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Mainehunt


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I hunted last Saturday with my buddy Rick.  We got to the farm early and built a blind well before first light. It was 4 degrees with a hard wind out of the WNW.  After parking the truck and unloading my ATV, we had to drive about a 1/2 mile into the wind. Very cold.

The crows didn't cooperate very well, but we stuck it out till around 2pm with only about 25 crows killed. We had a great time though. We cooked cheese filled sausages and topped them with some Hormel chili.  At least we ate well. :)

 

About 1pm, with no crows flying, we took a walk through the woods and I jumped a snowhoe hare. He was very easy to spot since there wasn't much snow and he's all white. It made for an easy shot. I ate him Saturday evening.

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You can see our blind where most of the green Fir and Hemlock branches are in the center of the photo.

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Another shot of the set-up, we had a decoy up high in a tree but I can't see him in the photo..

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All of those decoys that you see, except 3 of them, are dead crows propped up in the grass.

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Kev
That was a productive day for you, plus an added bonus. When I get back to New Your or Pennsylvania I'd like to get out snoshoe hunting. Thats one thing I never did get to hunt along with Fox Squirrels.

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Great hunt! real birds make the best decoys. I do it all the time.

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Kev
That was a productive day for you, plus an added bonus. When I get back to New Your or Pennsylvania I'd like to get out snoshoe hunting. Thats one thing I never did get to hunt along with Fox Squirrels.

 When there is no snow on the ground, it makes almost unfair........almostsmile

 

I grew up hunting fox squirrels in Ohio. I wish we had them up here in Maine. We have the little red squirrels and grays, but no Fox squirrels.



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Up before day break. Fighting off the cold. Day spent out side with friends and shotguns. Few less crow. Even wild game for the table. WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?! Only thing that comes to my mind is maybe some of those great northern fish you guys are blessed with.

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looks like a great hunt and an excellent report!-always nice to make your own decoys =)

we have ALOT of fox squirrels here in SE ohio,but i havent hunted them in years.

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Up before day break. Fighting off the cold. Day spent out side with friends and shotguns. Few less crow. Even wild game for the table. WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?! Only thing that comes to my mind is maybe some of those great northern fish you guys are blessed with.

Absolutely!

 

 My buddy Rick and I had a blast!  There was about a 2 hour time span when we didn't see one single crow.  But we fun anyway. We told old stories, told dirty jokes, and made fun of our "fantastic" shooting skills, and ate more food than we needed to. biggrin



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needmorebacon wrote:

looks like a great hunt and an excellent report!-always nice to make your own decoys =)

we have ALOT of fox squirrels here in SE ohio,but i havent hunted them in years.

 nothing better than "making" those decoys!



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/we have ALOT of fox squirrels here in SE ohio,but i havent hunted them in years/
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I'd like to talk with you about hunting the fox squirrels, I read they like the river bottoms and creek bottoms with Sycamore & Oak trees. I know there are some in Western New York & Western Pennsylvania as wellas in Ohio. I'D like to know how you hunt them, if they are more active early mornings like the grays are and any other pointers on huntin them. Pat

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Hi Kev,

Delicious mixed bag, at least the snowshoe hare part of it!

Well played and thanks for sharing your photo's.

Regards, 

 



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Kev:

Wrong time to have white fur, that's for sure!

Highlander:

Come on down to Texas if you want to hunt fox squirrels.  They infest my pecan trees and any tree that produces nuts or acorns.  My dogs consider chuckleheads the best sport - they've terminated 24 between them



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The movie "Bernie" the funeral guy that hooked up with the rich old lady and ended up killing her and gave a bunch of her money to people in need of assistance and to the church said the St. Agustine County Texas is the "squirrel capitol of the world" I've often thought about checking it out some time. There should be a ton of nut groves there. It's right on the Arkansas border. Pat

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I love to hunt fox squirrels with a scoped .22 long rifle taking head shots only. Makes for some great eating.

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In the city, I launch large, black dogs at any tree rats foolish enough to venture far from the pecan tree trunk and quietly watch the Darwanian drama unfold.  Tis better than shouldering a shot gun and requires only the slightest energy on my part!



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Lone Star Phil wrote:

In the city, I launch large, black dogs at any tree rats foolish enough to venture far from the pecan tree trunk and quietly watch the Darwanian drama unfold.  Tis better than shouldering a shot gun and requires only the slightest energy on my part!

 I would absolutely LOVE to join you with my Terrier. It would be fun to see her on a Fox Squirrel.  She got a red squirrel yesterday and also got to finish off another snowshoe hare that I only got a few pellets into when I shot.biggrin

I shot this one with my "new" Lefever Nitro Special. This is the one that I traded for. Its blueing isn't as nice as the other, but I like how it has I/C for both barrels. Works great in the close, thick cover on hares and partridge.

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This gun also has 28" barrels where the other one has 30". You can see how thick the Alders are in this section of woods.

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Kev:

That's a fine looking double.  I appreciate what looks to me like a boiled linseed oil finish on the walnut.

I also couldn't help but notice that your dog's legs are about as long as the snow is deep and that hare is as big as the dog!

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Phil, LOL, you're right, her legs are short, but fortunately we had some rain a week ago and since then it has been very cold. So the snow in the pic is frozen solid. My 215 pounds doesn't even leave a track in it. This hare is the smallest I've shot this year. Its as long as Weasel the dog, but the hare only weighs about 3 pounds, Weasel weighs 12. :) we're supposed to get 18-24" of snow tonight. If so, Weasel's hare hunts are over.

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Kev, love the snowshoe pic with the nitro special, you might be the 1st guy to shoot one with a nitro in a long long time. I've shot rabbits with mine but never thought of taking it up north for snowshoes. I will now !

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I've. Shot hares with both of my Nitros now. Weasel's hunting is over for now., we got about 16" of snow last night and it's. Still falling.

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