Tree Squirrel Rifles

[RidgeTop]

JC Higgins Cir. 1956 (Marlin Mod 81), 6 shots - 6 squirrels. Challenger (Belgium) 9 shots - 6 squirrels.

 

[Longhunter1750]

CZ 455 fullstock
CZ 455 standard
CZ 455 Varmint
CZ452 Silhouette
CZ457 standard
CZ457 Varmint
Ruger 10/22 Target
Custom 32cal flintlock X3

 

[Alan F]

Love the long rifle. Outstanding.

 

[cornshank]

Moved

 

[jbronner13]

 

[jbronner13]

Fraternal triplets

 

[M1A1ABRAMS]

My primary tree rat guns. Learned to shoot at 5yo in basement with a Stevens (Model 11, I recall) rolling breech block non-adjustable iron sight single shot .22 which Dad bought for me at an estate sale......was just like he had learned to shoot with. Then, graduated to Dad's J.C. Higgins, maybe Model 30, semi-auto .22 with a 4x scope.......spring retracting sling. Still hunt with both to re-live great memories of squirrel hunting with my Dad. Now have numerous added .22s......Winchesters, Remingtons, Weatherby XXII, Begaras, Tikka T1X and TAC A1, and many more. But, typically return to the first two for squirrels. The open sight Stevens became easy to shoot again once I got store bought eyes with double cataract surgeries in 2016.... Squirrel hunting really teaches younguns to really hunt, rather than ambushing as most do today when deer "shooting"...er, hunting. Really fun with a good squirrel dog, especially one that understands to bark loudly on the opposite side of the tree from the guy with the .22.

Just curious has anyone tried barking at squirrels ? I do an it seems to be quite effective, lol

 

[mistrykanesage]

CZ 455 fullstock
CZ 455 standard
CZ 455 Varmint
CZ452 Silhouette
CZ457 standard
CZ457 Varmint
Ruger 10/22 Target
Custom 32cal flintlock X3View attachment 381273View attachment 381275View attachment 381276View attachment 381277View attachment 381278View attachment 381279View attachment 381280View attachment 381281View attachment 381282View attachment 381283

They are all nice but the BP are "tits"

 

[Allen Lone wolf]

Just curious has anyone tried barking at squirrels ? I do an it seems to be quite effective, lol

My dad and I used to compete with our 22 pistols. He used a Ruger and I a Hawes Western Marshal. We would sit on opposite sides of the hill but little did he know I would take a pocket full of small rocks a flipping them onto the dry leaves while barking like a squirrel was very productive. I always won. Dad is 87yrs old now and I never gave away my secret

 

[Litehiker]

Longhunter, Are there ANY squirrels left in your woods? ;o)

My RUGER 96/22 mag lever gun (yes, RUGER once made nice lever guns) with a Green River octagonal barrel is my squirrel gun.
The scope is Bushnell Whitetail 1.75 - 4 with a 1" tube. Just the right size for that little rifle.
I've killed a few squirrels and groundhogs with it when I lived in Pennsylvania.

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

Longhunter, Are there ANY squirrels left in your woods? ;o)

My RUGER 96/22 mag lever gun (yes, RUGER once made nice lever guns) with a Green River octagonal barrel is my squirrel gun.
The scope is Bushnell Whitetail 1.75 - 4 with a 1" tube. Just the right size for that little rifle.
I've killed a few squirrels and groundhogs with it when I lived in Pennsylvania.

loaded with them. I went to war with them after they ate the wiring in my truck and tractor. Shot several hundred in my back yard. Would shoot 50 with the .22 and then 50 with the 17hmr.
Stopped a couple of years ago and now I see at least a dozen a day next to the house. Our cats Percious Ann with only one eye would catch a few a week - she passed away and Oreo has a bum leg so he can't catch them anymore.
Time to breakout the Volquartsen 17hmr again.

 

[ajvinyard]

It was a nice morning so after breakfast I grabbed the CZ 457 American in 22 mag and headed to to the woods.

 

[MLN1963]

It was a nice morning so after breakfast I grabbed the CZ 457 American in 22 mag and headed to to the woods.

Are this a hybrid squirrel? They look like reds on the bottom and greys on top.

 

[Longtine88]

The old 9422!