Gobbler Nation

I got to the woods at 12:09 this afternoon with a temp of 63, rain clouds, & breezy. As I was nearing my parking spot, a fox ran across in front of me from a big shag on the edge of the corn field into the woods. I thought to myself: “Self, I thought, that’s a good sign.” At 12:16, a bushy ran across the end of the opening wet to east. At 12:19, another one moved west to east stopping a couple of times but the grass was too tall for a clear shot. At 12:26, number 3 ran down a dead tree & disappeared. At 12:27, a fox moved across the opening, stopped, sat up, & stuck out a thumb as if trying to hitch a ride with me. Since he was within “ear shot”, I gave him a ride home in my Lean, Mean, Red Dodge Machine. That’s 4 bushies with the 1st 15 minutes of sitting down. I don’t remember ever having that much action so early in a hunt & in such a short period of time.

At 12:55, I heard a slight noise to my right & there was a fox rooting around in the grass about 5’ from me. No shot. At 01:25, I walked through the west woods & found a large shag with a lot of cuttings. Might have to try it next time out. I sat back down at 02:00 &, At 02:37, a fox came down a tree right behind the slingshot tree & disappeared. I walked the east woods between 03:13 & 03:45 with nothing sighted.

I headed home at 04:00 with the temp up to 75 but still cloudy & breezy. Weather permitting, I plan to hit the woods behind the house in the morning.

As many squirrels as you eat, George, can you say if a red tastes better than a grey or vice versa?

Hognutz wrote: ↑September 12th, 2018, 9:03 am As many squirrels as you eat, George, can you say if a red tastes better than a grey or vice versa?

I gave up shooting reds several years ago unless they really get on my last nerve.
They are 2 much of a PIA to clean being so small. I have only killed 1 gray in 10-12
years hunting here, the only 1 I have seen in the woods. They are all citified.
They all go into the same dishes so the meat is all mixed together.

I’m sorry, George. I meant the difference between grey and fox squirrels... My bad!!
We have more greys than fox but they’re both plentiful. I don’t hunt them.

Hognutz wrote: ↑September 12th, 2018, 2:19 pm I’m sorry, George. I meant the difference between grey and fox squirrels... My bad!!
We have more greys than fox but they’re both plentiful. I don’t hunt them.

Not a problem. Some folks call fox squirrels reds & I thought that's what you might have done.

Here in pa fox squirrels are much larger than our greys - meat is tougher but tastes same.

We like them fried softened up those fox squirrel in pressure cooker first-meat falls off the bone

shoot’em up George!!

MAK wrote: ↑September 12th, 2018, 7:27 pm Here in pa fox squirrels are much larger than our greys - meat is tougher but tastes same.

We like them fried softened up those fox squirrel in pressure cooker first-meat falls off the bone

shoot’em up George!!

I think foxes are about twice the size of grays just about every where.

When I 1st started here in Ohio, I parboiled them which seemed to take forever. I started
pressure cooking several years ago & it will make a tough old boar tender, you just have to
cook them longer.