Slowly and carefully, I eased across the hardwood ridge. It felt as if it took an eternity to make even one simple step. My eyes continuously scanned the treetops, and I took each stride through the bed of dried leaves with the utmost care. The quarry may have been a gray squirrel weighing all of one pound, but I moved as if I were hunting bull elk—slowly, carefully, no broken sticks or other noise. The goal was to gain range before they knew I was there. If you don’t think a super-stealthy approach is necessary when squirrel hunting, guess again.
In a lot of ways, this is the essence of still-hunting for squirrels. Where I live in Appalachia, we inherited this form of hunting from the likes Daniel Boone and Simon…
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Game & Fish East (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2024