Squirrels

[DSGB]

A guy I work with let me borrow his .17 H.M.R. for the weekend to do some squirrel hunting. He has it set up for competitive shooting - target barrell, hair trigger, etc. - but it did a fine job on the squirrels. I hit the first one I shot at, and guess what happened?

He got his head (what was left of it) stuck in a fork in the tree where a branch comes out. I took this while I was standing at the base of the limb. He was about 15 feet off the ground.


I ended up getting eight squirrels, most of 'em with one shot! Here's a pic I took of the whole gang. It was dark by the time I got back to the house, but you can see most of 'em. (All of 'em look the same anyway )


I guess that'll teach 'em to chew on my climber!
BTW If anyone wants to see what it did to that squirrel's head, I have a picture.LOL Just send a PM.

[longislandhunter]

Nice mess of tree rats. Congratulations. They are probably one of my favorite game meats to eat. I'm glad not to many people around me hunt them,,, leaves more for me.

[Squirrelhunter91]

Thats funny.. Did you get the squirrel down? If not, it will become coon food.

[hunter336]

Awesome day! Squirrel hunting seems to be dieing out glad to see some people are still doing it. Congrats.

[too_pointer]

Nice pics. I need to start hunting them again, we have plenty, and it IS fun LOL.
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[Tominator]

Nice!

Sometimes when I'm deer hunting, I wish I had a .17 HMR and a limit of 8 in Ohio.

[Squirrelbuster]

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He got his head (what was left of it)

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Yeah, my brother bought a .17 HMR this yewar for squirrel hunting and he had similar results with the heads.

[whitetailkiller]

i'm just getting started squirrel hunting...!!!!!!!! thanx for sharing your story!!!! i'll pm you to find out what ya did to the head!!!!!lol

[Shaun_300]

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He got his head (what was left of it)

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yeah i nailed one with the .22 mag one time in the head, with hollowpoints.... sure does a number on them!

[spyderpancake]

I have some pictures I will try to post of a squirrel hunt me and my brothers went on in January. We shot 26-I got 12 of them(the limit-a first!) I shot 8 with my .17 and 4 with my .22. What was amazing was that I made head shots on every one of them-and 4 of the squirrels were over 100 yards away! It was awesome, I think the hummer is an awesome squirrel hunting round.

[Squirrelhunter91]

American Trapper, how do you do a head shot with a shotgun? Gotta have good aim and a pretty tight choke.No?

[jjones]

nice pics!!! haven't been squirrel hunting in a few years. My brother and I are going this fall. I do have a min. doxie that thinks she is the the best squirrel dog!!!

[lil hunter]

cool. Sounds like a fun hunt. I was at a gun store today, and decided if I can save up $150 i'm buying a new savage camo 22 for squirrels.

[Squirrelbuster]

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I have some pictures I will try to post of a squirrel hunt me and my brothers went on in January. We shot 26-I got 12 of them(the limit-a first!) I shot 8 with my .17 and 4 with my .22. What was amazing was that I made head shots on every one of them-and 4 of the squirrels were over 100 yards away! It was awesome, I think the hummer is an awesome squirrel hunting round.

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Hey spyder, is the hummer a certain type of .17 HMR round? If so where do you find them? Also do they do a lot of damage on impact?

[spyderpancake]

Hummer is just one of the common names for HMR. The ballistic tips do a lot of damage, but the CCI hollow-points don't tear them up nearly as bad. They also have come out with a couple soft-point loads that will mushroom instead of fragmenting, but I haven't got a chance to try them yet. The .17hmr is a great round, no exaggeration, my marlin will outshoot any of my other guns out to 150 yards. That is what makes them so fun to squirrel hunt with, you can hit them exactly where you want to. lilhunter-save $30 more and get a Marlin or Savage hummer. Shoot one once and you will be addicted!