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Yea I know and what a waste. Like them doing all that work for tiny seeds in hedge apples. The milky sappy stuff gets on their faces and whiskers. Watching with binoculars they rub faces with paws once and awhile and even on the ground when done eating.

<KERTHUNK> is what I hear. I have an empty can on the end of my air rifle. Pretty quiet as is and have shot multiple squirrels in one tree. Would like an aftermarket moderator to really make it quieter. That will be next purchase down the road. No rules or regulations on air guns. YET 🙄.

Well, we can relate here. Pat nurses in a small-town clinic. Shows you masks work. Patents are asked questions before they visit. Anything suspect and it would be a tele visit with doctor. Made patents mad so they learned how to lie to get in personally especially when they quit taking temps at the clinic door. All wear masks in clinic. This makes them mad too. Well so thy get in and begin to tell doctor after Pat taking temps etc. That they have a cough or feel other ways bad. So, get a covid test and turns out positive. Folks putting others in danger sucks, but masks do work if used properly. No covid in the office where Pat and her Doc work. Several have got it that work at clinic. One 49-year-old worker died from Covid. He used mask and other PPE at work but did not after work. Patents make it to exam room and strip off their mask gasping saying I can't breathe. Pat tells them to put them back on. Again, mad and some cussing her out. She tells them I wear it when I come in the door until I go home. Eight to ten hours a day so you can wear it for your visit of go home.

Oh, and thanks for posting this John. Pretty neat and would like you said be fun to participate in. I will tell you the winners admitting or not will be watching deer feeders that are spewing out corn! They get really fat eating it. I have some ears out on lag bolts and in the past shot some off of it. Don't anymore. Give em a break here unless they are tearing up bird feeders. I did have fun hunts around farmers corn fields. Walk edges and find trees with cobs and husks under them. The little dudes will grab one up the tree, shuck it and eat the corn until cobs are clean. This Fall I brough home some hedge balls. Put them across fence next to bird feeder. Squirrels found them and again funny watching them shuck to get to the tiny seeds inside. One would stay close to the pile to protect it. Another would sneak in and grab one. Try to run. The hedge ball would drag the ground and eventually grab. Squirrel would go a##hole over appetite around the ball it would roll over them. I then began to gather buckets of hedge balls and dump lots out there. At one time had a mountain of hedge balls. all there is left I can see is seven. At the height of them feeding on them depending on how many would show up 4 to 6 were getting eaten. Fun little creatures. Big squirrel cookoff in Bentonville Arkansas each year. It was cancelled last September due to Covid . About The Squirrel Cook Off in Bentonville, Arkansas Arkansas' World Champion Squirrel Cook Off a casualty of COVID-19 (4029tv.com) Pat got me this shirt.

Yea Mike that is neat! Been a few years but seen the same. Watched a bobcat stalk one under our bird feeder. I mean slow and patiently (wish I had that patience) at about ten yards it made a dash and caught it. Did neck crunch or crush and walked off head held high like it was showing off. Better than any Nat geo or wild kingdom episode.

Sounds to me like if you found survey markers stand tough on your find. Like gotmuddy said neighbor is trying to outbluff you,

May of mistook your question. You can hunt a small place that has big populations. I have set in one place and have had a dozen within view at same time. Again, depending on food source the ground can have a very, very large population living there. You might be afraid to tread on those places

Within walking distance 400 to 500 hundred acres. I would rather hit conservation areas. It is neat to explore new ground. Then I have other farms I can hunt. Not all places have good populations. I believe from reading and seeing firsthand squirrel migrate with food sources. There is so much untapped ground around here.

Thank you. FX Crown. Have the .30 cal barrel kit also for it. 50 yards day in and day out quarter sized or better groups depending on wind and dime sized groups not uncommon. over 100 squirrels in the 2020-2021 season. Have not kept track this season so far. I can tell you we are eating very well. Keep separate young ones and old ones. Young ones fried and old ones braised. Had company three days over new year holidays. Big mess of young ones with squirrel gravy and mashed taters plus sides. Good eats!

.25 cal works even better. Shoot them in the head too .

Yea Glen, Thanks for the report!

You are on a funny stuff roll. I can't keep up!

Have not forgot getting you our Gila and Apache spots. We succeeded and so can you

Fillet as usual and use the big backstrap. Cut into three-to-four-inch pieces. On hot smoky grill three more or less minutes each side until opaque. Not enough time to over smoke.

Olive oil and rosemary over charcoal and some kind of wood. Keep them basted. Ohh my goodness.

Glen, You bet ya sending prayers your way. I'm fairly close if you need anything just let us know.

I'll try to get on the goldens, pin them down. They are out there saying Ham I'm waiting .

I know you do . Looking for a spare pair! Could trade you for some of those hybrid flies we use.

@grizwilson knows about this.😃

Yes.

Oh, and I have a new toy that has to do with my air gun hobby. 😁

No not a new gun.

So that also should mean Black, spotted or smallmouth are all still stinkin bass.

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