I was checking the proposed seasons and bag limits on the PGC website and saw that squirrel season was unusually early. September 14th is the proposed opening day of the season, and September 7th is the opening day for youth.
I don't recall the season ever starting that early, is there any reason to this? I'm still chasing geese and doves that early! I guess I can tote the .22 with me while scouting for deer and maybe bag a few. I didn't get to make any squirrel BBQ last year, because there wasn't many around last year due to the small amount of acorns the previous year in the area that I hunt.
With Squirrel starting on the 14th and regular archery starting the next month on the 3rd, I don't see much of a problem. Even the early anterless archery won't start until the week after the start of squirrel. The first day of the season is usually the busiest. The woods will calm down by the 3rd. I'm an archery hunter and I don't think there will be a problem. I shot my very first deer ever in 1969 when Grouse hunters chased him back down the trail I was watching. The first day of Grouse/Squirrel used to be a good time to watch escape routes like in firearms season, but the limited amount of small game hunters has changed that. Turkey hunters are better drivers nowadays.
I hear ya freepistol. A lot of my hunting is done on private land, right on the public border in escape routes. no one drives deer better than the weekender who is taking his gun for a walk
I think it is great. I can't believe all the deer hunters who think it is a bad thing. I always like to see people stirring around. Never know if they are gonna bump something up and unless a dog runs deer it literally has no effect on them. There are studies proving that.
Why do archery hunters think they own the woods?? Same thing happened with the early muzzleloader season then the crossbow and now the early squirrel season If anything why not cut the archery season down to about 3 weeks so they don't disturb all the hunters I know that wouldn't go over to good
If people don't want other people in the woods they ought to hunt private land. It is all part of hunting state land and actually when I bow hunted I was glad to see people hunting because they could move the deer. Had a guy that was hunting bout 100 yards from a truck post a nasty note on my truck once cause I was hunting with dogs and he said the sign said no dogs allowed in water company property if he would have read it right it reads within so many yards of the resivour.
Why do archery hunters think they own the woods?? Same thing happened with the early muzzleloader season then the crossbow and now the early squirrel season If anything why not cut the archery season down to about 3 weeks so they don't disturb all the hunters I know that wouldn't go over to good
Don't knock all archers because of a few. It's the same as anything else. I love to archery hunt, in fact the vast majority of bucks that I shoot are with the bow. But I really welcome this early opener for squirrels. Can't wait to get out and after them. I hope it gets final approval at the upcoming meeting. I really llok forward to hunt them up at camp and scout for bear season. Find the acorns, you find the squirrels and bears. (And deer and turkeys.) This will be great for hunting and scouting.
Its a good thing but the only way im hunting squirrel is if its open now or when nothing else is open.
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