I headed back to “my” deer woods &, after changing the card in my trail cam, was set-up at 12:33,
temp of 64, windy, sunny with a lot of high white clouds. A fox showed up on my left at 12:43 &
somehow I managed to miss an easy shot.
At 13:30, I slipped to my original spot to check for cuttings but only found a few. I was back sitting
at 13:38. At 13:42, a bushy came in at about 5’ on my right & trotted west, jumping up on a large
fallen limb. It moved away from me with its back too me. I started to lift the rifle & its peripheral
vision kicked in sending it running. It jumped off the limb, ran a few feet, & jumped up about 2’ on
a small sapling. It stopped, the .17 popped, & he dropped, a big old male at about 10 yards.
Then, at 14:05, a fox showed up directly in front of me on the side of a sapling. It hit the ground &
went behind a tree giving me time to get the .17 up. It came back into view, sat on its haunches &
the .17 added another young female at about 30 yards.
At 14:42, fox #4 came in on my right & moved through the underbrush with no shot. It was starting
to get chilly as the wind picked up so I headed in at 15:20 with the weather the same except it was
61 & more windy.
When I picked up the 2 bushies, I stepped it off to see how close my estimates were. The 1st was
12 steps & the 2nd, 27 so I was pretty close.
I checked on the tree that was doing all the popping & cracking on Sat. & it was almost completely down.
On the way out, I found a puffball growing in the 4-wheeler trail. It wasn’t there Sat. & I plan to take pics
each time I go back just to see what the growth rate might be. That’s a .17 HMR shell.
The trail cam caught 2 different bucks.
Day 18 of the 2020 Ohio Squirrel Season
- HunterGKS
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Day 18 of the 2020 Ohio Squirrel Season
George
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR BODY STILL. YOUR HEART JUST HASN'T CAUGHT ON.
.17 = NITRO OF THE RIMFIRE WORLD USAF 1969-1973
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR BODY STILL. YOUR HEART JUST HASN'T CAUGHT ON.
.17 = NITRO OF THE RIMFIRE WORLD USAF 1969-1973
- soiltester
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Re: Day 18 of the 2020 Ohio Squirrel Season
And the "pot keeps thickining' plus deer hunting season is starting to look good also
ever wonder where the white goes when the snow melts??
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Re: Day 18 of the 2020 Ohio Squirrel Season
Every year I see decent bucks on the trail cam. Come gun season, they disappear.soiltester wrote: ↑September 19th, 2020, 7:09 am And the "pot keeps thickining' plus deer hunting season is starting to look good also
George
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR BODY STILL. YOUR HEART JUST HASN'T CAUGHT ON.
.17 = NITRO OF THE RIMFIRE WORLD USAF 1969-1973
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR BODY STILL. YOUR HEART JUST HASN'T CAUGHT ON.
.17 = NITRO OF THE RIMFIRE WORLD USAF 1969-1973