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Post by Sunshine on Apr 8, 2011 9:23:56 GMT -5
any of ya'll notice the opening date for squirrel season this year changed to Sept 10th? thats basically a month earlier.
we still wont be going til later cause the dang warbles will be bad that time of year and the dogs wont even be able to see em for all the leaves still on the trees.
i called the DNR cause i thought it was a misprint but it aint...........
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Post by BvrRtrvr on Apr 8, 2011 16:18:59 GMT -5
Warbles? Yes. And how about the heat, 'skeeters, ants, & SNAKES that you are so fond of?
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Post by Sunshine on Apr 10, 2011 21:14:54 GMT -5
thats why we wait till after the first frost...for all the above reasons, lol.
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Post by backwoodsman on Apr 11, 2011 20:31:51 GMT -5
August 1st to Feb 17th or so here.
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Post by Sunshine on Apr 12, 2011 15:17:55 GMT -5
dang..thats kinda early aint it?
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Post by huckleberry on Apr 12, 2011 17:13:48 GMT -5
No it aint to early. Just right. the young ones are out and about on their own and the hickory nuts ripen shortly after. Dog hunting is not practical....but still hunting is fantastic.
I only go a few times that early because of the heat and the dang ticks that are everywhere now. But give me a nice still morning along a lake, creek, or river along with my .22 rifle and you will see one very very happy ole man.
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Post by backwoodsman on Apr 13, 2011 22:34:18 GMT -5
Alot of young and dumb ones first few weeks/months. Around here by August 21st or so they are cutting Hickories. First 3 weeks or so of the season are tough due to heat and bugs then you have the tree rats spread out all over. Tough to get your 5 limit. Full choke 20ga loaded with medium loads of 5's or 6's for me until some leaves fall. Till the hickories are ready we set up on the edge of corn or bean fields and catch them coming or going into the timber. Buddy plants those chuka nuts in a few of the foodplots and they will get into them too and you can get a few hunts off them if you catch them right(great for fall turkey too). Floating small creeks and rivers can produce a few bonus tree rats while catching some cat fillets too(and its usually cooler on the water) but tree rats sometimes sink quick so you got to get them quick if they hit the water.
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Post by trapper7 on Apr 14, 2011 13:57:56 GMT -5
OK, I'll bite.......what are warbles?
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Post by Sunshine on Apr 18, 2011 6:47:39 GMT -5
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Post by huckleberry on Apr 18, 2011 23:21:15 GMT -5
never seen those in squirells. See them in rabbitts all the time before a good hard frost or two.
Only thing I have seen effect squirells here is mange. Early or late it gets them pretty hard in some areas at times. I won't even touch those much less eat one of the nasty things.
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Post by backwoodsman on Apr 21, 2011 9:53:03 GMT -5
Things look rather nasty. Never seen anything like that here infesting any squirrels etc. Mange is one we do see. Espescialy on yotes/canines. We'll see a squirrel every year or two with mange and we dont process them. Mainly fox squirrels near here and they seem resistant to mange but the greys are south of us and they seem to be affected by it more?
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Post by trapper7 on Apr 22, 2011 10:03:20 GMT -5
I don't think I'd like to live in WV. You guys got lots of nasty things around there. It may be cold here in MN, but too cold for some of your nasty things.
Wow! we definitely don't have those here in MN! Those are nasty, feel sorry for the squirrel.
I've seen mange around here on coyotes, fox, and coon, but never squirrels. A few years ago I had to toss several coon I caught that were mangy.
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Post by Sunshine on Apr 22, 2011 20:36:46 GMT -5
you guys probly live too far north.
huck our rabbits get them bad too and even cattle will get them here but in cattle theyre called grubs.
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