How to twist a squirrel (or other animal) out of a hole

[Magicman]

You bring back memories, some not so fond.  The dreaded screw fly caused much misery during my early youth days.  I never considered what they did to wildlife I guess because we had no deer.  "Big game" to us was a fox squirrel.

I often see folks write what they would or would not eat.  If they had grown up in my circumstances, "not" would not be in their vocabulary.  Some things that we ate were the only things between us and hungry.

[sandsawmill14]

mm it was not that bad on me personally but my parents and grandparents were in the same shape you described and that was how i was raised. we had hot dogs every friday night for supper for years before the ball game because it cost to much to buy  everyone one at the game :-\ the thing is that was a real treat that everyone looked forward to and it was still the friday night meal at home when i married :D . and a grilled hamburger was a REAL treat up until i started driving and got a job then that helped some  at least 95 % of what we ate meat and otherwise  when i was growing up was either raised on the farm or got hunting/trapping  i guess i can see how people who were not raised this way could see it strange :D  just dont pick on us >:( ;) :D :D :D

[sandsawmill14]

i also remember when we were kids the store in town sold everything feed/seed hardware groceries gas and kerosene, and ammo by the box or by the piece 12 gauge were 10 cents each or 2.50 a box and 22 long rifles were 2 cents or 1.00 box but i dont remember ever buying them 1 at the time cause dad kept us in shells. but do remember other folk getting a dimes worth of 22 and .50 cents worth of 12s when i was there things have changed alot now  and we are a lot bigger town now we're almost up to population of 300 last time i heard but i still live about 2 miles out side of town ;D

[Peter Drouin]

My dad and his dad would go ½ or a ¼ on a cow and pigs with their friends. We would put it down with one shot to stun it and start cutting. :D :D :D

MM you did not have cows down there with all the land you have. Did you not have a garden, My dads Was big enough to feed 50 people. :D :D :D
And every one had chickens.
Sand14, I don't remember how many cows, pigs, chickens,deer, bear,moose,rabbits, fish. I cut up over the years. Hell, I don't eat pig no more, but, still have an 8'x8' block smoke house where I use to smoke 4 pigs at once.

[thecfarm]

My Grandparents,that lived about 500 feet across the road from me,kept us well fed. We had cows and chicken to eat. My Father shot alot of rabbits. BIG garden,BIG potato one too.

[sandsawmill14]

cant speak for mm but around here you were well off if you had a beef. everyone had a milk cow and if she had a bull calf it was raised for meat if it was a heifer you raised it for a cow. most of the other kids my age done none of this and some made fun of us but our folks thought it was important we new how it used to be and appreciate what we had. but i have to admit i did not understand why dad made me plow the garden with a horse when there were 3 tractors setting there :-\ >:( but now that im grown with my on kids i understand clearly what he was doing and am thankful for it

[sandsawmill14]

My Grandparents,that lived about 500 feet across the road from me,kept us well fed. We had cows and chicken to eat. My Father shot alot of rabbits. BIG garden,BIG potato one too.

thats the way our grandparents were too but it has to be passed down to the next gen or it will be gone. i gave a friend some jelly i made last fall and he said he wanted to come help this year to learn how to can/preserve foods his grandmother always did the canning and gave it to kids and he had never helped or even seen it done said he had picked peas 2-3 times other than that never even had a garden  ??? which really surprised me as his folks grew up within 3 miles of me and when his parents married they moved about 20 miles south on another pretty good sized farm but both worked in a factory and bought everything they eat except what come from granny

[4x4American]

Thanks for the lesson, WV.  It's a good trick to keep in the bag.  I would have otherwise prolly just starting shooting into the hole.. And yes, I agree completely about the best way to see skwerls is to go out with the mind to kill a deer lol..