Dang Squirrels!!!

[Troy Breeding]

#7311

Just got back from IN on a much needed hunt and time in the woods.

Thought I’d give everone a little laugh on my behalf.:D

Yesterday morning while out for the last day I decided to switch acouple of broadheads for blunts in hopes of shutting up afew of those chattering tree rats. Rather than sit in the stand I decided to stalk.

All week while in the stand I had squirrels runing around me for hours.:evil: Not wanting to dull a head I refused to take the shots.

As fate would have it, those peskie little critters seem to vanish when I carried the blunts. After several attempts I finally had one that either didn’t see me or just didn’t care. To me that was going to be his mistake.

As I eased forward from tree to tree he kept running back and forth along the log he must have claimed as his own. When I had closed the distance to under 20yds I started to draw the arrow that I knew was going wreak his day. Thats when I caught movement just to the right of my vision.:shock: As I slowly turned to look I could see I made the worlds worst mistake. I had locked in on one critter while another had locked in on me.

You guessed it, there just to the right of me was a nice fat forkhorn.:cry: I stood there thinking how dumb I was for not clearing the area before locking in on the target. Thats when I wondered if I could let down and turn enought to false draw on the forkie. Sure enough, I managed to let down, turn and false draw on the deer without him blowing out like a jet.

When I let down the false draw he must have figured out something wasn’t right and troted off. I’m sure he still wonders what heck he was looking at since he didn’t blow or stomp.

Thats when I finally regained thought and noticed the squirrel was still sitting on the log.

In short, I drew and released.:wink: The arrow struck with a rather firm thump,,,,,, about 2″ below the little bugger….

Oh well,,,, another day, another bushy tail that must still have chills running up his spine…..:shock::shock:

Troy

[T Downing]

#60658

Thanks for sharing Troy, hilarious, I could imagine the look on the face of that little rascal! They drive me a bit bananas during elk season, always seems to be telling everyone, “here he comes!” Dang it…If they tasted like cottontail or grouse, they would be in serious trouble. Well, that is if they don’t know I would love to put an arrow through one. Thanks again Troy.

[Brennan Herr]

#60909

I have been watching the buggers as well in the area I hunt and there are some monster fox squirrels. The greys are abundant as well but they aren’t in season here yet…but I am going to try and take a few to make a stew with.

[shawhill]

#60950

lol, I never get tired of the look on a critters face while they try to register just what kind of bush you are. Once I was sitting on a 5gal pail I found on the edge of the woods when a black capped chickadee landed of the barrel of my shotgun. He kept hopping up and down the length of the barrel and turning his head side ways trying to find a way into this “thick bush” in front of him. He would fly off and return.After the third viewing of his comical routine I couldn’t contain myself and I burst out laughing. At that a nice doe snorted about 25 yrds from me and ran off! I was so focused on this silly little bird and his dance that I didnt even notice the deer approach. Oh well, its one of my fonder moments with nature and I wouldn’t trade it for all the venison in the world.:wink:

[fattony77]

#61234

Hahaha! And to think, until I read that, I thought I was the only person in the world to have been busted by a deer with a judo pointed arrow nocked! I feel your pain, as just last year I had a tall 6 point surprise me by walking up to about 10 yards to my right (on the same path I was standing in) while I was busy trying to find a limbrat that had my (unfortunately) undivided attention! I’m SO glad to know that I’m not the only person that has ever made this mistake! It does make for a very funny story, for those of us who are shameless enough to tell it!!! Bravo!

[Stephen Graf]

#61392

What happened here is a classic example of what is known as “Murphy’s Law of Hunting”. It is basically a set of known game substitutions that occur naturally when hunting. For example:
– When deer hunting, the squirrel population explodes
– When squirrel hunting, the deer population explodes
– When turkey hunting the deer population explodes
– When rabbit hunting the grouse population explodes
– etc…

For myself, when I am squirrel hunting I have found that the average deer population expands to about 250 deer per square mile. Of which 200 are big bucks.

[DAbersold]

#8886

I had the same kind of thing happen to me last year. I couldn’t get the right arrow on the string fast enough and the buck I had been trying to kill for three years just kind of turned and walked off with a “what ever” kind of attitude. How do they know?!?!

[Stumpkiller]

#13107

Great thread.

The best bowhunting shot I ever made was a red squirrel that was chatterring at me and running between two hemlock trees as I sheltered under a third one in the rain. After about an hour or so of his “CHEE, CHEE, CHEE” alarm call I was getting pretty fed up with this little guy and swapped out my broadhead for a blunt. As he ran along a horizontal trunk I led him and popped him in motion from 18 yards. We were both astounded.

No, I did not eat him; but for 10 years or so his tail hung from my back quiver.

[Brennan Herr]

#13351

Missed one at 20 yards by an inch….tomorrow the arrows will fly again!!!

[George D. Stout]

#14014

Well, I don’t know about Indiana, but in Pa. you are allowed to carry blunts with you…even when deer huntin’. ))). I love hunting squirrels, and it’s mostly deer that distract me from squirrel hunting. I don’t mind the warning barks and fussing, since they will also do that to the deer travelling through. I took a nice buck a few years back because I was alert to the squirrels’ fussing out on the next ridge.

Also remember, Murphy travels with most bowhunters…..so expect the opposite outcome most of the time, and relish in those surprises you get on occasion. Life’s book is filled with more misses than hits, and they should receive equal appreciation. One mostly learns more from the times they returned to the truck empty handed.

[Ripforce]

#14555

I have had as many a 6 big black squirrels around my stand running all over, the rut for them must be on because there have been several mating rituals going on during these chases!I do believe thatI have to start bringing some judo tipped arrows with me again! We have had a lot of real heavy winds lately and the deer are real spooky anyway, this AM I was watching 3 does coming toward me and with the heavy wind in my favor there was no way they could make me out! Two of those damn squirrels came frollicking thru the leaves that was it for the deer, i think I am going to declare war on them squirrels from now on!LOL

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