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Voyageur · February 16, 2009, 01:05 PM

Out here we hunt Columbia Black Tail Ground Squirrels. I've heard some eat them but the smell puts me off. I hunt them because the land owners invite me to do so... they make a lot of holes in the ground and can be right skitterish about 2 legged critters staring at them.

I hunt them with a .32 caliber Tennessee Poor Boy percussion rifle. This makes it very interesting and is helpful in big game hunting. You pretty much have to stalk them instead of sitting out there at 100 yards or better with them not even knowing you are in the vicinity and paying nigh on 75 cents a shot to vaporize them. (Not hunting in my book.)

February 16, 2009, 01:05 PM	#5
Voyageur Member Join Date: October 28, 2008 Location: In the Shining Mountains Posts: 72	Out here we hunt Columbia Black Tail Ground Squirrels. I've heard some eat them but the smell puts me off. I hunt them because the land owners invite me to do so... they make a lot of holes in the ground and can be right skitterish about 2 legged critters staring at them. I hunt them with a .32 caliber Tennessee Poor Boy percussion rifle. This makes it very interesting and is helpful in big game hunting. You pretty much have to stalk them instead of sitting out there at 100 yards or better with them not even knowing you are in the vicinity and paying nigh on 75 cents a shot to vaporize them. (Not hunting in my book.)