Hi Hank. I loved your squirrel podcast. The story about "barking" squirrels was interesting. I have a small vintage magazine collection and remember years ago reading an article in one of them about this very tactic. I have no idea which magazine it was in or the year but it was a long time ago. The story was about a gentleman that always brought home a mess of squirrels without a mark on them. His story was that he would shoot right next to the squirrels head and the concussion killed them or adled them enough to go over and dispatch the squirrel. The story was interesting because I had accidentally done this very thing and wondered why the squirrel had no bullet hole. I wouldn't suggest it but I guess either some people did it from time to time or this author just exaggerated this tactic.
Hi Hank. I loved your squirrel podcast. The story about "barking" squirrels was interesting. I have a small vintage magazine collection and remember years ago reading an article in one of them about this very tactic. I have no idea which magazine it was in or the year but it was a long time ago. The story was about a gentleman that always brought home a mess of squirrels without a mark on them. His story was that he would shoot right next to the squirrels head and the concussion killed them or adled them enough to go over and dispatch the squirrel. The story was interesting because I had accidentally done this very thing and wondered why the squirrel had no bullet hole. I wouldn't suggest it but I guess either some people did it from time to time or this author just exaggerated this tactic.