November 7, 2012, 12:47 PM | #26 |
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Anyone "barking" a squirrel is nuts. I have not witnessed firsthand, but heard a story or two of a squirrel hunter picking up what they thought was a dead squirrel and finding themselves being bit by a "tree rat."
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November 7, 2012, 01:59 PM | #27 |
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Never encountered a "barking squirrel"
....Probably because I never did much hunting, but I can tell you I have met up with the "barking spider" and boy do they have some bad breath!
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November 7, 2012, 02:14 PM | #28 |
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Never encountered a barking squirrel????
How do you call them otherwise? As to getting bitten, pick them up and swing them immediately into the tree trunk. They won't survive. Bob Wright |
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If you hunt long enough, you'll make mistakes.
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November 7, 2012, 02:20 PM | #30 |
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As to makers of Tennessee Squirrel rifles, my wife and I were driving east on US Hwy. 64 near Falls Creek Mill and noticed a historic marker. It gave the name of the gunmaker once located there (whose name I've forgotten) and he made "Tennessee Rifles" as I recall. It would have been in the cap-lock era. As I recall this was near Belevedere, Tennessee.
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If its eyes are closed then it's unconscious. A squirrel startled me that way after falling from a tree top, so now I remember to check. |
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