Skychief
69 Cal.
My friend and I were in the woods by seven o'clock this morning. Breezeless and cool, the day broke with great squirrel hunting conditions.
I took my 20 gauge fowling piece as did he.
We found plenty of squirrels in the shagbark hickories, and commenced firing. :thumbsup:
I was VERY happy to collect a limit of five in a couple of hours, with five shots! :hatsoff:
They were all greys taken from deep woods. While I had to show patience and wait for the squirrels to lower their altitude for sure shots, I didn't see the smoothbore as any kind of handicap today. Thinking back, I remember only one squirrel that was about 40 yards high and feeding on a bare branch, presenting a beautiful shot for a Rifleman. I watched him with my friend for about an hour toward the end of the hunt. He was left for seed! :haha:
My buddy collected a couple squirrels too after a less that stellar start. After his second miss, he told me that he was practicing "catch and release". A phrase that I am familiar with, though previous to today, I'd never heard it uttered in the squirrel woods. We had a good-for-the-soul chuckle right on the spot! :haha:
Wanted to let ya all know that a couple of Hoosiers had a fine morning. I hope you did too. :thumbsup:
Best regards, Skychief
Post Script, I used my loads of heavily lubed (beeswax and lard) cushion wads on top of the shot charge. As I wrote, 5 shots brought just as many squirrels to the bag. They were taken cleanly and as far away as nearly 30 yards I would say. I'm real happy the load performed as it did. Good luck to you all!
I took my 20 gauge fowling piece as did he.
We found plenty of squirrels in the shagbark hickories, and commenced firing. :thumbsup:
I was VERY happy to collect a limit of five in a couple of hours, with five shots! :hatsoff:
They were all greys taken from deep woods. While I had to show patience and wait for the squirrels to lower their altitude for sure shots, I didn't see the smoothbore as any kind of handicap today. Thinking back, I remember only one squirrel that was about 40 yards high and feeding on a bare branch, presenting a beautiful shot for a Rifleman. I watched him with my friend for about an hour toward the end of the hunt. He was left for seed! :haha:
My buddy collected a couple squirrels too after a less that stellar start. After his second miss, he told me that he was practicing "catch and release". A phrase that I am familiar with, though previous to today, I'd never heard it uttered in the squirrel woods. We had a good-for-the-soul chuckle right on the spot! :haha:
Wanted to let ya all know that a couple of Hoosiers had a fine morning. I hope you did too. :thumbsup:
Best regards, Skychief
Post Script, I used my loads of heavily lubed (beeswax and lard) cushion wads on top of the shot charge. As I wrote, 5 shots brought just as many squirrels to the bag. They were taken cleanly and as far away as nearly 30 yards I would say. I'm real happy the load performed as it did. Good luck to you all!