Just ran across your channel. Love your approach and attitude about being respectful of nature and not just killin to kill. Only four minutes into the video and already hit like and subscribe! Thanks for sharing.
Just bought my first single shot in 20ga (I know I know...but it was only $52 New!) Hoping My brother and I can do some turkey hunting this season with it. I do have an old Ithaca break action single tube (the one with the lever action to break it open. I inherited it when my dad passed) that I'm currently restoring. A hurricane destroyed my folks home and his collection got trashed. Outstanding content you have here Sir!
Beautiful day in the swamp. That is a pretty area. Squirrel season starts the last of August here. The old timers say wait until after the first frost and you won't have to worry about wolves. Thanks for taking us hunting with you.
Good hunt.....like Randal I never been on a squirrel hunt/fishing trip.......your blessed to be in such a great area......Awesome video God Bless all ya'll and we'll see you in the next one
Northern Michigan has black, gray, big fox and small red squirrels, I have yet in 50 years to harvest a squirrel with those wolves. Perhaps the cold/frost in early September is a factor. Our season starts Sept. 15. We have had a lot of ticks the last few years, not so much on squirrels but ground dwelling mammals will have them. Good video!
I normally hunt the noxubee refuge. Went this past Saturday and shot one. It had a wulf in it. First squirrel i have ever shot that had them. Been squirrel hunting for years even in the early season. I really enjoy your videos. I found your channel by trying to find info on nanih waiya wma. Been trying to find a place to put my new sportspal canoe to use. I like canoeing in and camping overnight to get up and hunt the next morning.
It was the best place but after the storms last spring its a rough go. Right now its to low to paddle. Watch water level at burnside and if its 6 foot your good up to 10 foot above that the swamp will be flooded in most places
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I rode by there the other day trying to scout around. Water looked really low. Low enough I'd have to bring the pirogue and push pole looks like. Hope to have more time to come back and scout some more. Its only a 45 minute to a hour drive for me.
I love hunting deer! It’s my favorite animal to hunt when the timing is right with work. But squirrel hunting completely alone, no dogs, is a perfected art. It’s just like bow hunting in a way, only harder! Lol! I love hunting and eating squirrel! It is my favorite pass time. Like i love bass fishing! But I love love crappie fishing more! Hunting is all about time and effort put into it to kill, process and eat! I love this video buddy! I just subscribed! We think a lot alike!
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I’m here now thanks! I’m about to upload my own channel soon, it will be under a different name, I let you know! Keep killing and eating, God gave us that right! BTW a blue, Catfish, is better than any fish, and a rabbit is better than a squirrel, I don’t run a dog, I have a dog who will run off! Just saying! Bow hunting squirrels, is king. IMO! Thanks again!
Nice!! I skin squirrels pretty much the same as you, except I step on the tail and pull up by the back feet. You probly seen that done before. I think if your bream got as big and thick as where I fish, you'd change your mind about them. Good video man!
Good morning from Michigan Justin , it's been way warm for bow hunting fer deer , but not to bad fer bushy tails n fishing. I just picked for my wife and I , 2 eagle claw collapsible spinning rods at Walmart nice rigs fit perfectly in out ruk sacks. This morning was cooler but will only last a day or 2 then back up above 60, so just cleaned my 22 and figured I'd hunt some fox squirrel, and I agree 💯 percent only take what ya need. Trophy hunters have our dnr laws all jacked up here in our great state , although it's a bit better this season except we have 72 hrs to report our deer kills which if we don't we become a criminal it's bull dung for sure. Anyway you'll maybe have to do a vid on skinning them squirrel or cookin em. 🤪 I made me 1 dem fancy squirrel holders ya see on UA-camy well see how it works later today. Anyway great video. You and you family have a blessed day. .
@@dort7402 i had the skinning one in the end of this video so i doubt ill do another skinning squirrel this year. I do have another skinning squirrel about 2 years ago after a hunt
I was taught to cut the back and pull both ways. Got hair everywhere. This way i don’t get hair on it and its faster for me. I really dont see a need for those things you nail on a tree and hang the squirrel in .
Unusual for me, I clicked subscribe only 5 minutes into the video. I like to see how other hunters do thing. I'm nearly sixty years old and have squirrel hunted all my life. About half with a .22 and the other half with a shotgun. My best hunting years/experiences were when I had a wonderfully trained jack/rat treeing squirrel dog but she's long gone now except in my mind. I no longer try to get the limit of 10 a day when I hunt as just me and my wife at home. But my most successful days numbers wise has always been with a cheap H&R Partner, 12 Ga full choke with a 24 in barrel. I carry my shells in a shell belt around my waist and my squirrels are always field dressed right after the kill and carried on a stick hanging from either belt loops or on a D ring suspended from my belt. I have my retired LEO 870 and just ordered a 28" barrel for it but it may prove too heavy to tote around at my age. I recently bought an upland 12 double barrel that I hope to hunt with. I used to love hunting with a double barrel 16 ga. Thanks for sharing your videos.
Ours starts September 10th and wolves are really bad in my area the last couple years. I took one around the 10-2 that had about 6 in it and just started mushroom hunting until the frost comes.
I remember many yrs ago a buddy had a Stevens single shot shotgun and we were sitting waiting for a squirrel to come around the tree and it came to his side and he cocked the hammer back and drawed a bead and pulled the trigger and the hammer snapped clean off. I fell on the ground laughing my butt off because u should have seen the look on his face. He got mad because i let it get away for laughing so hard🤣 that was the good Ol’days because we were young and full of fun, hell we wasn’t even 20 yrs old yet. That old Stevens almost got wrapped around a tree that day.🤣
I have one on the wall rhat wont fire. I got it and this one and an old mossberg bolt action gave to me so rusted up i never thought any would shoot but this one works. I think the other one just needs some new springs in it but i havnt taken it apart
I'm with you all the way on those "wolves". Season opens here the last part of September, but I won't hunt them until after a couple frosts. That seems to help a lot, and I agree with you on killing more than you need or gonna use. I don't believe in it. Same with deer hunting...if someone has promised me a deer or part of a deer, I don't go hunting. I love deer, squirrel, rabbit, quail, dove, etc., but I won't shoot anything if I'm not going to eat it! QUESTION: Have you ever tanned squirrel hide? I'd love to make a knife like the small skinner-type you made on one of your videos and I'd like to have a scabbard/sheath made of squirrel hide.
Amen. Fill your plate, not the freezer if not absolutely necessary! Q: Would recommend a single shot for hunting rabbit, Turkey, and upland game birds? I like to hike long distances to get away from everyone and humpin a 9lb shotgun can get a man tired! I was thinking of getting the Stevens 301 Turkey 20 gauge as an all around upland game gun.. just take the extra full choke out and put in a modified… cheers 🍻
Its all in personal preference i think. There is no such thing as the perfect gun. I like a single shot if im after more that one species cause i can pop a shell out and shove another in fairly quick. I like to turkey hunt with an ole 870 i have. But i have a benellie nova pump and a browning automatic i like as well. Im old school and like the old ways so i wind up toting this little single shot most of the time
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors cheers buddy! Thanks for your insight! I am very “old school” in most everything I do! I nice side by side and a single shot along with my Winchester model 70 and a 22lr is pretty much all I could ever want or need! I like your style! Be well 🙏
That's what I appreciate about your channel, respect for the animals and where you are. What you take is what you can use. Bragging rights don't count for much. You can't eat them and they just lead to waste. I can't qualify destroying an animal just for the sake of killing something. Glad to see there are still people who agree. Hey, did you ever make a squirrel or rabbit carrier from a bent metal clothes hanger? They also work well for a fish stringer.
I never made one of them. Jerry Clower told about a feller that tucked the heads under his belt and looked like he has a squirrel tail hula skirt on . Got em chunking rocks left handed
How's the squirrel hunting been in Mississippi so far? We have been struggling here in Louisiana, hunted Tensas opening weekend and no luck really..... just been to dry.
Ive only been one good time and the afternoon we was in the swamp we saw nothing . I dont push to go till cooler weather but i think its been tough for the most part. I think they moved season up too early
I know what you mean but those worms season in Virginia starts the first Saturday the September I've had them. Do I fly with stings the squirrel? I've had a kettleman horses and cattle. I had one to sting a cat and eat the cat's head just about off
He was under the cover of a warm bed. I left him partly because right now in the mornings he aint gonna smell a squirrel no way. They will be on the ground in a few weeks
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors throw them away..but im 45 started huntin when i was we little..season always came in middle of october..ive killed buckets of squirrels only remember seeing 2 or 3 that had to be thrown away
They tell us they are ok to eat and i know some folks that will eat em. It just looks to bad for me . In a few weeks it cools off and they heal up another thing is the closer they are to cows the more of them they will be. Its from a fly stinging them and laying an egg i herd.
GET A THERMACELL AT WAL-MART AND YOU WON'T HAVE A MOSQUITO PROBLEM WHILE HUNTING AND FISHING. GET A HOLSTER AND STRAP IT TO YOUR BACKPACK OR YOUR TREE STAND.
I had a neighbor who just loved them. Thing was his ears started getting sharper and his teeth got longer every fall. He started chasing every Hickory nut hereabouts and ended up breaking his neck from a fall while he was trying to jump from limb to limb. We buried him with a tow sack full of nuts and a flea collar under the biggest Hickory we could find. What was weird about the funeral though was that he was still wearing that big buck toothed squirrel grin when we closed the coffin.
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors Buddy, I'd share a hunt and sit down and swap stories with you any day and I 'd really enjoy it. From the comments you've got some good people tuning in to your channel too. You take care of Justin. We need more like you.
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors Mississippi, anybody can spread baloney. What you do and how YOU present yourself is something special. I look forward to every video and being able to go with you on your hunts and fishing, not because they're big grand hunts or trips but because of the way you look at nature and the world. You're a good teacher, Justin, and you've got a good message.
Just ran across your channel. Love your approach and attitude about being respectful of nature and not just killin to kill. Only four minutes into the video and already hit like and subscribe! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you . Welcome to the family here
Just bought my first single shot in 20ga (I know I know...but it was only $52 New!) Hoping My brother and I can do some turkey hunting this season with it. I do have an old Ithaca break action single tube (the one with the lever action to break it open. I inherited it when my dad passed) that I'm currently restoring. A hurricane destroyed my folks home and his collection got trashed. Outstanding content you have here Sir!
Excellent hunt! Thanks for taking us along 👍
Beautiful day in the swamp. That is a pretty area. Squirrel season starts the last of August here. The old timers say wait until after the first frost and you won't have to worry about wolves. Thanks for taking us hunting with you.
Yea the cold gets rid of em. Its some fly that hangs around cows makes it worse because they not usually bad in fhe swamp where there isnt cows
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I think they may be called bot flies.
@@UncleSasquatchOutdoors yes sir i think so
first time viewer and enjoyed your video. Love the woods and watching you catch some fish; I can't wait to go crappie fishing.
Good hunt.....like Randal I never been on a squirrel hunt/fishing trip.......your blessed to be in such a great area......Awesome video God Bless all ya'll and we'll see you in the next one
Thank you sir. God has blessed me for sure
Northern Michigan has black, gray, big fox and small red squirrels, I have yet in 50 years to harvest a squirrel with those wolves. Perhaps the cold/frost in early September is a factor. Our season starts Sept. 15. We have had a lot of ticks the last few years, not so much on squirrels but ground dwelling mammals will have them. Good video!
Good video. I appreciate your hunting ethics. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Thank you . I make a lot more videos than most channels because i enjoy it so you should have plenty good clean entertainment
I was taught to never squirrel hunt before it frost. It is supposed to get rid of the wobbles.
Thanks for the video and the good skinning technique
I normally hunt the noxubee refuge. Went this past Saturday and shot one. It had a wulf in it. First squirrel i have ever shot that had them. Been squirrel hunting for years even in the early season. I really enjoy your videos. I found your channel by trying to find info on nanih waiya wma. Been trying to find a place to put my new sportspal canoe to use. I like canoeing in and camping overnight to get up and hunt the next morning.
It was the best place but after the storms last spring its a rough go. Right now its to low to paddle. Watch water level at burnside and if its 6 foot your good up to 10 foot above that the swamp will be flooded in most places
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I rode by there the other day trying to scout around. Water looked really low. Low enough I'd have to bring the pirogue and push pole looks like. Hope to have more time to come back and scout some more. Its only a 45 minute to a hour drive for me.
Great morning. Outdoors in the Lord's kitchen. Thank you for sharing this simple adventure.
Thank you for watching
Gettin out there and doin it, awesome Justin
Thank you Heather.
👍 Good video. Beautiful countryside. Agree with your comments about respecting nature.
Enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing!
I love hunting deer! It’s my favorite animal to hunt when the timing is right with work. But squirrel hunting completely alone, no dogs, is a perfected art. It’s just like bow hunting in a way, only harder! Lol! I love hunting and eating squirrel! It is my favorite pass time. Like i love bass fishing! But I love love crappie fishing more! Hunting is all about time and effort put into it to kill, process and eat! I love this video buddy! I just subscribed! We think a lot alike!
Welcome to the family here
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I’m here now thanks! I’m about to upload my own channel soon, it will be under a different name, I let you know! Keep killing and eating, God gave us that right! BTW a blue, Catfish, is better than any fish, and a rabbit is better than a squirrel, I don’t run a dog, I have a dog who will run off! Just saying! Bow hunting squirrels, is king. IMO! Thanks again!
Nice!! I skin squirrels pretty much the same as you, except I step on the tail and pull up by the back feet. You probly seen that done before. I think if your bream got as big and thick as where I fish, you'd change your mind about them. Good video man!
I like bream i just hate scaling fish
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I use a Bico plastic scaler. No mess, 2 swipes per side and done.
Good morning from Michigan Justin , it's been way warm for bow hunting fer deer , but not to bad fer bushy tails n fishing. I just picked for my wife and I , 2 eagle claw collapsible spinning rods at Walmart nice rigs fit perfectly in out ruk sacks. This morning was cooler but will only last a day or 2 then back up above 60, so just cleaned my 22 and figured I'd hunt some fox squirrel, and I agree 💯 percent only take what ya need. Trophy hunters have our dnr laws all jacked up here in our great state , although it's a bit better this season except we have 72 hrs to report our deer kills which if we don't we become a criminal it's bull dung for sure. Anyway you'll maybe have to do a vid on skinning them squirrel or cookin em. 🤪 I made me 1 dem fancy squirrel holders ya see on UA-camy well see how it works later today. Anyway great video. You and you family have a blessed day. .
God bless your hunts this season .
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors Thank you The Lord will provide for sure. In his time.
@@dort7402 i had the skinning one in the end of this video so i doubt ill do another skinning squirrel this year. I do have another skinning squirrel about 2 years ago after a hunt
Thats the best way to skin a squirrel ive ever seen. Ill put that one in the tool box.
I was taught to cut the back and pull both ways. Got hair everywhere. This way i don’t get hair on it and its faster for me. I really dont see a need for those things you nail on a tree and hang the squirrel in .
We call those nasty things in the squirrel warbles here in NC. Outside bunnies get them occasionally too. 🤢
That some good looking woods
🐾Good hunt. Thanks for sharing it with us.🦟🎚
Thank you for coming along with me
I love it! Wish I could cruise in the sticks with ya...
Unusual for me, I clicked subscribe only 5 minutes into the video. I like to see how other hunters do thing. I'm nearly sixty years old and have squirrel hunted all my life. About half with a .22 and the other half with a shotgun. My best hunting years/experiences were when I had a wonderfully trained jack/rat treeing squirrel dog but she's long gone now except in my mind. I no longer try to get the limit of 10 a day when I hunt as just me and my wife at home. But my most successful days numbers wise has always been with a cheap H&R Partner, 12 Ga full choke with a 24 in barrel. I carry my shells in a shell belt around my waist and my squirrels are always field dressed right after the kill and carried on a stick hanging from either belt loops or on a D ring suspended from my belt. I have my retired LEO 870 and just ordered a 28" barrel for it but it may prove too heavy to tote around at my age. I recently bought an upland 12 double barrel that I hope to hunt with. I used to love hunting with a double barrel 16 ga. Thanks for sharing your videos.
Thank you for sharing you experience and welcome to the family here
New sub here . Found your channel by chance . Like what you got to say and how you say it . Good show .
appreciate your wildlife respect Semper Fidelis
Ours starts September 10th and wolves are really bad in my area the last couple years. I took one around the 10-2 that had about 6 in it and just started mushroom hunting until the frost comes.
If your close to cows it seems to be worse
New subscriber from Vancouver Canada. Great channel. Nice fishing.
Welcome to the family
@SpiritoftheOutdoors Thank you, brother 👍
I remember many yrs ago a buddy had a Stevens single shot shotgun and we were sitting waiting for a squirrel to come around the tree and it came to his side and he cocked the hammer back and drawed a bead and pulled the trigger and the hammer snapped clean off. I fell on the ground laughing my butt off because u should have seen the look on his face. He got mad because i let it get away for laughing so hard🤣 that was the good Ol’days because we were young and full of fun, hell we wasn’t even 20 yrs old yet. That old Stevens almost got wrapped around a tree that day.🤣
I have one on the wall rhat wont fire. I got it and this one and an old mossberg bolt action gave to me so rusted up i never thought any would shoot but this one works. I think the other one just needs some new springs in it but i havnt taken it apart
I'm with you all the way on those "wolves". Season opens here the last part of September, but I won't hunt them until after a couple frosts. That seems to help a lot, and I agree with you on killing more than you need or gonna use. I don't believe in it. Same with deer hunting...if someone has promised me a deer or part of a deer, I don't go hunting. I love deer, squirrel, rabbit, quail, dove, etc., but I won't shoot anything if I'm not going to eat it! QUESTION: Have you ever tanned squirrel hide? I'd love to make a knife like the small skinner-type you made on one of your videos and I'd like to have a scabbard/sheath made of squirrel hide.
I just tanned one of these. I pickle it in salt and ammonium sulfate then use orange bottle on it
For a knife sheath id skin it different where i just had a hole in the tail end
Amen. Fill your plate, not the freezer if not absolutely necessary! Q: Would recommend a single shot for hunting rabbit, Turkey, and upland game birds? I like to hike long distances to get away from everyone and humpin a 9lb shotgun can get a man tired! I was thinking of getting the Stevens 301 Turkey 20 gauge as an all around upland game gun.. just take the extra full choke out and put in a modified… cheers 🍻
Its all in personal preference i think. There is no such thing as the perfect gun. I like a single shot if im after more that one species cause i can pop a shell out and shove another in fairly quick. I like to turkey hunt with an ole 870 i have. But i have a benellie nova pump and a browning automatic i like as well. Im old school and like the old ways so i wind up toting this little single shot most of the time
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors cheers buddy! Thanks for your insight! I am very “old school” in most everything I do! I nice side by side and a single shot along with my Winchester model 70 and a 22lr is pretty much all I could ever want or need! I like your style! Be well 🙏
That's what I appreciate about your channel, respect for the animals and where you are. What you take is what you can use. Bragging rights don't count for much. You can't eat them and they just lead to waste. I can't qualify destroying an animal just for the sake of killing something. Glad to see there are still people who agree. Hey, did you ever make a squirrel or rabbit carrier from a bent metal clothes hanger? They also work well for a fish stringer.
I never made one of them. Jerry Clower told about a feller that tucked the heads under his belt and looked like he has a squirrel tail hula skirt on . Got em chunking rocks left handed
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors why left handed?
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors he got a peech impedliment?
@@larryreese6146 his daddy made him throw left handed because he tore em up to bad throwing right handed
@@larryreese6146 i dont know about that
Squirrels gravy don't forget the gravy I grew up on it
BTW... what is that pack you're using. Looks big enough to service a ton of different kind of trips to the woods.
It’s a fieldline I picked up at a yard sale
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors thanks
How's the squirrel hunting been in Mississippi so far? We have been struggling here in Louisiana, hunted Tensas opening weekend and no luck really..... just been to dry.
Ive only been one good time and the afternoon we was in the swamp we saw nothing . I dont push to go till cooler weather but i think its been tough for the most part. I think they moved season up too early
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I'm itching to get back out there and chase them tree rat's but I agree on it being a little to warm unless you can go early.
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sunday breakfast at my granpaws was fried squirrel brains n scrambled eggs soon as we had first frost
I know what you mean but those worms season in Virginia starts the first Saturday the September I've had them. Do I fly with stings the squirrel? I've had a kettleman horses and cattle. I had one to sting a cat and eat the cat's head just about off
Biologist told us it was from a bot fly . Not sure what that is but it is associated with cattle
Enjoyed it brother!! What’s it’s about ✊🏼
I have never had a squirrel hunting trip turn into fishing trip but I have had deer hunt turn into squirrel hunt with A muzzleloader using 1/2 loads
In this swamp i just about always take a small rod and some jigs in the fall. This swamp is probably one of the few places you can do that
How did you manage to slip off without ol Roscoe?
He was under the cover of a warm bed. I left him partly because right now in the mornings he aint gonna smell a squirrel no way. They will be on the ground in a few weeks
That’s how I clean mine except I stand on the tail & pull the feet.
funny thing about this is my frist shotgun was a stevens 94 e 36 i/n ; old long tom sreved me well as a young lad many a table fair
This old gun found me and we been on many trips together
How do you cook these?
Fry mostly but ill get a video soon
Lol thats not a flintlock now your just cheating lol just kidding
Yea i know. Im itching to get it out too
We call them warbles in pennsylvania..
Yall throw em away or eat em?
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors throw them away..but im 45 started huntin when i was we little..season always came in middle of october..ive killed buckets of squirrels only remember seeing 2 or 3 that had to be thrown away
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors im like you..not gonna shoot it if im not gonna eat it..
They tell us they are ok to eat and i know some folks that will eat em. It just looks to bad for me . In a few weeks it cools off and they heal up another thing is the closer they are to cows the more of them they will be. Its from a fly stinging them and laying an egg i herd.
Am I the only one who saw the second deer on the right?
GET A THERMACELL AT WAL-MART AND YOU WON'T HAVE A MOSQUITO PROBLEM WHILE HUNTING AND FISHING. GET A HOLSTER AND STRAP IT TO YOUR BACKPACK OR YOUR TREE STAND.
I love fried squirrel and grits
We bout to fry these shortly
a piece of that chocolate pie would finish that meal off
i do think you on to something there
My backyard is full of squirrels
You ever tried squirrel brains
No ive herd they are good . They used to eat em here but now nobody does.
I had a neighbor who just loved them. Thing was his ears started getting sharper and his teeth got longer every fall. He started chasing every Hickory nut hereabouts and ended up breaking his neck from a fall while he was trying to jump from limb to limb. We buried him with a tow sack full of nuts and a flea collar under the biggest Hickory we could find. What was weird about the funeral though was that he was still wearing that big buck toothed squirrel grin when we closed the coffin.
@@larryreese6146 man what id give to sit down and swap stories with you on camera.
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors Buddy, I'd share a hunt and sit down and swap stories with you any day and I 'd really enjoy it. From the comments you've got some good people tuning in to your channel too. You take care of Justin. We need more like you.
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors Mississippi, anybody can spread baloney. What you do and how YOU present yourself is something special. I look forward to every video and being able to go with you on your hunts and fishing, not because they're big grand hunts or trips but because of the way you look at nature and the world. You're a good teacher, Justin, and you've got a good message.
Eating squirrel is no different than eating a rat,😂😂😂
We call em tree rats
Theyre purty good with dumplings and gravy, them ol bushy tail tree rats
I can't hear you talking
fix audio
what do I need to do to it for you sir