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Any rabbit or squirrel hunters on here?
« Thread Started on Apr 4, 2005, 7:48pm »

Are there any rabbit or squirrel hunters on here? I used to hunt both of those game a lot, but haven't been in a while. I usually hunt rabbits with a shotgun and squirrels with a .22 riflle.

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Re: Any rabbit or squirrel hunters on here?
« Reply #1 on Jul 4, 2005, 5:51pm »

dear Mountain Man, i just found a 32. cal. muzzleloader i had to do the wood over someone had driven the wedge in at the wrong angle and split the side of the stock it is all done now and i must say it came out real nice i will have to call traditions because there is no cleaning jag or the ball starter i found balls and patches . i am looking forward to trying it out on some of the grays that are around here do you or any of the Alabama gang use black powder on small game my hunting buddy uses a 25-20 which is about the same thing. he is looking for a 32. or 36 cal his problem he is left handed not many left handed guns!!! if any one has a black powder 32 or 36 used please call my e-mail cahunt1941@gwi.net thanks !! p.s. any info on the hard charging grays would be apreciated Charlie

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Re: Any rabbit or squirrel hunters on here?
« Reply #2 on Jul 5, 2005, 8:03am »

That .32 caliber or a .36 caliber should do real good on squirrels. I haven't hunted any of them with a blackpowder rifle before, but I'm sure it would be a lot of fun. I had heard once that the old longhunters would sometimes use their .50 caliber for squirrel hunting. They would do what's called barking the squirrel which would be to shoot the limb or tree right under the tree and let the exploding bark knock the squirrel off the tree. That way they wouldn't destroy the meat.

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Re: Any rabbit or squirrel hunters on here?
« Reply #3 on Sept 25, 2005, 10:05pm »

i love to hunt squirrels...i have two .22's that i use for squirrel...when i moved to Alabama i left one with my dad and brought my semi-auto with me...it's illegal to use semi's in Pa...and i think i read that they are legal in Bama...info on that would be apprecaited...as for shotguns on squirrels are no fun to clean...haven't hunted rabbits

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Re: Any rabbit or squirrel hunters on here?
« Reply #4 on Sept 26, 2005, 6:20pm »

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It's legal to use your semi-auto .22 on squirrels here. Squirrel hunting with a .22 rifle is a lot of fun.

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Re: Any rabbit or squirrel hunters on here?
« Reply #5 on Sept 26, 2005, 9:28pm »

awesome...that is some great news...i finally get to use it...all it was for is woodchucks in the yard and target...not too much fun if you ask me...all i can say is look out squirrels...

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Re: Any rabbit or squirrel hunters on here?
« Reply #6 on Mar 6, 2006, 5:17pm »

w00t!
I'm glad to hear there are a few squirrel hunters down here in Alabama!

I recently moved down from the mountains of Virginia and grew up in the UpState mountains of South Carolina. Hunting bushytails has been a life long love of mine. I still have my Dad's old Marlin 39 that I learned to shoot with and hunted for years with a .32 cal flintlock. Man, that put a real new spin on the squirrel hunting!

I'm in Mobile now and need to find some decent hunting lands down here. Any ideas? I'm recovering from a spinal cord injury and am on disability, so expensive leases are right out.

Thanks!

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Re: Any rabbit or squirrel hunters on here?
« Reply #7 on Mar 6, 2006, 5:24pm »

The state of Alabama has got thousands acres of land just to the north of you in the delta region. I don't know about the squirrel population there, but there's a lot of wild hogs in that area.

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