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Tips and Tricks for Early-Season Squirrels

This article is provided by the great hunting magazine Game and Fish and features exclusive tips on different hunting strategies, calling techniques, and a video with more information for you to learn. Visit gameandfishmag.com to read the article

Hunting Squirrel: The Other White Meat

Here's an interesting article detailing one man's history and passion for the sport of hunting squirrel. It includes plenty of details about squirrel's behavior, hunting, shooting, cooking, and much more. Visit kuro5hin.org to read more

The Ultimate Guide to Squirrel Hunting

Here's a link to the book The Ultimate Guide to Squirrel Hunting being hosted through Google Books. This is not the book in it's entirety, but it does provide several complete chapters from the book itself. To read the book visit books.google.com

News Article: Sage of the Squirrels

By NATE HUBBARD/Staff

“My earliest memory, I was probably about 3 years old. I was sitting at the table, on my mom’s lap, and my chin would come up just about to the tabletop. We were eating squirrel and she was cracking the squirrel skulls with the back of a spoon and feeding me the brains.”
Yes, some tots get Gerber. This young’un slurped up rodent gray matter.
And today? He hasn’t stopped chowing down yet. “I still cook the heads and eat the brains,” said the now 46-year-old.

Click here to visit swvatoday.com and continue reading

News Article: Rumble in the Jungle: Flying Squirrel Vs. Monkey

Researchers have observed small monkeys called Japanese macaques going bananas at the sight of a flying squirrel.
This riled-up response is probably just a false alarm, with the monkeys mistaking the squirrel for a predatory bird. On the other hand, male macaques – some of whom give chase and even attack a harmless rodent – might be trying to impress females in their troop. Click here to visit foxnews.com to continue reading

News Article: Give A Squirrel A Whirl

I have a squirrel guy. His name is Buddy and by trade he's a sound engineer, but in his heart of hearts, he's a hunter. Buddy doesn't hunt simply for sport; he, his girlfriend and his son cook only meat and fish that they have personally dispatched.

If Buddy's willing to share meat with me, I say, 'thank you' and take what he's offering. I know his kill was clean, quick and respectful, it'll be expertly cleaned and dressed, and no way am I going to find anything of its variety or caliber in my local butcher shop or supermarket. Click here to visit eatocracy.cnn.com to continue reading

News Article: Man Trying To 'Smoke Out' Squirrels Sets His Townhouse On Fire

A man in suburban Richton Park set his house and part of his neighbor's house on fire Tuesday when he lit a smoke bomb in an attempt to prevent squirrels from entering his home.

Resident Robert Hughes was tired of hearing squirrels run around inside his walls, so he decided to smoke them out. Click here to visit huffingtonpost.com to continue reading

News Article: Air Force’s New Target: Mojave Ground Squirrel

The Air Force is on the hunt for a new detector. It’s gotta be rugged — able to withstand extreme temperatures, blistering 50-mph winds and barren desert conditions. But it’s not meant to detect dangerous insurgents, powerful explosives or undercover spies. Its target is one big … bad … Mojave ground squirrel. Click here to visit wired.com and continue reading...

News Article: Spring Squirrel Season is On

The first time I slipped out into the spring woods dressed in camo packing a shotgun, it felt odd. Spring and summer are for fishing; fall and winter for hunting. Today I look forward with a great deal of anticipation to heading for the spring woods with my shotgun; I have fallen in love with spring turkey hunting. Maybe one day I’ll feel the same about spring squirrel hunting but so far, it hasn’t clicked with me. Click here to visit bastropenterprise.com and continue reading the article

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