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Posted: 10/22/2020 7:35:51 AM EDT
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Because one can climb trees. Safety is literally a few feet away.
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Posted: 10/22/2020 8:45:01 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/22/2020 9:11:54 AM EDT
[#3]
Does are like ninjas.
I always keep an old broadhead with me for asshole squirrels. |
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Posted: 10/22/2020 11:54:28 AM EDT
[#4]
Squirrels have little man syndrome and do what they want.
Quote HistoryQuoted: Does are like ninjas. I always keep an old broadhead with me for asshole squirrels. Cost him a good arrow, so now like you said, he keeps a few old arrows just for that reason. |
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Posted: 10/22/2020 3:55:23 PM EDT
[#5]
I'm in the stand right now wondering the same thing!
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Posted: 10/22/2020 4:07:15 PM EDT
[#6]
Deer are loud as hell in the woods around here.
They have no choice the ground is absolutely covered in leaves. Squirrels are actually quieter or at least more sporadic. But yeah fuck squirrels when you are trying to deer hunt. Supressed .22 for the win! |
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Posted: 10/22/2020 5:06:46 PM EDT
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I listen to the squirrels. Like just now they just stopped moving so they hear something coming that I dont
ETA: I just realized I have not been in the spot in 4 years. I dont know if my outbound tacks are still there. I hope so or it will be a challenge to get back to my truck ETA2: the tacks were not there. Some asshole took all my tacks out of all the trees. I was lost for an hour. |
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Posted: 10/22/2020 9:51:09 PM EDT
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I always thought squirrels making noise and ignoring me was a good thing.
Assumed deer know squirrels and their behaivor and if squirrels are acting naturally then deer would be comfortable? Am I wrong? |
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Posted: 10/23/2020 11:46:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Squirrels have little man syndrome and do what they want. A deer season ago, one of my friends who deer hunts pretty much all seasons (Bow, Black Power, Rifle, Cross bow, etc.. etc..) was out in a stand and a squirrel a few trees away and kept barking at him and making a big ruckus. He finally put an arrow in him to shut him up. Cost him a good arrow, so now like you said, he keeps a few old arrows just for that reason. I have always been told it is illegal to carry a field point while deer hunting. Which, is why I keep an old broadhead/arrow. I don’t know if it is true but I do my best to avoid the fish cops. |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 3:14:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Last deer season. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/15109/Squirrel_2019_11_16_jpg-1647966.JPG Haha been there done that. |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 3:26:12 PM EDT
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Every noise is a deer until I confirm otherwise. I have been burned too many times.
I was hunting in an oak thicket one day, it had rained and frozen. The leaves were crispy loud. I just about wore myslef out looking for deer every time a squirrel scampered. The one time I ignored it, a nice buck burned me. So now it's a game. Every noise is a deer until I see the critter itself. It helps me stay on edge. |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 3:44:18 PM EDT
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Quoted: I don’t think I’ve ever heard a deer, unless they were blowing me out. One squirrel on the other hand sounds like a linebacker tackling trees in the bush. I think its a law of nature. The deer knows he's the prize, everything wants to take a bite out of him. Hence the big ears and ninja quiet, yet stupid. Now the little noisy squirrel knows he's only a couple mouths full. He can cork screw around around all the trees in a flash and knows he's hard to kill. So he gets to be as obnoxious as he wants and most of the time lives to tell the tale. 
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Posted: 12/7/2020 10:16:37 PM EDT
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I can usually tell if it's a squirrel or chipmunk almost immediately. For starters, it's that splashy noise. Deer sounds like a person trying to be quiet.
I used to curse them, but now I kind of enjoy having them around. Still Not a huge fan of red squirrels tho. |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 10:27:25 PM EDT
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If it sounds as big as a deer, it's a squirrel.
If it sounds like a squirrel, it's a turkey. If you doze off and are awoken to something sniffing your boots, it's a deer. Or that's my experiences. 
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Posted: 12/7/2020 10:57:50 PM EDT
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All the animals work together.
It's a conspiracy. It's what separates us.
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Posted: 12/7/2020 11:36:15 PM EDT
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Because one makes good fajitas
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Posted: 12/12/2020 12:14:12 AM EDT
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I think a better question is why is it when I go deer hunting, I see more squirrels, yet when I go out squirrel hunting, I see more deer... And while were on the topic of shit that dose not make sense while hunting, why does my rifle barrel or back pack snag on every damn twig and branch possible, yet a buck with huge rack can slip through the thickest shit you can imagine with out a single snag?
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Posted: 12/13/2020 7:51:21 PM EDT
[#18]
because deer can't run up trees
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Posted: 12/13/2020 7:52:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: All the animals work together. It's a conspiracy. It's what separates us. well they really do. I can't tell you how many time a flock of crows circled me and made a shit load of noise letting all the deer know where i was. |
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Posted: 12/13/2020 10:26:03 PM EDT
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Squirrels are noisy but they have nothing on turkeys and armadillos.
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Posted: 12/15/2020 2:03:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I can't tell you how many time a flock of crows circled me and made a shit load of noise letting all the deer know where i was. I've had Bluejays sit in the trees around me, and keep making all kinds of noise. That would get the attention of anything nearby. |
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Posted: 12/15/2020 2:27:08 PM EDT
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The squirrels got real quiet in my AO about 3 years ago. The same year a bobcat started frequenting the area.
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Posted: 12/15/2020 2:44:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If it sounds as big as a deer, it's a squirrel. If it sounds like a squirrel, it's a turkey. If you doze off and are awoken to something sniffing your boots, it's a deer. Or that's my experiences. LMAO so true |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 2:49:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Last deer season. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/15109/Squirrel_2019_11_16_jpg-1647966.JPG This right here. Asshole one morning got up in a tree 10 yards away and barked at me for 30 minutes. Me and my son made him and a few of his relatives into squirrel and dumplings a few days later. 
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Posted: 8/1/2021 1:00:16 PM EDT
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The squirrels are on the payroll. The deer pay acorns for lookout and early warning services.
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Posted: 8/1/2021 1:18:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This right here. Asshole one morning got up in a tree 10 yards away and barked at me for 30 minutes. Me and my son made him and a few of his relatives into squirrel and dumplings a few days later. Hell yeah! |
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Posted: 9/10/2021 7:32:55 AM EDT
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During bow, the wife comes out with me so she can sit with a suppressed 22.
Because of the double-threat, we never see anything.
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Posted: 9/10/2021 8:01:22 AM EDT
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One season I got so sick of seeing squirrels and no deer I started bringing my Browning Buckmark up in the treestand with my bow. Best squirrel season ever.
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Posted: 9/10/2021 8:07:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Last deer season. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/15109/Squirrel_2019_11_16_jpg-1647966.JPG  |
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Posted: 9/10/2021 8:53:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One season I got so sick of seeing squirrels and no deer I started bringing my Browning Buckmark up in the treestand with my bow. Best squirrel season ever. State? Can’t have more than one hunting implement during deer or turkey season here. For small game and waterfowl you can have multiple weapons on you. Now, as of last year you can hunt small game during deer-gun (historically closed), provided you use only #4 shot or smaller. Which you can’t be in possession of any shot if deer hunting. I think it’s utter BS I can’t just have a 22 while bow hunting. I’m pretty dumb at times, but if a deer is within range, I’m not using a 22 on it when I have broadheads, ffs. If I was hungry enough to be hunting deer with a 22, I wouldn’t even be making an attempt to follow any other game laws. |
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Posted: 9/10/2021 8:55:38 AM EDT
[#31]
Dirty tree rats, nature's reactive target
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Posted: 9/14/2021 7:51:08 AM EDT
[#32]
I've shot squirrels while deer hunting. Try for head shots. Bagged them with .308 from FAL, .41 Mag from Marlin 1894S and 7.62x39 SKS.
CD |
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Posted: 9/14/2021 8:01:33 AM EDT
[#33]
Lol deer make a lot of noise…. They grunt, snort, stomp.
Rattle up a buck in thick brush, you’ll hear them coming. I was pretty much grown before I ever hunted deer where there are squirrels… they’re annoying little things. |
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