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VA has a june squirrel season so a good friend took me out to his family's property for some squirrel hunting yesterday.
I used my dad's old winchester model 150 with weaver 4x scope, and had a wonderful time. I think va dgif was very smart to open a june squirrel season.
the gun is surprisingly accurate with the right load, especially considering the really heavy trigger and the dim old scope.
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Your dad's old Winchester looks like new, obviously well looked after hunting bushytails is my favourite recreation (with a gun that is) glad you had a really enjoyable time
Whatever you do always give 100%........... unless you are donating blood.
I'm not a squirrel hunter, but thought that squirrels were a cold weather sport, had something to do with a parasite something like that, is that just a wives tale? (probably not supposed to use the term ..wives tale.. nowadays)
No close season on grey squirrels here, they are an invasive species and a big threat to our native red squirrel, they give me something to hunt and my son a job as a professional squirrel trapper..
Whatever you do always give 100%........... unless you are donating blood.
Liver flukes are a parasitic worm that can make you pretty sick. Undercooked wild game is a source. Properly cooked meat is not usually a problem.
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
The liver flukes are in every Texas deer liver I have checked for many years, whitetail and axis deer used to eat deer liver as a kid and loved it with a pile of onions . Cut the liver in half, looks like large flattened soda straws
I've heard about summer parasites in rabbits, but hadn't heard about it being a problem with squirrels. We've had the June season for a few years now and I've eaten plenty of them without a problem.