by marcus on Sept 21, 2008 2:04:12 GMT
Hey Nasty, Great to hear that you had a good day today. Nice bushytail. And nice way to take him, with your Comanche! I didn't have as good a day as you did; however, I did manage to bag another during a 3 1/2 hour hunt this morning. This time I went out with a .410/.22lr shotgun/rifle combo. Like you, I used a 3" mag shell with 7 1/2 shot to bag the little lady below. She was the only squirrel I saw all morning. I spied her just after she spied me, and all she gave me was a head shot. It wasn't a safe rifle shot since she didn't see fit to provide a solid backstop for the bullet. So, I used the shotgun. At least with this one, because she only exposed her head, I won't have to worry about biting down on any lead when she joins me for dinner. I continue to see a lot of moose and deer sign. Congrats on your first kill of the season, and since you are seeing many more, good luck with bagging more.  |
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Post by browning204 on Sept 21, 2008 2:12:21 GMT
what do you do with them now?
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Post by MK-M-GOBL on Sept 21, 2008 2:39:01 GMT
Way to go guys  I saw a ton of them in the deer stand tonight |
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Post by nastygunz on Sept 21, 2008 3:16:45 GMT
I like that gun Marcus I have one of those on the backburner someday!....those old tails sure give em away dont they?....B204.......I dont know about marcus but i like mine fried in the pan or right on the grill ")....I see your gun is scoped for the .22, does the 410 shoot to point of aim with the scope also?....my 2nd one i got with my powerline 1000 pellet gun, pointed hunting pellet, 1000+ feet per second, 3x9 scope.
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Post by marcus on Sept 21, 2008 15:00:42 GMT
what do you do with them now? Pretty much whatever one can do with rabbit or chicken, one can do with squirrel. My favorite way to prepare the little buggers is to marinate them in any number of different marindaes and then grill. Grilled with B-B-Q sauce and served on a bed of boiled rice is always finger-licking good! Cooked in a stew either in a crockpot or cast iron dutch oven with any of a gillizion stew recipes is great way to go, too. As Nasty shared, he likes squirrel fried as well as grilled. Again, any way chicken can be prepared, squirrel can be prepared also. Hmmmmmmmm....now I'm getting just a wee bit hungry.  However, if you asking how to best dress them out after being bagged, take a look at the pinned topic "How To Skin a Squirrel" that M-MK-GOBL has placed in this forum. In my humble and long experienced opinion, that is the ONLY way to do it. After doing it this way a few times, one gets to be pretty quick about it. And, it is also so, so much cleaner too. Using the old "cut-across-back-and-pull" meathod just got far too much hair on the carcass, hair that is almost impossible to remove once it is on the meat. And that method, although pretty easy on rabbits, is simply a bear of a chore with squirrel. msj |
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Post by marcus on Sept 21, 2008 15:13:00 GMT
...does the 410 shoot to point of aim with the scope also. Nasty, as a matter of fact it does - out to 25yds or so no problem. When hunting with this shotgun/rifle combo, I usually select the shotgun as first choice. That way I am somewhat prepared for a quick shot should one present itself. A rifle shot is usually more of a deliberate and set up proposition, with selecting to .22 just a flick of a switch. Mark |
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Post by nastygunz on Sept 21, 2008 19:10:47 GMT
Cool!...do you use any method to stop them when theyre on the move?...I got both yesterday coming down the tree and made the kissing noise, stopped them dead in their tracks for a stationary shot. Browning, dang son, back in the hills as a lad we ate everyhting we shot, coon, deer, bear, snowshoe hare, squirrel, woodchuck, MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...Marcus I can remember like yesterday as a kid, mama pulling a nice big fat roasted woodchuck out of the oven.....THATS GOOD VITTLIN!!
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Post by nastygunz on Sept 21, 2008 19:15:01 GMT
Have you ever considered an airgun for hunting?....the big advantage in southern NH is they are very quiet and i feel safe shooting up in a tree with mine....i cant conceive where a pellet could go up and come down and do any damage.
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