A good hunting 'cur'-type could do it all, as well as herd the half wild pigs and cattle roaming the woods-such peripheral animal husbandry often having more in common with hunting than herding! I once found myself flat broke, totally disillusioned by man'kind', and seriously hard-up long ago during some of my first efforts at independence, deep in the Big Thicket of Texas(don't ask-that in itself is a loooonnnnggg story.), although I am North Carolina raised and oriented(and living back in N. My maternal relatives in North Georgia(Scotch/Irish/Cherokee) often fed themselves during the Great Depression with squirrels by the efforts of their squirrel hunting hunting dogs(a 'squirrel feist' was a VALUABLE little dog to have!) as well as their trail hounds and bird dogs. Brian Plummer wrote, so I think you could order a copy? If you are interested, and have difficulty, let me know, and maybe I could find a copy to send you.L.B.to be continued. S., that is) developed SPECIFICALLY for hunting squirrels-but many have British terrier blood of some sort back there! A SUPERB book on this is 'Squirrel Dog Basics' by David Osborn-not only about squirrel dogs, but just the whole lore surrounding the hunting of them(including recipes!) I think you would LOVE it-usually available on Amazon-I know I've ordered MANY books off'n Amazon from the UK quite successfully-including most of what D. Lots of obscure breeds(obscure out of the Southen U. And it can increase one's 'reducing to possession' of the tree rats at a much higher rate(depending). continuing on(by-the-by, my personal E-mail now is you want to ramble about anything else more extensively, or have any questions, etc., which I'd be more than happy to rattle on about!)-squirrel hunting with DOGS is as common, if not moreso than still hunting here. of A.-any chance of reconciliation there?.to be continued.Yer old rediscovered blog pal Lane Batot. As for that whole Revolutionary War thing-so sorry old chap and considering current politics and 'leadership' in the U. A.! And our grey squirrels do not have the stigma of being 'invasive' here! Many a hard-up feller has fed himself on squirrel-myself included! It has always been considered a valuable survival food amongst pioneers and mountain men, as well as the indigenous folks, who had a difficult time dealing with those invasive Europeans! A bit of squirrel lore I read in a great, anecdotal book on local wildlife-the author speculated we won the Revolutionary War in part BECAUSE of squirrels-as all the pioneer kids grew up HAVING to be sharpshooters hunting them, making every ball count, and having to 'aim for the eye' to keep from blowing the bodies apart and wasting the meat! Interesting bit of trivia I thought you might appreciate. Howdy! Long time, no hear, right? I FINALLY broke down and got me a computer(lap-top thingy)-they were getting increasingly anal and restrictive at work about using workplace computers-at one point, ALL BLOGS were VERBOTTEN! Except Facebook, of course.Anyhoo-late to the game here, but PLENTY to relate about squirrel huntin'! This being a DEEP-SEATED tradition especially in Southern U. You pays your money, you takes your choice.Ī special mention goes to the next air rifle I'm going to buy - The IMP which is a reengineered german rifle tweeked by Sandwell Fieldsports at just under £400 - look on youtube for reviews There are even more brands (most quite accurate) of spring powered rifle from about a third of the cost and a middle ground where the rifles use a gas-ram system, to provide the puff. Well-known brands English, German Czech, and Swedish, all very accurate and all pretty costly at £500 - £1,200+. I'm a big fan of the Pre-Charged-Pneumatic school of air rifle design as they take very little practice to become accurate.ĭue to the UK's firearms laws and high population density Air rifles have always been disproportionately popular here so there are loads, both new and secondhand, to choose from. My weapon of choice is the off-the-shelf air rifle (limited to 12ft/lbs) you don't need a licence so you can lend and borrow them, they are easily powerful and accurate enough to make a clean, humane kill on a Squirrel that never knew you were there.
