Pikeguy's hunting season 06 (Rifle buck pg 4)

[Pikeguy]

Well, I hunted squirrels last night for the first time in, literally, years. Took my new Henry Lever .22 on it's maiden voyage. I hadn't even sighted it in, so I only shot and squirrels on the ground so I could see where it hit. A few "high" misses and I got it figured out. Ended up taking these two.



It's funny how hunting goes sometimes..I went out for squirrels when I normally am only in the woods with my bow this time of year. Every time I go bowhunting or just scouting I'm surrounded by the bushytails. Well, last night I snuck out to my brothers ladder stand as I figured I could scout it for him and probably would see plenty of squirrels. Wouldn't you know, within 20 minutes in the stand I still hadn't seen one...but I had two young deer..a buck and a doe fawn...feeding directly under my stand. I could have spit straight down on the doe as she sniffed the ladder rungs and nibbles on grass for 15 minutes. It was a pretty cool sight 

[archbishop]

thats a sweet little lever action you got there adam.

congrats on getting out.

wheres the pics of your doe

[Pikeguy]

thats a sweet little lever action you got there adam.

congrats on getting out.

wheres the pics of your doe

Thanks

My camera was at work and I just wanted to get that little thing butchered so I could go to bed. lol I never even got a pic 

[adkRoy]

Sweet little gun. I like the black squirrel. You don't find too many of those by me.

[Pikeguy]

Sweet little gun. I like the black squirrel. You don't find too many of those by me.

We have them ALL over around here

So how much does the butcher charge to process those little squirre guys   

I work pretty cheap 

[devil-man]

Nice tree rats, Adam. I have never seen a black squirrel...
Question- Why does your .22 have the DU emblem on it?

[Pikeguy]

Nice tree rats, Adam. I have never seen a black squirrel...
Question- Why does your .22 have the DU emblem on it?

Really? You guys don't have them huh. Weird.. I don't know just what caused them, but they've become more prevalent here since I was a kid.

The Henry came from a DU banquet   

[adkRoy]

black squirrels are a genetic variant of the gray squirrel. I have seen a few when I went to Syracuse U. but not in the woods around me. I would be very tempted to have one mounted.

[Pikeguy]

black squirrels are a genetic variant of the gray squirrel. I have seen a few when I went to Syracuse U. but not in the woods around me. I would be very tempted to have one mounted.

People around here used to always ask me to shoot them one so they could mount it. Now it's just normal. I think I saw 4 or so Tuesday when I hunted and maybe 4 grays 

[xrhino]

Nice to see you got out Adam.  The black squirrels are pretty common around here too.

[archbishop]

actually thinking about it, i have seen quit a few black squirrels in letchworth state park mike you probably have just never paid attention to them, but now that the thought is in your head, i bet you start noticing them

[devil-man]

actually thinking about it, i have seen quit a few black squirrels in letchworth state park mike

I'm not calling you a liar, but do you know how many hours I've spent in those woods?
Days upon days upon days... I find it hard to believe.

[archbishop]

they are there

[ifishhi]

i have never seen a black squirrel before.

[archbishop]

i have never seen a black squirrel before.

look in adams first post on this thread

seriously that is weird, down in olean we had more blacks than greys in most areas
i have only seen 1 at my new house, he was chasing a duck through the neighbors yard the other day, hell thats the odd thing here in my new area, i see more ducks and geese running through the yards than squirrels