hunts. I'm taking the Remington 12C in .22 Rem Special out for walk next.

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Sincerely,

Hobie

Have been with friends who use small caliber muzzleloaders. Have personally used all manner of 22s, from handguns, to old single-shot boys rifles, to competition rifles. It is also great fun to use centerfires as well, especially antiques such as original Win 92s and Remington Mod 25 pumps, not to mention any handgun accurate enough to reliably make head shots. A group of friends and I regularly hunt together and share our firearms, each taking turns with each other's toys.

but I get a lot of fun out of various .22 handguns. I once got one with a 3" S&W Model 36 but I think that squirrel was suicidal as he hung around while I figured out just how to hold to put a .38 WC into him. In the past couple of years I got these 2 older Remington rifles, the 12C in .22 WRF and a 241, and I wanted them to have a squirrel hunt as well.

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Sincerely,

Hobie

Too much effort involved to suit my tastes.

Squirrel hunting is fairly new for me, having only started in '98. My first hunt was with my Dad's 3" S&W 317, 22 l.r., which I bagged 3 black squirrels in a half hour with. Have been hooked ever since. Have killed well over 100 with a 22 Combat Masterpiece, nearly all head shots. Killed one earlier this fall while out deer scouting with a 2 1/2" S&W M19. Have hunted quite a bit with a Contender as well.

We also enjoy CAS style rifles and have used 25, 32, 38 and 44 WCFs for hunting them with Marlin and Winchester levers, an original Colt Lightning pump, and a Remington Mod 25 pump. There is a special thrill for me in using competition small-bore rifles as well. They may be a bit heavy, but are very sure on even the most difficult to hit bushytail.

I have this recurring fantasy about a .30 WCF Winchester 94 with a 24" octagon barrel and a full buckhorn sight zeroed to put a light cast bullet load on a bushytail's head at 25-30 yards.......

Never got serious about it because I don't care to eat tree rats and no longer like to kill stuff I ain't gonna eat.

won't eat 'em all. Using more challenging methods of hunting and doing the hunting at my pace and in my own time helps to limit the number killed. Some days turn into a long walk with squirrels sighted on but not killed and no work or clean up at the end.

Some gun shows (like today's) are the same. It is more in the going and seeing old friends than in the acquisition of a long-sought after firearm. It helps that I'm positively tight with a dollar now, too.

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Sincerely,

Hobie

Have only killed one squirrel so far this year. Still have a few from last year to eat, so am not planning to kill any more until they are gone. Most of my squirrel shooting anymore is an image of one printed out on paper.

Not that much anymore that I really crave and it's all expensive.