« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: What can you do?  (Read 1193 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Bingo

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 301
What can you do?
« on: November 15, 2007, 01:20:12 AM »
   I took the boy out hunting last night. It was a new section of woods for us and it looked promising. There was a lot of young oak trees and lots of acorns. We walked slowly down an old tram road and saw nothing! the woods were a little damp and silent. No birds no squirrels no chip monks, NOTHING! NOT A SOUND!
   It was a last minute thing and I didn't have any calls with me or I may have tied a distress call. What would you recomend in this situation.
Logged

Offline dukkillr

  • Moderators
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3428
    • The Daily Limit
Re: What can you do?
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2007, 06:07:37 AM »
Keep walking.  If you don't find anything anywhere else on the property, give it another try next week.  If you don't find anything then, start looking for a new place.

Quite honestly, I can't think of a place I've been that doesn't have squirrels.
Logged

Offline TribReady

  • GBO Supporter
  • Trade Count: (8)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1059
  • Gender: Male
Re: What can you do?
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2007, 08:11:16 AM »
Yeah, I'd also give it another try or 2.  It sounds like a great area.  You just never know from day to day sometimes.

As it gets colder, they'll get active
Logged
A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have. -Thomas Jefferson


...if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.  -2 Chronicles 7:14

Offline Jerry Lester

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • A Real Regular
  • ****
  • Posts: 928
Re: What can you do?
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2007, 12:34:55 PM »
Sometimes they just hole up, plain, and simple. :-\

When I hit a new place, and it seems to be void of squirrels, I then start scouting very closely for sign. The easiest of course is the nests, but even more so, I look for trees where they've been feeding. If you're finding any sign, I'd come back like the others said, and try again. I've hit a new place, and seen nothing quite a few times only to come back a few more times, and realize it's one of my best hunting spots.
Logged

Offline flintlock

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1405
  • Gender: Male
Re: What can you do?
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2007, 01:12:00 PM »
Heck man, even squirrels don't cooperate ALL the time...You mentioned young oaks, how about older ones with hollows for them???
Did you find cut acorns??? Give it another try...Good Luck...
Logged

Offline Bingo

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 301
Re: What can you do?
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2007, 02:18:46 PM »
  I went out alone tonight to see if I could find a turkey. There are plenty of nests and I saw about 6 squirrels in one area. I just couldn't figure out why NOTHING was out yesterday! Knowledge is power, and I still have a lot to learn. ;D

Oh, most of the old growth is gone. The area looks like it got timbered out about 20 or 30 years ago. That is where the tram roads came from.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »