Ready for squirrels

[David LaPell]

I have decided that I need to go and get some squirrels for the freezer before bigger animals come into season. I am hoping if the weather cooperates to get out in the a.m. so I took the Remington 33 out this morning (ignore the snow in the pic of the gun) with some Remington subsonic .22 HP which is nice and quiet (don't even need earplugs). Once I got the load sighted in I just ran a bunch of rounds through and decimated the ten ring in it at 25 yards. I like the ammo too I just doubt I'll find another box.

 

[gunlovingirl]

By the looks of that target, the squirrels don't stand a chance!

 

[Texas Star]

Good on ya, David! You and your family remain in my prayers. Hope your situation improves.

Is that a single-shot? I went to HS with a guy who had a Model 514. Can't recall if it had a magazine. I don't know the Model 33 at all, but it looks a lot ike that M-514.

 

[ACP230]

They don't become legal game till Sunday here.
I might take one if a chance is offered, but most likely will be too
busy hunting grouse.

 

[don5]

Our season starts this Saturday. My 14 year old son and I will be there. We are shooting Browning T-Bolts. His has a walnut stock and mine has a maple stock. I am really looking forward to this. I really enjoy squirrel season.

 

[Jebus35745]

What a nice old Remington with nice wood to boot. Thats the fun gun to take out hunting or plinking, good way to spend with an old friend. Good luck hunting, Larry

 

[MattLarmore]

I have already been out, only got 5 though...I always wondered why some use a 22 for squirrels...i have always used my 20 gauge with 6 shot

 

[pownal55]

How do you cook them?

 

[Dominus_Lex]

Squirrels in the yard where always protected by Mrs. Lex, until they saw fit to destroy a prized bird feeder.... Now they seem to have "accidents" on a regular basis.... Rather funny but mom does not ask, and my son's don't tell.

 

[weatherby]

Great looking rifle David.....good hunting.

 

[shouldazagged]

That's a fine old rifle!

LORD, I miss squirrel hunting!

 

[pennlineman]

I'm looking forward to it too. Last year was the first year out with my Mountain feist pup. He's been treeing squirrels and jumping rabbits in the back yard all summer long. I think we're going to have some fun this fall. Him with our first harvest last year.

 

[charlie sherrill]

Squirrel recipe: Roll them in seasoned flour and fry them in hot oil like you would fry chicken. Set them aside. Pour off oil leaving enough to make gravy. I like mine thick with mushrooms and onions. Put them in a crock pot with the gravy and simmer on low for three hours. They are usually too tough to eat without tenderizing them. If you don't have a crock pot you can put them in any pot with a lid and do the same thing on the stove top or in the oven. Serve over rice with your favorite side and homemade biscuits and sweet tea. (beer if you're at the deer camp)

Squirrels are also good in gumbo, stew, and with pasta but tenderize them first.

 

[pownal55]

Squirrel recipe: Roll them in seasoned flour and fry them in hot oil like you would fry chicken. Set them aside. Pour off oil leaving enough to make gravy. I like mine thick with mushrooms and onions. Put them in a crock pot with the gravy and simmer on low for three hours. They are usually too tough to eat without tenderizing them. If you don't have a crock pot you can put them in any pot with a lid and do the same thing on the stove top or in the oven. Serve over rice with your favorite side and homemade biscuits and sweet tea. (beer if you're at the deer camp)

Squirrels are also good in gumbo, stew, and with pasta but tenderize them first.

Thanks for the info.

 

[walnutred]

We always just made stew out of them. Put them in a crock pot with tomatos, green beans and carrots and about a guart of water. After a while add a couple handfulls of rice, a diced onion, some pepper and maybe a little more water.

 

[Hellraiser]

I have nothing to add...

^..^

 

[shouldazagged]

I'm looking forward to it too. Last year was the first year out with my Mountain feist pup. He's been treeing squirrels and jumping rabbits in the back yard all summer long. I think we're going to have some fun this fall. Him with our first harvest last year.

He looks an awful lot like my little rat terrier mix, Moose.

I recognize that expression, too. You have a real treasure there!

 

[Wee Hooker]

If you can't find that ammo again, I found that subsonic target ammo with the round nose clipped flat was VERY effective. (I was partial to Aguila but others will do.) Really put the energy on the critter where it belonged. While always winged it with a file, Iand never used this tool, it has gotten rave reviews over at Rimfire Central.

http://www.gunblast.com/Paco-Flatface.htm

 

[pennlineman]

Precious pic... gosh... that is a great dog worth $2k to me....

But I bet... you would not give that dog up for nothin'...

I just love that pic... hope you allow me to save it... in my folder of great dogs. As of today... (if you allow me to copy the pic)... there will be my lucky number 13 of 'em. Dogs that I feel are sometimes greater than folks.

Please let me know....

^..^

Thanks, he's a keeper. The pic is yours, enjoy!

 

[kamloops67]

how many targets did you go through before you got one you wanted to post on this forum? j.k.
thats a nice rifle, happy hunting. ive eaten squirrel prepared by simply wrapping in tinfoil with butter and onions salt pepper just like a trout, thats it . well i dressed it first haha but other than that pretty simple.

 

[Smitty357]

By the looks of that target, the squirrels don't stand a chance!

Their chances are better if their running, thats for sure.

 

[alwslate]

I have already been out, only got 5 though...I always wondered why some use a 22 for squirrels...i have always used my 20 gauge with 6 shot

It's the challenge, requires marksmanship. Shotguns are
unsporting for squirrels, too easy. Surely you knew that.

 

[pownal55]

If you can't find that ammo again, I found that subsonic target ammo with the round nose clipped flat was VERY effective. (I was partial to Aguila but others will do.) Really put the energy on the critter where it belonged. While always winged it with a file, Iand never used this tool, it has gotten rave reviews over at Rimfire Central.

Paco Kelly’s AT System Flatface Rimfire Bullet Reforming Tools

Very interesting with little doubt that semi wadcutter bullet shapes outperform round nose bullets in every respect.

 

[gunlovingirl]

Pennlineman, seeing that photo reminded me of a time MANY years ago, a friend and I were in a small woods scouting for the upcoming deer season. There was a small terrier type dog in the woods, that kept moving ahead of us. Occasionally he would stop at the base of a tree waiting for us to approach, then he would stare up into the tree. Never heard him bark though. After a couple times we noticed the squirrel in the tree he was setting under. We figured he probably belonged to someone who lived near the woods who trained him to "point" squirrels.
Enjoy your time out with your little hunting buddy!

 

[Hellraiser]

I have nothing to add to this forum...
^..^

 

[shouldazagged]

But we see how many eye-shots we can make... the person with the most shots through the eye wins.

When my brother and I were young men I saw him kill squirrels that were sitting on limbs by shooting to just crease the highest part of the critters' backs. It would cut a slot about a quarter inch wide by an eighth of an inch deep. No wasted meat, and the squirrel was dead before he hit the ground. Marlin 39A with a 4X scope.

Once when I was living in the country he came to visit and wanted to do some plinking but hadn't bought his rifle. We borrowed one from a guy down the road for him to use. It was an old Stevens bolt action that hadn't been cleaned since the Coolidge administration. Rusty, with a bent front sight. No scope, of course.

We were walking back to where we were going to shoot when he spotted a crow perched on a dead tree. He said, "Watch me hit him in the eye." I laughed at him. He fired, and the crow dropped like a sack of fertilizer. We measured the distance at 105 yards. He had hit the crow in the eye.

He looked at the crummy old rifle and said, "Well I think I've got the hang of this now," and walked back to the house. Unfortunately I was laughing too hard to kill him.

 

[Big Cholla]

David: I have two full (50) boxes of Rem Subsonic and a third with about 30 rounds left. I tried them for use as a target cartridge in my Kimber 82G. The Kimber didn't like them as well as some others, so I have no real use for what's left. PM me if you would like them. Big Cholla

 

[Hellraiser]

I have nothing to add to this forum...
^..^

 

[Rule3]

Where are the squirrels or did you put the target in the freezer?

 

[michael thornton]

i like to cook them over a open fire rabbits too but i love to hunt them cant wait till it opens here