Many hunters look down on squirrel hunting, but hunting the lowly tree rat requires a lot of woodsmanship. Here are some tips for success.
In the distance a limb shakes. The source of the movement is yet to be seen, but it has to be a squirrel. A flash of movement, and another limb shakes in the next tree. A crow calls in the distance; the hunter takes a few steps and freezes.
The end of yet another pin oak limb shakes, indicating multiple targets in the same tree. The hunter needs another 10 yards — 33 feet that must be crossed in complete stealth. One step at a time, he eases toward the nearest tree to break up his silhouette. Blue jays are working the top of a nearby nutall oak, and the hunter can hear the cuttings of the squirrels falling to the forest floor, sounding like huge rain drops. Suddenly the woods go quiet. The hunter freezes; he needs 10 more feet, but the squirrels have stopped feeding but are not moving. They are looking for the presence of danger.
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