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Squirrels from saddle

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This weekend didn't work out for chasin' whitetails like I had hoped. So I decided to do a dual hunt for squirrels out of my out of date trophyline in hopes maybe an unlucky deer would happen by.
Went to a preset Tree that hasn't had much activity for deer , but squirrels are . This has got to be the BEST practice senario for ANY saddle hunter...!!! You never know where the little buggers are going to come from.
I ended up with three greys for the afternoon sit. Should have had the fourth in the bag @ around a 5:00 position ( my weakest side ) @ about 18 yds...I was twisted hard with the tether tight to tree and only needed just a tish more articulation for the shot....missed only slightly...that was four arrows / three squirrels...had to save the good broadhead.
This will happen more frequently for me as I had a blast..
Give it a try sometime....best practice out of a saddle I could ever imagine...
 
Did you use your broadheads meant for deer? Or have a few arrows with small game tip on them?
 
g2outdoors said:
Great idea! That's gotta be incredible practice in a target rich environment.

Hopefully @redsquirrel doesn't get offended if you kill too many of his family members.
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lol.

I think it is a great idea. I've taken a few shots at squirrels from my saddle and they always seem to hop right as I let the arrow fly. I'm about to get a pellet gun to dedicate to squirrel hunting.
 
Jefferson10940 said:
Did you use your broadheads meant for deer? Or have a few arrows with small game tip on them?
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I've been using the old practice heads that come with the good ones for small game. I've hunted them out of stands before, but never the saddle.
I have an order in for some game claws that look somewhat like the G5 SGH, but cheaper.
 
I shot one with recurve a couple weekends ago. He was a trophy. Red squirrel with a black head, white face, and white tipped tail. I hit him and he crawled behind a tree. Seen one in the tree that looked just liked him eating acorns. When I climbed down I went look behind the tree and he was gone. Guess that was him in the tree with only a flesh wound. Man I wanted to mount him bad!
 
I'm looking into a ILF riser recurve build right now. I had and sold a couple recurves both one piece and decided I want a riser cut past center for arrow clearance issues I had with the older bows.
 
Red feather check out tribe archery I’m a big fan of there ilf risers


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I use to take a blow gun with me when I hunted over bait and would take em out. Worked great and was a lot quieter then a bow.
 
Boomah21 said:
I use to take a blow gun with me when I hunted over bait and would take em out. Worked great and was a lot quieter then a bow.
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What kind of ranges were you using with the blowgun? I used to have oNe I was DANG good with. Used to hunt house sparrows and mice in barns with it.
 
Out to about 20 yards. I haven't done it in years and would have a hard time hitting anything that far now haha
 
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