Re: Small game hunters
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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08/06/22 09:25 PM
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Posts: 7,244 West Michigan
Getting There
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Squirrels, going back to a 22 after hunting the with a Red-Tail Hawk for 50 years. Now I get to eat the squirrels. LOL
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: Small game hunters
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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08/06/22 09:27 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,089 North East Kansas
Marty
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Had a lot of fun hunting ducks&geese....been quite a while but I may get after it again this season.
E 'Honey Badger Militia' Sleep, the anti woke adote.
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Re: Small game hunters
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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08/06/22 10:25 PM
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Joined: May 2012
Posts: 443 Hot Springs SD
Larry Bowden
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Grew up hunting squirrel, cottontails and bob whites in Missouri. Left there about 30 years ago. Squirrel hunting is the thing I miss the most. Go back there rarely but try to schedule the trips during the fall to hunt squirrels after the ticks are done.
Western SD Fur Harvesters, SDTA, NTA, FTA and life member of NRA. Cancer survivor (7 years) and still fighting it.
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Re: Small game hunters
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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08/06/22 10:27 PM
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Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,758 Green County Wisconsin
GREENCOUNTYPETE
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I sure enjoy chasing ditch chickens
also got a good place for rabbits once Ditch chicken is closed
brush piles make a rabbit spot gut fire wood and leave nice brush piles for the rabbit habitat
we went from hardly a track at the farm to plenty to go shaking brush piles and shooting rabbits
the only thing that changed was the brush piles for habitat
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Small game hunters
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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08/06/22 10:30 PM
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Providence Farm
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I sure enjoy chasing ditch chickens
also got a good place for rabbits once Ditch chicken is closed
brush piles make a rabbit spot gut fire wood and leave nice brush piles for the rabbit habitat
we went from hardly a track at the farm to plenty to go shaking brush piles and shooting rabbits
the only thing that changed was the brush piles for habitat I leave habit but once I started trapping the farm rabbit population went up a ton. Enough we actually hunt them a few time a year now when it snows.
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Re: Small game hunters
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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08/06/22 10:32 PM
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Joined: Sep 2016
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Jurassic Park
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Grouse is my favourite small game animal to hunt. Lots of ruffed grouse here! Sharptails are starting to explode, and Spruce grouse are here and there.
Cold as ice!
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Re: Small game hunters
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08/06/22 11:42 PM
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Posts: 18,758 Green County Wisconsin
GREENCOUNTYPETE
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I sure enjoy chasing ditch chickens
also got a good place for rabbits once Ditch chicken is closed
brush piles make a rabbit spot gut fire wood and leave nice brush piles for the rabbit habitat
we went from hardly a track at the farm to plenty to go shaking brush piles and shooting rabbits
the only thing that changed was the brush piles for habitat I leave habit but once I started trapping the farm rabbit population went up a ton. Enough we actually hunt them a few time a year now when it snows. trapping may have played a role also , I suppose raccoon will eat rabbit kits ? I haven't taken any coyote off the farm but there is a group that runs dogs for coyote and can cross the farm as long as they stay away from the cattle on winter pasture north of the road. which works because they mostly want the creek and woods south of the farm but have permission to cross south pastures and fields as needed only thing north of the road is 80 acres with farm buildings and winter pastures the sheep dogs may also play a part they didn't have those when I started cutting wood and trapping great pyranies mix
Last edited by GREENCOUNTYPETE; 08/06/22 11:44 PM.
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Small game hunters
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08/07/22 12:21 AM
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Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 4,217 Eau Claire Wi
Trap Setter
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Squirrel! I got my first Mtn. Feist a few years back and another after that now looking to get rid of a few pups after The Boy let them out together lol. It's a whole new experience hunting with a couple good dogs for those sneaky greys, gets the blood moving when they open up on a tree. The male will follow them when they timber tree to tree and the female being younger pretty much stays where they left the ground but she was getting better before she got knocked up. I have high hopes for this fall!!!
Life sure is tough when you don't learn from the mistakes of others.
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